Vanilla Steel is your destination for prime & excess metals in EMEA! We believe in simple online procurement. We enable buyers to find and buy immediately available material directly from European producers and processors. You can sell or buy prime or excess material, namely surplus material, declassified material or aged inventory. The founding team consists of 4 tech entrepreneurs that combine 50 years of digital experience and that are passionate about solving existing challenges in procurement through digitization.
Location: Germany, Berlin
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $4M
Founded date: 2020
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Maze X Sta... | maze-impac... |
| - | Polipo Ven... | polipovent... |
| - | Mustard Se... | mustardsee... |
| - | MSM fund | msm.vc |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 15.07.2021 | Seed | $4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 6
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.07.2021 | In Five9 deal, Zoom targets growth with customers that cannot afford to get Zoom fatigue | 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. Video-conferencing software maker Zoom was a big winner of the pandemic, with its name becoming a... |
| 19.07.2021 | In Five9 deal, Zoom targets growth with customers that cannot afford to get Zoom fatigue | 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 inbofx. Paid Content Harness this metric to drive successful leadership From Indiggo Video-conferencing ... |
| 15.07.2021 | Industrial materials marketplace Vanilla Steel raises $4 million | Berlin-based industrial materials marketplace Vanilla Steel has raised $4 million. The platform helps match up excess steel with buyers via weekly auctions and reportedly reduces the negotiation period. The seed round was led by June Fund a... |
| 04.06.2021 | Meet 30 Black Founded Startups Selected By Google For Their New $2 Million (£1.5 Million) Black Founders Fund | -Courtesy of Google Europe |
| 03.06.2021 | Google shares its $2M Black Founders Fund among 30 European startups | Google has selected 30 startups to receive a share of its $2 million Black Founders Fund in Europe, providing these companies with a spot of cash, some valuable cloud services and a bit of good old-fashioned networking among the Google crew... |
| - | Industrial materials marketplace Vanilla Steel raises $4 million | Berlin-based industrial materials marketplace Vanilla Steel has raised $4 million. The platform helps match up excess steel with buyers via weekly auctions and reportedly reduces the negotiation period. The seed round was led by June Fund a... |