Dutch VC Fortino Capital raises €80M to support Benelux tech startups
In the uncertain times of the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, many companies and people have been impacted.
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In the uncertain times of the global health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, many companies and people have been impacted.
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has brought the whole world to a standstill bringing about travel restrictions and impacting the small and medium businesses.
Dirac, the global leader in digital sound optimisation technology, has completed a new $6 million (approx €5.5 million) round of financing led by the well-known Swedish tech investors Inbox Kapital, Swedia Capital, and Johan Sedihn, and new investor DIG Investment.
London and US-based Index Ventures, a venture capital firm, recently raised $2 billion (approx €1.8 billion) for two new funds.
The coronavirus outbreak will likely have an impact on early-stage venture investment in tech startups, but the European investors and industry professionals are optimistic.
Phos, the UK-based and Bulgaria-born fintech firm that created the first-ever software PoS, which allows merchants to accept payments directly on their phones, has raised €1.3 million in a fundraising round during the coronavirus pandemic.
Easter is around the corner but it looks different this year.
Each year, somewhere around €8 billion is wasted on excess fertilizer globally, which is bad news for farmers' wallets and bad news for Mother Earth.
Berlin-based ecoworks is a pioneer in the proptech industry that modernises the building envelope by renewing the facade, windows, roof, and insulating the basement ceiling.
The Dutch edition of the global movement created by the Estonian accelerator Garage48, Hack the Crisis, recently concluded.
Energy innovation fund - ENERGIIQ, informal investors and existing shareholders have announced to jointly invest €3.4 million in smart office software developer, Mapiq.
Munich-based AI company Luminovo has raised over €2 million in a pre-seed financing round with support from venture capital firms including Cherry Ventures and La Famiglia.