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| 27.06.2024 | Sirona Technologies: Leading the Charge in Direct Air Capture | Sirona Technologies, a Brussels-based startup, secures a €6 million seed round to revolutionize climate change through Direct Air Capture (DAC). Co-founded by a former Tesla engineer, the company aims to remove CO2 from the air at a massive... |
| 26.06.2024 | Sirona Technologies raises €6M to boost direct air capture tech | Direct air capture (DAC) startup Sirona Technologies has raised a €6 million Seed round.
Founded in 2023 in Brussels and led by a former Tesla engineer, Sirona Technologies is focused on speed, scalability, and low capex designs.
Reversing ... |
| 19.06.2024 | CuspAI: Revolutionizing Material Design with AI | CuspAI, a Cambridge-based AI company, has secured a whopping €28 million in seed funding to propel its mission of using AI to design materials that combat climate change. Led by CEO Dr. Chad Edwards and co-founded by renowned AI pioneer Pro... |
| 18.06.2024 | Cambridge-based CuspAI secures €28 million to champion AI-designed materials for climate change | CuspAI, a transformational AI company building a platform for next-generation materials to tackle global sustainability and clean energy challenges, has secured €28 million in seed funding from leading European and US venture funds. The rou... |
| 21.03.2024 | The Browser Company raises $50 million at $550 million valuation | The Browser Company, which makes the Arc browser, has raised $50 million in a round led by Pace Capital at a $550 million valuation, TechCrunch has learned exclusively.
The company’s head of storytelling Nashilu Mouen confirmed the investme... |
| 06.03.2024 | Here are 10 visionary women investors shaping European investment scene | Read this article in:
The gender gap has long been a prevalent issue in finance and investment, with women historically underrepresented. However, recent data suggests that changes are sweeping across Europe, with more and more women hoping... |
| 09.10.2023 | Ostium Labs' $3.5M funding fuels launch of real-world asset trading hub | UK-based startup Ostium Labs creators of a decentralised non-custodial perpetuals exchange for real-world assets, has raised a $3.5 million Seed round. The round was led by General Catalyst and LocalGlobe and saw participation from SIG, DeF... |
| 20.09.2023 | AWS and Vestbee Welcome Founders to Join Their 1st AWS Emerging Technologies Accelerator | Vestbee and AWS team up once more for their very first accelerator for emerging technologies in the UKIR region All eligible startups are welcome to apply for the coming AWS Emerging Technologies Accelerator before October 15th As usual, al... |
| 06.09.2023 | Itana Secures $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding to Pave the Way for Africa’s First Digital Free Zone. | Itana (formerly Talent City) has raised $2 million in a pre-seed round led by global venture capitalists LocalGlobe, Amplo, Pronomos Capital, and Future Africa. The deal brings together a powerhouse of deep industry expertise and technical ... |
| 23.08.2023 | London’s Translucent bags £5M in seed funding for its innovative multi-entity financial platform | Read this article in:
London-based Translucent, a financial management platform for multi-entity and multinational enterprises, announced that it has raised £5M (€5.85M) in a seed funding round of funding led by Chalfen Ventures and LocalGl... |
| 23.08.2023 | Multinational accounting simplified: Translucent raises £5M in Seed funding | UK-based accounting platform Translucent has raised a £5 million Seed funding round. The round was co-led by Chalfen Ventures and LocalGlobe. The fintech’s latest funding round comes hot on the heels of its £2.7 million pre-seed round which... |
| 19.07.2023 | SpeedUp participates in a €10.3M Series A round for German CYCLE | SpeedUp participates in a €10.3M Series A round for German CYCLE
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Berlin-based CYCLE, a provider of e-bikes for... |
| 27.04.2023 | Ctrl secures €8.1M for its AI-powered workspace to free up revenue teams from manual, tedious work | Ctrl, a London and Tel Aviv-based startup that empowers revenue teams to combine data from different platforms to create their own custom workspaces, announced on Thursday that it has secured $9M (nearly €8.14M) in a fresh round of funding.... |
| 30.03.2023 | Translucent kicks off its funding journey with £2.7 million | London-based accountancy and financial management platform Translucent has raised a pre-seed round of £2.7 million.
The round was led by LocalGlobe and includes angel investors Gary Turner and Craig Walker (both from Xero) who have both joi... |
| 09.03.2023 | Ecosystem Restoration Standard raises €5 million to launch first standard for restoration projects | Paris-based climate-tech start-up Ecosystem Restoration Standard (ERS) is launching a standard to certify ecosystem restoration projects in the voluntary carbon markets after raising €5 million in seed funding.
The investment comes from two... |
| 17.11.2022 | SigmaOS picks up $4 million seed to build web browsers for more effective multi-tasking | UK-based SigmaOS has attracted $4 million of seed funds to progress its MacOS web browser project, which snoozes session tabs into a single browser shortcut with turbocharged productivity pipelines, aiming to ease the strain of power user m... |
| 27.10.2022 | UK’s Pixaera raises €5.7M to help professionals learn with a game-based platform | London-based Pixaera, an immersive game-based learning platform dubbed ‘Roblox for Enterprise’, announced on Thursday that it has raised $5.7M (approximately €5.69M) in an early-stage funding round. The company aims to bring high-quality ga... |
| 27.10.2022 | Pixaera closes seed funding round of $4.5 million for educational gaming solution | London-based gaming platform Pixaera has raised a total of $5.7 million in early-stage funding as it plans to ‘empower people through play with its metaverse for professional learning and collaboration.’
The early-stage funding total includ... |
| 01.10.2022 | Kahun Secures $8M Round for its ‘XAI’ Engine for Clinical Reasoning | Jessel Thomas, Tech Times 01 October 2022, 08:10 am
Kahun, an evidence-based clinical reasoning tool for physicians, raises $8 million in a seed funding round led by LocalGlobe with the participation of European Innovation Council (EIC) Fun... |
| 30.09.2022 | Estonian startup KOOS receives ＄4M from Wise co-founders | Estonian startup KOOS receives ＄4M from Wise co-founders
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The Tallinn-based SaaS platform KOOS has ... |
| 29.09.2022 | Kahun Secures $8M for Clinical Reasoning Engine | What You Should Know:
Founded in 2018 and based in Israel, Kahun is a digital-health startup that replicates a physician’s clinical reasoning process. Kahun is led by a team of accomplished internet tech veterans including a paediatric spec... |
| 17.08.2022 | Slipping out of stealth, Super soups it up with £22.5 million | Super has raised £22.5 million in a funding round led by none other than existing investor Accel. According to Super's about us page, this is a pre-seed round. Which, would then make Accel, Union Square Venture, and LocalGlobe's $30 million... |
| 17.08.2022 | Slipping out of stealth, Super soups it up with £22.5 million pre-seed round | Bristol-based Super has raised £22.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by none other than existing investor Accel. I’ll repeat that: pre. seed. 😮
Founded early this year by the former CEO and co-founder of a certain other fintech you’... |
| 04.07.2022 | Invoice intelligence platform Xelix nets $5 million | Betting big on CFOs rushing to adopt new technology to transform their financial operations, London-based SaaS company Xelix has raised $5 million to boost intelligent automation solutions. The Series A investment was led by Fintop Capital,... |
| 22.06.2022 | As the crypto winter sets in, some VCs are taking the long view | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 22.06.2022 | Ireland’s &Open unboxes $26 million as corporate gifting makes a triumphant return | Dublin-based &Open has raised $26 million in a Series A funding round led by London's Molten Ventures. The company specialises in, and is presumably doing its very best to bring back, the timeless art of companies sending out gifts to e... |
| 20.06.2022 | LocalGlobe becomes Phoenix Court Group, hits $500M first close for new funds, adds an Impact twist | Saul Klein is a busy man. As co-founder, with his father Robin, of LocalGlobe, one of the longest-running VCs in Europe, he has overseen a wide range of initiatives – among other things the pair are passionate investors and philanthropists ... |
| 20.06.2022 | LocalGlobe rebrands as Phoenix Court Group, launches new $500 million fund | Robin and Saul Klein’s VC vehicles LocalGlobe and Latitude are now under one parent organisation, dubbed Phoenix Court Group. In conjunction with the rebrand (of sorts), the Group has announced a $500 million fund aimed at backing founders ... |
| 11.05.2022 | GetHenry puts the pedal to the metal with €16.5 million in new funding round | Berlin-based GetHenry has raised €16.5 million in a seed funding round (€10 million in equity, €6.5 million in debt). The startup provides last-mile delivery companies and couriers with an end-to-end e-bike rental service. The fresh charge ... |
| 09.05.2022 | Swedish banking icon backs Ark Kapital with €15 million to accelerate market expansion and tech even faster | After raising €165 million to offer long-term alternative financing options in March and another €150 million debt facility from Pollen Street Capital in April, Stockholm-based ArK Kapital has doubled its equity funding from €15 million to ... |
| 28.04.2022 | French platform Reveal ramps up $50 million to boost B2B partnerships | To keep facilitating B2B collaboration, French collaborative growth platform Reveal has raised $50 million in Series A round led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners with participation from Eight... |
| 05.04.2022 | GoTrade cierra una ronda SerieA de $15,5M liderada por Velocity Capital. Acuden también Mitsubishi UFJ, BeeNext, Kibo, Picus Capital y accionistas anteriores | 05/04/2022
GOTRADE CIERRA UNA RONDA SERIE A DE $15,5M LIDERADA POR VELOCITY CAPITAL FINTECH VENTURES. ACUDEN TAMBIÉN MITSHUBISHI UFJ, BEENEXT, KIBO VENTURES, PICUS CAPITAL Y ACCIONISTAS ANTERIORES.
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| 31.03.2022 | London-based credit card company Yonder raises €23.65M, looks to rebuild customers’ relationship with credit | London-based Yonder, a new credit card startup from ClearScore alumni, announced on Thursday that it has raised £20M (approximately €23.65M) in Seed funding ahead of its launch in the UK. The company is on a mission to make money rewarding ... |
| 31.03.2022 | Meet Yonder, the new credit card helping Londoners discover the best of their city | Attempting to shake up a massive market of cliched credit cards, London-based fintech Yonder has emerged from stealth with a £20 million funding. The platform is now rolling out its lifestyle credit card in the U.K.
The round was led by Nor... |
| 29.03.2022 | ArK Kapital raises €165 million to offer long term alternative financing options | ArK Kapital has raised €165 million (€150 million in debt funding and €15 million in equity), now providing Stockholm with an entrant into the game of alternative funding options for startups.
As the number and volume of revenue-based finan... |
| 22.03.2022 | Enabling farmers to grow healthier animals and trade better, livestock management app breeds in £12 million | UK-founded livestock data management platform Breedr has raised £12 million in a mixture of equity and debt led by Investbridge Capital. The new investment will be used to develop new financial products to enable farmers to invest in their ... |
| 15.03.2022 | Equipped with $12 million and digital therapeutics, Vira Health plans to take on older women’s health | As companies redefine their benefits more broadly in recognition of mental health and caring responsibilities that resulted from COVID-19, menopause is becoming a bigger part of the conversation. A study by Vodafone across five countries fo... |
| 07.03.2022 | Recruitment platform Circular emerges from stealth, secures $10 million, and enters UK market | Madrid-based recruitment platform Circular has secured $10 million in new funds as it enters the UK market. The funding will be used not only for the UK expansion, as the company is also aiming to enter additional markets across Europe. Foc... |
| 17.02.2022 | ‘Out-of-the-box’ model of convenient shopping gets Paris startup €25 million | In times when convenient shopping has still not become yet that convenient, Paris-based Boxy has raised €25 million to become a national network of autonomous convenience stores. The Series A round was led by new investor Serena, with histo... |
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| 13.10.2021 | Eden Life Closes $1.4m Seed Round to Build Out Africa’s First Home Services App | Share this:
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| 30.09.2021 | Empathy Raises $30M Series A Funding to Further Mission of Helping Families Deal With Loss | NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Empathy, a platform helping families navigate the journey they face after losing a loved one, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The round was led by ... |
| 20.09.2021 | After raising ‘astonishingly high’ investment, UK tech scaleups must now consider their future impact | UK tech investment has bounced back from Covid-19 in the first half of 2021, setting the scene for a record-breaking year. Startups and scaleups raised £13.5bn during the six-month period, almost three times what was invested in the first s... |
| 09.08.2021 | Nigeria-based mobility fintech, Moove raises $23 million Series A | Share this article:
Nigeria-based auto-financing startup, Moove has announced a $23 million Series A to build a full-service mobility fintech that democratises vehicle ownership across Africa. The round was led by global VC, Speedinvest and... |
| 04.08.2021 | Supercritical addresses super critical climate crisis, raises £2 million in pre-seed funding | London-based carbon removal platform Supercritical has raised £2 million in pre-seed funding. The company is seeking to assist businesses in achieving net-zero goals by measuring their carbon output and then offering a matrix of viable solu... |
| 29.07.2021 | Seeking to improve long-term health for women everywhere, Vira Health raises £1.5 million | London-based digital health platform Vira Health has raised £1.5 million in seed funding. The startup aims to improve the long-term health of women through personalised menopause care. The seed round will provide for further product develop... |
| 05.07.2021 | AREX Markets raises €8.8 million, launches in UK and Spain | With its novel approach to invoice factoring, Arex Markets has raised €8.8 million in a Series-A round. The Dublin-based startup uses an algorithm-based trading mechanism that opens up capital for SME’s and provides professional investors t... |
| 19.05.2021 | Copenhagen-based automated payroll platform Pento raises $15.6 million in Series A round | Real-time automated payroll software platform Pento has raised $15.6 million in a Series A round led by General Catalyst. The round also saw the participation of a host of varied parties including Avid Ventures, LocalGlobe, Point Nine Capit... |
| 18.05.2021 | London’s digital asset custody and portfolio management platform Copper raises $50 million in Series B round | London-based digital asset infrastructure provider Copper has raised $50 million in a Series B round co-led by Dawn Capital and Target Global. Existing investors LocalGlobe and MMC Ventures also participated, as well as a number of undisclo... |
| 30.04.2021 | Travelperk cierra una ronda de $160M (€132M) liderada por Greyhound. Acuden también los ya accionistas DST, Kinnevik, Spark Capital, Felix Capital, LocalGlobe y Target Global, entre otros | 30/04/2021
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La compañía líder del sector de viajes de negocios Travelperk, startup con sede en Barcelona, h... |
| 29.04.2021 | London-based Taster gobbles up $37 million in Series B round | Taster, the London-based company behind a series of digital restaurant brands, has raised $37 million in a Series B round led by Octopus Ventures.
The financing also saw participation from Rakuten as well as existing investors Battery Ventu... |
| 13.04.2021 | With two new funds, LocalGlobe has more latitude than ever | “You wanted me to record this?” asks Saul Klein, LocalGlobe founding partner.
“Just in case you say anything interesting,” I quip back.
“I won’t be doing most of the talking, so maybe someone will say something interesting,” Klein replies p... |
| 01.04.2021 | 92% of VCs say they offer value beyond capital; founders reply, “mmm yeah no” | A new report published by Forward Partners and Landscape VC reveals that almost half (47%) of all founders consider value-add more important than a VC firm’s brand and portfolio.
Of the 500+ pre-seed, seed, and series A founders surveyed ac... |
| 09.03.2021 | Wefarm gets $11m Series A+ funding, upgrades SMS service to online platform | Smallholder network Wefarm has raised $11 million in a “Series A-plus” funding round led by UK-based Octopus Ventures.
Several new and existing investors — including AgFunder, June Fund, LocalGlobe, Rabo Frontier Ventures, and True Ventures... |
| 11.02.2021 | Which Funds Are Funding Black Founders? (And How Can You Get Some?) | Black founder getting funded.getty |
| 11.02.2021 | LocalGlobe invests in go-to payments platform for SMEs Libeo, raises £17.5M Series A | Around 35 billion invoices are created across Europe every year. However, from SMEs generating these, 77% are apparently not using any digital tools for managing or paying them. Enter, Libeo, a France-based fintech platform built specially ... |
| 19.01.2021 | African Edtech startup uLesson Secures $7.5mn Series A Funding | Share this:
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| 22.12.2020 | Meet the 35 healthcare startups VCs say will take off in 2021 | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Healthcare startups that had a breakout year in 2020 are poised to have an even better 2021, investors told Business Insider.
Startups, esp... |
| 13.10.2020 | London Business School and LocalGlobe launch new VC course aimed at women, Black and Asian candidates | With the U.K.’s Black Tech Fest on this week, it’s timely that a new executive education course aimed at those wanting to enter the venture capital industry has been launched to serve previously under-represented groups, especially women, B... |
| 08.09.2020 | London-based ThoughtRiver secures €8.4 million to expand its automated contract review tech globally | ThoughtRiver, a market leader in automated contract review and pre-screening, has today announced around €8.4 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Octopus Ventures, a leading European venture capital firm which invests in techn... |
| 02.06.2020 | Enabling the future of digital assets — why we’re excited about Copper | Founded in 2018 by Dmitry Tokarev, Copper has developed a next-gen integrated trading and custody infrastructure. The business has quickly established itself as the go-to provider of safeguarding and trading infrastructure for institutions ... |
| 16.04.2020 | London-based data startup Count raises €2.2M, launches all-in-one data platform to help startups amid COVID-19 | Founded in 2016, Count is the all-in-one data platform that gives early and growth-stage companies everything they need to consolidate and analyse their data rapidly.
After raising $2.4 million (approx €2.2 million) funding led by LocalGlob... |
| 06.01.2020 | These 10 promising VCs in Europe aim to transform tech ecosystem in 2020 | For early-stage startups, it is important to secure funding and support from venture capital investors. This can be a make-or-break point for the startups that are in the nascent stages. This makes it important to find the right VCs to back... |
| 27.11.2019 | How Rossum is using deep learning to extract data from any document | The equivalent of over 100 human lifetimes is spent globally each day on data entry from invoices alone, according to Czech AI startup Rossum. And that is why the company is using deep learning technology to help businesses ditch manual dat... |
| 27.11.2019 | How Rossum is using deep learning to extract data from any document | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 07.11.2019 | The 10 most active investors in food tech in Europe in 2019 | At a time when technology has touched almost everything in our day to day lives, the food industry is one that remains untapped in many markets. However, it has gradually picked up pace just like the other sectors. Several companies have fo... |
| 07.08.2019 | Biome Makers secures $4m Series A in another sign that investors are digging soil science startups | Are you a terroir-ist? If so, you’ll understand — along with almost any winegrower — how sexy soil can be. Beneath any field’s surface, a complex interplay of millions of micro-organisms thrives, defining whether a crop flourishes or wither... |
| 29.05.2019 | Love being yu — our investment in yulife | yulife has a purpose-led founding team who share a passion for wellbeing and the need for companies to do more to help encourage active lifestyles and mental health. The team is led by Sammy who was the founding CEO of Pruprotect (now known... |
| 28.05.2019 | Out of stealth, Stratio emerges with predictive AI to stop your bus from breaking down | Remember that future we were promised where our vehicle magically tells us that we’re about to break down? Or actually never does? Or that the pickup truck arrives before the driver even knows something is wrong? That future is arriving. Bu... |
| 14.03.2019 | Transforming a 10,000 Year Old industry: Why LocalGlobe Invested in Breedr | Editor’s Note: Remus Brett is partner at UK venture capital firm LocalGlobe, previously the cofounder of a specialist benchmarking and advisory Finalta, which was acquired by McKinsey. Today, LocalGlobe announced its lead role in the £2 mil... |
| 08.01.2019 | London-based AR mapping startup Scape Technologies emerges from stealth after raising €7 million | As augmented reality headsets, autonomous vehicles, and drones become more common, they will need to operate safely alongside people, and therefore have to understand the physical world with more detail than ever before.
To create these kin... |
| 11.12.2018 | Agritech Startup Spotlight: Wefarm’s 1m+ African Farmer Information Network Extends to Ag Marketplace | “I think, if you look at our vision, you could say that small-scale agriculture is the biggest industry of Earth. It’s a half billion people; it’s the entire world’s supply chain; it’s the origin or commodities markets, and nobody’s really ... |
| 29.11.2018 | LocalGlobe co-founder Saul Klein says despite Brexit fears, the UK’s startup kids should be all right | While Brexit’s effects are dominating headlines in the UK and around the globe, the nation’s startup industry should emerge from the chaos relatively unscathed, according to longtime European venture investor Saul Klein .
A former partner a... |
| 20.11.2018 | London’s startup ecosystem at a glance | Without a doubt, London is an exceptional place for startup development. The third largest tech hub in the world, and leading startup hub in Europe, is known for its vibrant community, a high concentration of capital and a massive concentra... |
| 16.11.2018 | LocalGlobe To Raise New Fund Aimed at Series B Rounds | LocalGlobe, a London, UK-based venture capital firm that focused on seed investments, is raising a new fund aimed at Series B rounds and beyond.
Founded by father and son Robin Klein and Saul Klein, LocalGlobe aims to (reportedly) raise $20... |
| 15.11.2018 | LocalGlobe, the London seed-stage VC, is raising a new fund aimed at Series B | LocalGlobe, the seed-stage venture capital firm founded by father and son duo Robin and Saul Klein, and one of the most active firms in the U.K., is gearing up to launch a new separate fund aimed at Series B.
According to sources — and sinc... |
| 21.09.2018 | Geeky blinders: Birmingham’s tech scene is as ambitious as it is diverse | Coding bootcamps, investment initiatives and national infrastructure projects are just a few reasons to be excited if you’re a tech startup in Birmingham, which boasts a digital workforce as diverse as its thriving local economy.
However, ... |
| 06.06.2018 | Saul Klein and Eileen Burbidge join @TheEuropas, July 3, London | The Europas Unconference & Awards is back on 3 July in London and we’re excited to announce major European investor Saul Klein, founder and partner of LocalGlobe, is joining as a main speaker. He’ll be talking about his ideas for startu... |
| 06.06.2018 | What does leaving the EU’s Digital Single Market mean for UK startups? | What does leaving the EU’s Digital Single Market (DMS) mean for UK startups? No one actually knows. That’s why three UK VCs are backing an initiative to assess the impact of what leaving the DSM could mean for UK tech startups, if, as is pr... |
| 02.05.2018 | UK social enterprise builder Zinc raises over £3 million in seed funding | London-based Zinc, a company builder that helps tech entrepreneurs tackle social issues, has raised more than £3 million from Atomico, LocalGlobe, LSE, and several angel investors including Martin Leuw and Michael Norton.
Zinc's programme (... |
| 14.03.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, March 14 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
Jillian Manus, a managing partner at Structure Capital and a judge on “The Pitch” podcast, had a circuitous path to venture capital.
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| 08.12.2017 | Investing in the Future of Transport and Mobility | Over 200 investors, entrepreneurs and industry stakeholders joined us for another fantastic Investing in the Future of Transport and Mobility event at Kings Place in London on Tuesday 21st November.
A selection of InMotion portfolio compan... |
| 21.11.2017 | Investing in the Future of Transport and Mobility | New technological and societal trends are transforming the transport and mobility space. This change is creating unique opportunities for startups to build valuable businesses and create new experiences for customers.
The latest instalment... |
| 14.09.2017 | Social robotics company Furhat Robotics raises $2.5 million | Stockholm-based Furhat Robotics has raised $2.5 million in a seed round from Balderton Capital and LocalGlobe.
Founded by researchers from Stockholm’s Royal Institute of Technology, Furhat is building machines with “social intelligence” tha... |
| 19.07.2017 | Zego raises £1.2 million to bring pay-as-you-go insurance to gig economy drivers | Pay-as-you-go insurance provider Zego has raised £1.2 million in seeding funding led by LocalGlobe.
London-based Zego launched last year to provide insurance for riders in the gig economy space that are delivering for companies like Deliver... |
| 28.06.2017 | Energy startup Hometree raises £1.9 million to make boiler installations more efficient | Hometree, a London-based energy startup, has raised £1.9 million from LocalGlobe, DN Capital, Oxford Capital, FJ Labs, and Better Capital founder Jon Moulton.
The startup claims it’s trying to change how people buy and install boilers in th... |
| 06.06.2017 | LocalGlobe goes ‘beyond the Klein brand’ | Tileyard Studios is a nondescript and fairly hidden studio complex in London’s Kings Cross area. A microcosm of the creative industries the U.K. capital city is partly known for, it houses over one hundred companies spanning film and televi... |
| 11.05.2017 | On-demand logistics platform OnTruck raises $10 million Series A | OnTruck, an on-demand logistics platform based in Spain, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Atomico and Idinvest. Existing investors Point Nine Capital, La Famiglia, and Samaipata Ventures also contributed to the round.
OnTru... |
| 11.04.2017 | Beamery raises $5 million for its AI-powered recruitment software | Recruitment software company Beamery has raised $5 million in fresh funding from Index Ventures. Other participants in the round include Edenred Capital Partners, GP Ventures, and LocalGlobe.
London-based Beamery’s software is used by compa... |
| 05.04.2017 | Email security platform CheckRecipient raises $2.7 million | CheckRecipient has announced a funding round of $2.7 million from lead investors Accel and LocalGlobe for its email security platform.
Winton Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Crane also participated in the round.
The London-based com... |
| 15.03.2017 | Rental management platform Goodlord secures £7.2 million in Series A round | UK startup Goodlord, a rental platform for estate agencies, has raised £7.2 million in Series A funding from Ribbit Capital with participation from existing investors LocalGlobe and Global Founders Capital.
Goodlord’s business model involve... |
| 25.01.2017 | “Pay as you drive” insurer Cuvva launches with £1.5 million in new funding | The UK's Cuvva, a “pay as you drive” car insurance service, is launching today with £1.5 million in funding led by LocalGlobe.
Cuvva’s model of insurance, it said, is for drivers that own a car but don’t drive it regularly. There are around... |
| 05.01.2017 | Edtech startup Show My Homework raises £2.4 million and begins international push | UK edtech service Show My Homework has raised £2.4 million in funding from LocalGlobe to aid its first steps into international markets. It is a seed extension following a £300,000 injection in 2013.
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| 17.11.2016 | Kenya’s WeFarm has raised $1.6 million in seed funding | Kenyan peer-to-peer farming information platform, WeFarm, has raised $1.6 million in seed funding in a round led by venture capital firm LocalGlobe. And that’s not all, the company also reached a milestone of over 100,000 farmers on its pla... |
| 17.11.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Gene-editing, Food Waste, Insects, Algae, Impact, Biotech, Farmland, more | Spoiler Alert, a startup helping food businesses and farms manage their unsold produce, closed a $2.5 million seed round with sustainable ag investment firm Fresh Source Capital, multi-industry seed stage investor LaunchCapital, the Fink Fa... |
| 15.11.2016 | Medication management app Echo lands £1.8 million investment | London-based Echo, health tech solution for managing prescriptions, has secured £1.8 million from LocalGlobe and Rocket Internet cofounder Oli Samwer.
Echo’s app allows for the managing of prescriptions and home delivery. Users request a pr... |
| 04.11.2016 | Fintech startup AREX secures €3 million in funding from Lifeline and LocalGlobe | Fintech startup AREX has raised €3 million in new funding from Lifeline Ventures, LocalGlobe, and a number of angel investors to provide a platform short term financing for SMBs.
AREX, derived from “account receivables exchange”, offers a p... |
| 01.11.2016 | Otonomo raises $12 million to make data from connected cars useful | Even if self-driving cars aren’t part of our daily lives yet, vehicles are becoming internet-connected at a rapid pace.
Gartner predicts that one-fifth of all autos on the road, and a great majority of new vehicles being produced worldwide,... |
