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| 12.10.2024 | BE WTR: A Wave of Change in Water Sustainability | In a world grappling with water scarcity and environmental degradation, BE WTR emerges as a beacon of hope. This Swiss-based company is not just another player in the bottled water market; it’s a revolution. With a recent CHF 39 million inv... |
| 11.10.2024 | The Surge of Innovation: A Deep Dive into the DACH Startup Scene | The DACH region is buzzing. Startups are sprouting like wildflowers after a rain. Investors are eager, and the tech landscape is evolving rapidly. This article explores the latest developments in the startup ecosystem, highlighting key play... |
| 10.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Alt meatball alert as La Vie cooks up $27m, baCta lands funds for natural rubber | France gave us some hope for meat alternatives this week when Paris-based La Vie announced a €25 million ($27 million) raise for its vegan meatballs.
In climate tech, Germany’s forward earth raised money for its environmental management sof... |
| 09.10.2024 | Nelly erhält 100 Millionen – Building Radar sammelt 6,5 Millionen ein – forward earth bekommt 4,5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 9. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 03.10.2024 | The Rise of Water Tech: Pluvion's €1 Million Boost and the Future of Water Management | In an era where water scarcity looms large, innovative solutions are more crucial than ever. Enter Pluvion, a Freiburg-based startup that has recently secured €1 million in pre-seed funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; it... |
| 03.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fly farmer catches $58m, new deals for restaurant tech, TR4-resistant bananas | Restaurant tech was in the spotlight this week as food delivery app HungryPanda and software startup Dinii both announced new funding rounds. In Canada, Entosystem raised new capital for its black soldier fly larvae farming operation.
In no... |
| 02.10.2024 | Mindpeak sammelt 15,3 Millionen ein – bcause erhält 4,2 Millionen – fynk bekommt 3,1 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 2. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 19.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Flink nabs $150m, biotech co Arzeda lands $38m, Kubota acquires Bloomfield Robotics | Venture capital to the eGrocery category may be down 90% since the fundraising heyday of 2021, but the sector’s far from dead. Case in point: Germany-based Flink’s mega-raise this week.
Elsewhere, biotech startup Arzeda raked in funds to de... |
| 06.09.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Innovations: A New Era in Food Technology | The food landscape is shifting. Traditional staples are evolving into plant-based alternatives. This transformation is not just a trend; it’s a revolution. Companies are racing to innovate, and the stakes are high. The latest developments i... |
| 06.09.2024 | Doccla bags £35M, new €200M fund for digital clean energy startups, and key trends and investment in August | This week we tracked more than 50 tech funding deals worth over €266 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 06.09.2024 | August 2024's top 10 European tech deals you need to know about | August was the slowest month YTD, with over €1.9 billion raised in some 203 deals. This figure represents a decrease of around 60 per cent compared to the previous month (in July European tech companies collected €5 billion).
The August slo... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: GALY lands $33m for lab-grown cotton, EarthOptics & Pattern Ag merge, new CFO at Tyson | Meat and diamonds aren’t the only items getting the “lab grown” label these days. Add cotton to that list, with US plant cell culture startup GALY announcing a Series B raise this week.
Meanwhile, what do soil data and predictive agronomy h... |
| 23.08.2024 | Românul Dan Lupu, care a descoperit UiPath, schimbă „tabăra” și va reprezenta fondul german Earlybird în Europa de Est, ca Venture Partner | Investitorul român Dan Lupu, cunoscut mai ales ca fiind cel care a descoperit potențialul primului „unicorn” românesc, UiPath, primește acum o funcție de Venture Partner și se va ocupa de investițiile fondului german Earlybird în startup-ur... |
| 21.08.2024 | The Climate Crusaders: Startups Pioneering Sustainability in the Food Industry | In a world grappling with climate change, a new breed of startups is emerging as champions of sustainability. They are not just companies; they are movements. Among them, Root Global stands out, raising €8 million to revolutionize how the f... |
| 20.08.2024 | Root Global sammelt 8 Millionen ein – NXRT erhält 4,5 Millionen – Apheros bekommt 1,85 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 20. August werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 17.08.2024 | The Surge of Health-Tech: A New Era for Dental Practices | The world of health-tech is buzzing. Innovations are reshaping how we interact with healthcare. In the spotlight is Roger, a startup revolutionizing dental practices. Founded in 2021 by Victor Charlier and Andreas Wolff, Roger is not just a... |
| 16.08.2024 | The Future of Food and Fashion: Innovations in AgriFoodTech and Sustainable Materials | The world of AgriFoodTech is buzzing. Startups are racing to innovate, creating solutions that tackle food waste, enhance sustainability, and redefine consumer experiences. In this landscape, two stories stand out: Zepto's meteoric rise in ... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Zepto secures fresh $340m, Bolt Threads goes public, ReFED has a new boss | Quick-delivery continues speeding ahead in India, the latest development being a mega-raise from Zepto that values the company at $5 billion. Elsewhere, food waste think tank ReFED got a new executive director, Impossible Foods opened a bri... |
| 13.08.2024 | Roger sammelt 7 Millionen ein – VoiceLine erhält 2,4 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 13. August werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 09.08.2024 | €165M for EV chargepoint Powerdot, Eleport acquires TurboVolt, and winning sportstech startups | This week we tracked more than 50 tech funding deals worth over €635 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 19.07.2024 | $80M for Huma, Shopify of digital health, ZAKA unveils €15M Fund, and widespread Windows outage chaos | This week we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €814 million, and over 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most im... |
| 18.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Biotech co Digestiva closes $18m round, Syntetica bags $4.5m for nylon recycling | The week was dotted by a handful of early-stage rounds for the likes of food biotech Digestiva, nylon recycling company Syntetica, personalized supplements maker Bioniq, and several others. Funds-wise, ag and food investor Tiverton closed i... |
| 04.07.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Rohlik raises $170m, eAgronom bags new capital for carbon | This week, Rohlik, which runs automated robotic fulfillment centers and 15-minute delivery, scored a new round of funding and agtech startup eAgronom raised capital for its carbon program. Plus: Tyson’s backpedaling on its beef pledge and a... |
| 22.06.2024 | The AgriFoodTech Revolution: Capital Raises, Acquisitions, and Partnerships Driving Innovation in the Industry | The dynamic world of AgriFoodTech is experiencing a surge of activity this week, with a plethora of significant developments making waves across the sector. Notably, companies in the alternative meat space, such as THIS, Tender, and Ever Af... |
| 21.06.2024 | Char.gy raises €118.2M, Sidekick Health acquires PINK!, and Denmark's thriving tech ecosystem | This week we tracked more than 80 tech funding deals worth over €1.3 billion, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 20.06.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: THIS bags $25m & Tender scoops up $11m for meat alternatives, Farmbot scores $4.6m | Alt-meat got a few boosts this week, namely in form of capital raises for the UK’s THIS, US-based Tender, and Israeli cultivated meat company Ever After Foods.
In farmtech, Australia’s Farmbot raised new funds along with insect-breeding pla... |
| 14.06.2024 | The Complexities and Contradictions of Microservices: A Comprehensive Examination of the Tech Industry's Architectural Landscape | In the ever-evolving realm of technology, the adoption of microservices has emerged as a prevailing trend, promising scalability, flexibility, and efficiency in software development. However, beneath the surface of this seemingly revolution... |
| 13.06.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: EvodiaBio scores $7.5m, Microcaps raises $10m, Aleph Farm lays off 30% of staff | It was a rough week for cultivated meat. Israel’s Aleph Farms, a longtime trailblazer in the industry, announced it was laying off 30% of its staff, while over in the US, SCiFi Foods closed up shop entirely and various groups were up in arm... |
| 11.06.2024 | Spotify and Klarna top Scandi founder factory charts amid “talent war” | All of tech and beyond know of the so-called PayPal Mafia, luminaries such as Elon Musk, Max Levchin and Steve Chen, who went on to greater fame, setting up the likes of Tesla, Affirm and YouTube.
Likewise, Sweden and Denmark have their own... |
| 08.06.2024 | Creandum's €500M Fund: A Beacon of Hope for Europe's Tech Ecosystem | Creandum, a Stockholm-based European early-stage venture capital firm, recently made waves in the tech investment world by announcing the closure of its seventh fund at a staggering €500M. This significant milestone not only underscores Cre... |
| 07.06.2024 | Creandum launches €500M fund, Croatia challenges China and GenAI safety pays off | This week our research tracked more than 80 tech funding deals worth over €632 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed t... |
| 05.06.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Non-Dairy Starbucks, Vegan Flights & A Bezos Protein Centre | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Starbucks’ upcoming Oatly collaboration, a vegan certificatio... |
| 28.05.2024 | Cloover sammelt 114 Millionen ein – shipzero erhält 8 Millionen – Rows streicht 8 Millionen ein | Im #DealMonitor für den 28. Mai werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arch... |
| 24.05.2024 | Syre's $100 Million Series A Funding and Expansion Plans | Syre, the textile impact company, recently secured a whopping $100 million in Series A funding to fuel its ambitious plans for gigascale textile-to-textile recycling plants. The company, founded by Vargas and H&M Group, is on a mission ... |
| 23.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Textile impact company Syre raises $100m, Nestlé launches brand for GLP-1 consumers | This week, Syre, a “textile impact company” started by Vargas and H&M Group raised a massive Series A to fund its forthcoming textile-to-textile recycling plants. In foodtech, UK-based Nory announced new capital to bring more AI into th... |
| 17.05.2024 | €55M for European battery recycling, Accel closes $650M fund, and Norwegian startups to watch | This week our research tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €426 million, and 5 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the mo... |
| 16.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Hysata snags $111m for green hydrogen, Ocean 14 launches $200m+ fund | This week, green hydrogen startup Hysata raised a whopping $111 million and Rize bagged funds to decarbonize rice production. Elsewhere, the Ocean 14 Capital Fund announced more than $200 million in ocean health investment, and Uber scooped... |
| 14.05.2024 | enspired sammelt 25,5 Millionen ein – 8inks erhält 3 Millionen – hexafarms bekommt 1,3 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 14. Mai werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arch... |
| 04.05.2024 | +++ SumUp +++ neurocare +++ Jimdo +++ Civey +++ CoCoNet +++ Nextbike +++ thermondo +++ ComX +++ Getir | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker-Wochenrückblick liefern wir einen schnellen Überblick darüber, was in der deutschsprachigen Startup-Szene zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! SAVE THE DATE: STARTUPLAND
Kommt mit uns ins Startupland: Am... |
| 02.05.2024 | Aikido: The Rising Star in Developer Security | Aikido, a small startup from Ghent, Belgium, is making waves in the developer security space with its 'no BS' platform. In a world where every startup holds valuable customer data, developers are faced with the daunting task of ensuring the... |
| 02.05.2024 | Meet the Nectariss Method Reshaping the Truffle Oil Market | The Swiss startup Nectariss, founded by Richard Splivallo, a professor and truffle expert, is revolutionizing the gastronomic scene with natural truffle flavor concentrates developed using fermentation.
Under the brand NBROSIA, Nectariss’s ... |
| 02.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oishii bags another $15m, BTG launches Betagro Ventures, HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine | This week, Thailand-based food company Betagro (“BTG”) launched its own venture arm to invest in early-stage agtech and foodtech startups. Oishii, which grows high-end berries via vertical farming, nabbed $15 million to build out a new sola... |
| 02.05.2024 | SumUp holt sich 1,5 Milliarden ab – Ovom sammelt 4,8 Millionen ein – Jimdo-Gründer kaufen Investoren raus | Im #DealMonitor für den 2. Mai werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Archi... |
| 01.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Quail, MasterChef Pros & A Cheese Debacle | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Vow’s Tippling Club collab, US bans on cultivated meat, and a... |
| 01.05.2024 | Belgium’s Aikido lands $17M Series A for its ‘no BS’ security platform aimed at developers | Developers have a problem. It used to be the case that only large enterprises needed to worry themselves with security, but today, every startup is capable of holding huge amounts of customer data. That means developers across the board hav... |
| 26.04.2024 | €78M for Spain's reusable rockets, Evolution Technology Fund III raises $50.8M, and a merger for xFarm Technologies | This week our research tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €676.7 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexe... |
| 25.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pula raises $20m for ag insurance, SOSV’s new planetary health fund, Impossible’s new ranch | Kenyan agri-insurance firm Pula recently made headlines with a $20 million raise that will help more smallholders around the world secure their crops. Also this week: VC firm SOSV closed a new fund for deep tech and planetary health, and Sw... |
| 25.04.2024 | Edonia Raises €2M to Redefine Plant-Based Alternatives with Umami-Powered Ingredients from Microalgae | Edonia, a French startup unlocking the potential of microalgae to create protein ingredients for plant-based foods, has raised €2 million in a pre-seed financing round led by France’s leading impact seed fund, Asterion Ventures, with partic... |
| 19.04.2024 | €103M to eVTOL vertiports, European climate leaders join forces, and a new supercomputer | This week our research tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €962 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed ... |
| 18.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Mosa Meat cooks up $43m raise, Spiber bags $65m for sustainable fashion | The big foodtech funding news this week is a new raise from Netherlands-based cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat — also known as the creator of the world’s first cultivated beef burger. Fellow Dutch company and cultivated meat creator Meatab... |
| 18.04.2024 | Cambridge Wireless announces Michaela Eschbach as new CEO | Cambridge Wireless is delighted to announce the appointment of Michaela Eschbach as its new Chief Executive. Michaela will commence her new role on 13th May 2024.
Michaela Eschbach comes to Cambridge Wireless with an impressive track record... |
| 12.04.2024 | €200M for hydrogen refueling, Hootsuite acquires Luxembourg's Talkwalker, and Dutch startups to watch | This week our research tracked more than 65 tech funding deals worth over €846 million, and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed ... |
| 11.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Windfall Bio scoops up $28m, TerraClear bags $15m, Ginkgo buys AgBiome assets | This week, Windfall Bio, a US company capturing methane to make biofertilizers, announced a new funding round, as did lab automation company Reshape Biotech, and TerraClear, which makes a rock-picking ‘bot for agriculture.
In the M&A wo... |
| 06.04.2024 | Снизить Time to market продукта с помощью AI: метрики, преимущества, риски | Вывод готового продукта на рынок не самая простая задача даже для крупных разработчиков программного обеспечения. Технологии, необходимые для создания приложений (особенно с появлением ИИ), становятся все сложнее, требуя все больше времени,... |
| 04.04.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aqua Capital closes $450m fund, Onego Bio ‘poaches’ $40m, BurnBot raises $20m | Agrifood private equity firm Aqua Capital this week announced the close of its $450 million Fund III, which will invest in sustainable agrifood solutions. Other noteworthy raises this week (and there are a bunch) include egg protein startup... |
| 28.03.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Kraft Heinz nets $171m for clean energy, ALOHA raises $68m, Poseidon raises $20m | This week saw funding rounds a’plenty in foodtech, with capital flowing to protein-bar-maker ALOHA, India e-commerce startup SuperK and alt-protein’s Innocent Meat, among others.
In the CPG realm, Kraft Heinz and Unilever secured sizable su... |
| 27.03.2024 | EU-Startups Summit Celebrates 10th Anniversary in Malta | 10th Annual EU-Startup Summit in Malta welcomes all founders, investors, and all the startup people The date is May 9-10th, and the place is Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta Panel discussions, keynote speeches, and fireside chats... |
| 27.03.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: IKEA Hot Dogs, Blended Dairy & Expo West Awards | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers IKEA’s cheaper-than-meat vegan hot dogs, a new range of blend... |
| 26.03.2024 | Лондонский стартап Stayf выходцев из России привлек €650 тыс. от AltaIR Capital и других | Британский стартап Stayf выходцев из России Максима Журило и Кирилла Примаки привлек €650 тыс. от AltaIR Capital Игоря Рябенького, Yellow Rocks под управлением Сергея Богданова и Smart Partnership Capital под управлением Николая Кирпичников... |
| 14.03.2024 | NeoTaste sammelt 15,1 Millionen ein – Mindfuel erhält 3,75 Millionen – Zendesk kauft ultimate | Im #DealMonitor für den 14. März werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 13.03.2024 | Austrian car fleet platform Necture raises $7M in Series A round | Austrian car fleet platform Necture raises $7M in Series A round
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Necture, a Vienna-based startup that develop... |
| 11.03.2024 | Aquaty sammelt 2,3 Millionen ein – Re-Nut bekommt 1,3 Millionen – Pfalzwerke investiert in EnerCharge | Im #DealMonitor für den 11. März werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 29.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: New funds from Gresham House, Chipotle & BFG, Unilever launches regen ag program | Rounds were on the small side this week (with one notable exception: vertical farmer Oishii’s $134m mega-raise), but sizable new agrifoodtech funds were announced by private equity investor Gresham House, quick-service restaurant chain Chip... |
| 23.02.2024 | Gilion gets a new CEO, Peter Thiel backs Monite, and €437M was invested in European tech this week | This week our research tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €487 million, and around 20 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexe... |
| 21.02.2024 | GlycanAge: Pioneering Preventative Healthcare | GlycanAge, a biotech startup, secures €3.9 million to revolutionize preventative healthcare with personalized diagnostics. Founded in 2020, the company utilizes glycobiology to provide cutting-edge biological age tests, enabling early healt... |
| 21.02.2024 | Estonian AI startup Cognitiwe closes a €1M funding round | Estonian AI startup Cognitiwe closes a €1M funding round
21 February, 2024, 11:20
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Tallinn-based AI-driven retail solutions p... |
| 19.02.2024 | Croatia’s GlycanAge secures €3.9M from LAUNCHub and Kadmos Capital | Croatia’s GlycanAge secures €3.9M from LAUNCHub and Kadmos Capital
19 February, 2024, 16:54
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| 15.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Spacegoods and Cellva raise new funds, Inspire Brands buys delivery tech startup | This week, functional mushroom brand Spacegoods, cultivated pork fat maker Cellva, and insect-breeding-as-a-service startup FreezeM announced new funding rounds. US restaurant giant Inspire Brands, which owns Arby’s, Dunkin’, and a host of ... |
| 08.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ProducePay banks $38m, Heura ‘promises profitability,’ Deere & Corteva partner | Starship Technologies, maker of the six-wheeled delivery ‘bot famous across Europe, led foodtech funding deals this week with a healthy new round. Alt-meat maker Heura and grower-to-grocer platform ProducePay also announced notable new fund... |
| 05.02.2024 | Estonian Superangel co-leads €1.25M round for OTee, a Norwegian deeptech | Estonian Superangel co-leads €1.25M round for OTee, a Norwegian deeptech
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| 01.02.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: New capital for eco-chocolate, Leon co-founder launches fund, Delivery Hero & Deliveroo break up | Two fundraises this week highlight the growing interest in more eco-friendly, ethically produced chocolate, with US-based Voyage Foods and Germany’s Planet A both announcing new rounds. Elsewhere, Henry Dimbleby, best known as the co-founde... |
| 29.01.2024 | Opinion: Future Food Tech Funding Needs A Complete Overhaul | 12 Mins Read Funding future food innovations is crucial. As traditional VCs look elsewhere, it’s for the sector to welcome new and diverse sources of investment, from blended capital to redeemable equity.
By Sonalie Figueiras, founding edit... |
| 26.01.2024 | Kost Capital raising inaugural fund to invest in European food tech startups | Kost Capital, a new Danish venture capital fund, is out to bring better food to more people.
Kost means “diet” in the Scandinavian language, but it will most likely be difficult to stick to one while working there. That’s because Kost Capit... |
| 25.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: BlueWhite, Protix & IGS raise funding, Eatable Adventures program investing in agrifood | This week saw fundraises from “robots-as-a-service” startup BlueWhite, insect protein producer Protix, and AgFunder portco vertical farming technology provider Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS). Other startups closed new rounds for livesto... |
| 22.01.2024 | Poland gets another unicorn after ElevenLabs raises €73M in Series B round | Poland gets another unicorn after ElevenLabs raises €73M in Series B round
22 January, 2024, 12:34
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| 22.01.2024 | Voice AI startup ElevenLabs gets unicorn status after landing $80m | Artificial intelligence (AI) voice generation startup ElevenLabs has secured an $80 million Series B funding round, minting them as the UK’s newest unicorn.
The venture was co-led by prominent investors including Andreessen Horowitz, former... |
| 11.01.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Picnic bags $388m, GeoSalmo reels in $14m, Kost Capital launches foodtech fund | The year starts strong for eGrocery with Dutch startup Picnic landing a multi-million round. While the eGrocery sector has struggled throughout the last couple years, Picnic likely stands out to investors thanks to the free delivery, electr... |
| 05.01.2024 | Bumper bags €46M, Coatue calls it quits with European office, and a CES preview | This week our research tracked more than 25 tech funding deals worth over €582 million and over 5 exits and M&A transactions on the other end of the spectrum.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most import... |
| 03.01.2024 | Lithuanian startup MELP raises €635k to fuel its international expansion | Lithuanian startup MELP raises €635k to fuel its international expansion
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| 25.12.2023 | Visma skyrockets with additional €3B, and over €6.3B for the European tech last week | Last week, we tracked over 85 tech funding deals worth over €6.3 billion, and over 25 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours; all alongside a host of related news stories across Europe.
We also published our Annual Report containing indus... |
| 22.12.2023 | This week in European tech: Visma skyrockets, Delivery Hero regroups, and AI is not an inventor | This week our research tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €6.3 billion, and over 25 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
Last week we brought you our Annual Report, and we'll continue... |
| 21.12.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: New Forests fund makes $300m first close, the EU invests in alt protein | This week — the last before the AgFunderNews team takes a holiday break — saw several announcements for new funds and grants, including a $300 million first close for New Forests fund and the proposed €50 million ($55 million) the European ... |
| 15.12.2023 | United, JetBlue, Microsoft Among Backers of 3 Jet Fuel Startups for $36 Million | Six travel startups have announced fundraises of nearly $104 million this week.
Dimensional Energy, which is developing a renewable aviation fuel made from carbon dioxide, has raised $20 million in series A funding.
The funding round was le... |
| 08.12.2023 | This week in European tech: flexible chips, Bitcoin rallies, and the EU AI Act stalls | This week our research tracked more than 90 tech funding deals worth over €1 billion and 10+ exits and M&A transactions on the other end of the spectrum.
Last week we brought you our November 2023 report and are putting the finishing to... |
| 30.11.2023 | Banxware erhält 15 Millionen – Unchained Robotics bekommt 5,5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 30. November werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor... |
| 30.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: AgroSpheres nets $25m, ex-Motif CEO joins MycoTechnology, Kitchen United shuts ghost kitchens | All eyes are on COP28 this week, where agrifood looks to be a central point of discussion. Elsewhere in the industry, AgroSpheres raised new funds for its novel crop protection tech and Motif FoodWorks former CEO moved over to MycoTechnolog... |
| 28.11.2023 | Austrian startup Hololight secures €10.9M to develop its XR streaming platform | Austrian startup Hololight secures €10.9M to develop its XR streaming platform
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| 22.11.2023 | Finnish company Linio Biotech raises €4.2M investment round | Finnish company Linio Biotech raises €4.2M investment round
22 November, 2023, 13:55
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| 16.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Delivery startup Crisp bags $38m, ‘mindful drinking app’ Sunnyside lands $11m, Bowery layoffs | Announcements from this week suggests foodtech funding rounds are slowly gaining speed again. Crisp bucked the downward trend of food delivery startups with a Series C raise, Sunnyside raised funds for its alcohol monitoring app, and Le Fou... |
| 08.11.2023 | Finnish cleantech SpinDrive raises €3.8M to cut down on industrial energy waste | Finnish cleantech SpinDrive raises €3.8M to cut down on industrial energy waste
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| 26.10.2023 | The Landbanking Group erhält 11 Millionen – Accel investiert in viso.ai – mybacs bekommt 5,6 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 26. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-... |
| 26.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: URB-E pivots to last-mile delivery, GoodBytz bags $12m, a new fund for regen ag | This week, URB-E, a company best known for developing e-scooters, took a sharp left turn with both its business and its brand. And while funding rounds are low and slow of late, they nonetheless trickle in despite the tough economic times. ... |
| 26.10.2023 | Berlin's Likeminded secures additional €1.5M for digital mental health solutions | Berlin-based B2B digital mental health solution provider Likeminded has raised an additional €1.5 million to add to a previous Seed funding round. Earlier this year the healthtech startup closed a round of €5.9 million. It also acquired fel... |
| 23.10.2023 | FarmInsect sammelt 8 Millionen ein – VisionAI bekommt 5 Millionen – Lillian Care erhält 2,4 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 23. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-... |
| 19.10.2023 | Zario and Truly Intelligent Screen Time Reduction | Czech-Swiss mobile app startup Zario offers a unique AI-powered psychology-based approach to screen reduction The startup recently secured a grant to boost product development Zario got enrolled to Studio Alpha’s accelerator, which will hel... |
| 14.10.2023 | +++ Orbem +++ Upvest +++ Neura Robotics +++ purefood +++ Fanzone +++ Sidecaps +++ Infarm +++ Miles +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker-Wochenrückblick liefern wir einen schnellen Überblick darüber, was in der deutschsprachigen Startup-Szene zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! #StartupTicker – Was zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! STARTUP-R... |
| 12.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Investors fund agri-waste to energy, more precision fermentation, coffee capsule recycling | The largest round this week went to India’s SAEL, a company converting agricultural waste into renewable energy. Other notable fundraises went to precision fermentation, AI imaging for agriculture, restaurant tech in Latin America, and cult... |
| 11.10.2023 | Orbem sammelt 30 Millionen ein – Upvest bekommt 30 Millionen – TransactionLink erhält 5 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 11. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-... |
| 09.10.2023 | Sparta sammelt 17,5 Millionen ein – Varm streicht Millionensumme ein – Getsafe übernimmt Luko-Kund:innen | Im #DealMonitor für den 9. Oktober werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 27.09.2023 | Can AI Score Big In The Future Of Sports? Five Key Trends Shaping The Industry | Dr. Ayesha Khanna is the CEO of Addo. |
