9 promising female-founded European startups that raised funding despite COVID-19 crisis
Though there is an increased awareness about gender equality right now, the number of male entrepreneurs always outnumbers that of women.
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Physiotherapy in your phone: Germany’s Kaia Health snaps €23M funding to treat chronic conditions
Due to technical advancements, the digital therapeutics field has made significant progress, harnessing technology to enhance or replace traditional clinical therapy.
Zenloop raises €6.1M: German SaaS startup wants to revolutionise customer experience for businesses across Europe
Germany-based integrated experience management platform, zenloop recently announced a financing round of €6.1 million led by signals Venture Capital, the enterprise tech VC from Berlin. Nauta Capital and Piton Capital each contributed to the round as existing investors.
Berlin-based VC Fly Ventures launches €53M Fund II to invest in deep tech seed-stage startups across Europe
Based out of Berlin, Fly Ventures is a VC firm focused on investing in deep tech seed-stage companies across Europe.
Berlin-based Contentful secures €71.3M funding to accelerate expansion; ropes in new CMO
Berlin-based Contentful, which is a global leader in headless CMS (content management systems) has announced the completion of Series E funding.
Amsterdam-based Roamler raises €20M: Here's how it created a smarter workforce that's set for further expansion
While freelancing snags most of the limelight, there’s also the concept of crowd working, which caters to a wider audience and works well.
London-based edtech platform MyTutor raises €4.4M to bring private tutoring to more students amid COVID-19
Based out of London, MyTutor offers affordable 1-to-1 tutorials online by connecting tutors from the UK's best unis with pupils at home and in schools.
Airbnb's new rival from Finland touts one advantage: It's 'ridiculously cleaner,' snaps €4M funding
Bob W announces a €4 million seed funding round led by Founders VC (Copenhagen, Denmark, and Silicon Valley, CA) with participation from leading Nordic and Baltic real estate investors like NREP and Kaamos.
Here’s what TransferGo, London-based international money transfer will do with €9M funding
TransferGo, a digital international money transfer platform for migrants and businesses has raised $10 million (approx €9 million) in funding co-led by Seventure, and Vostok Emerging Finance, along with other participants including Hard Yaka, Revo Capital, and Bootstrap Europe.
Boosting mobility in emerging markets: Estonian fintech Planet42 raises €2.2M
Planet42, an Estonian fintech operating in Africa that focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has raised €2.2M…
French ‘Uber of aircraft,’ Wingly secures €3M funding
French take off-flight sharing startup Wingly has secured a €3 million funding led by Innovacom Fund.
Why Belgian media company Mediahuis invested €5M in Dutch edtech scaleup Lepaya
Lepaya, a provider of soft skills training courses has raised €5 million from media group Mediahuis.