Meet Aino Bergius, the new CEO of Slush
Slush, the startup event drawing over 13,000 attendees to Helsinki, appoints Aino Bergius as its new CEO, taking over from Eerika Savolainen following a two-year term.
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CarbonPool bags €11.2M to build world’s first insurance company with carbon credit balance sheet
Zurich-based CarbonPool, set to be the world’s first insurance company with a carbon credit balance sheet, has closed a CHF 10.5M (approximately €11.24M) in a seed round of funding.
Dutch-based Paques Biomaterials raises €14M to develop biodegradable alternative to plastic
Netherlands-based Paques Biomaterials, a company that developed its technology for producing PHA polymers using circular feedstocks for over 10 years, announced that it has secured €14M in a fresh round of funding.
Berlin-based akirolabs secures €4.6M to elevate its AI-powered procurement platform
Berlin-based akirolabs, a SaaS platform for collaborative strategic procurement, announced that it has raised $5M (approximately €4.61M) in a seed round of funding.
Austrian energy-sharing platform eFriends secures fresh funds from Amsterdam’s Rockstart, others
Austria-based eFriends, an energy company, announces after just over three years that it has completed the second round of funding.
UK’s Fasanara acquires majority stake in US-based gaming/app lender Pollen VC: Know more
London-based Fasanara, an FCA-authorised investment firm and technology platform, has acquired a majority stake in California’s Pollen VC.
Polish Healthcare SaaS startup eGabinet bags €548K for market expansion and operation boost
Puławy-based eGabinet, a company that offers software for managing medical facilities, announced that it has secured PLN 2.4M (approximately €548K) in an additional funding round from business angels.
Germany’s Infinite Roots secures the largest investment in mycelium tech in Europe; raises €53.2M
Hamburg-based Infinite Roots, a biotech company using fermentation and fungi to create the next generation of sustainable foods, announced that it has secured $58M (nearly €53.25M) in a Series B round of funding.
Amsterdam’s Send AI aims to end manual data entry work; raises €2.2M led by Google's AI fund
Amsterdam-based Send AI, a startup that builds software to teach AI models to process documents and emails, has secured €2.2M in a pre-seed round of funding.
UK-based conversational AI software startup OpenDialog raises €7.3M: Know more
London-based OpenDialog, a conversational AI platform for insurance, healthcare, and other regulated industries, announced that it has secured $8M (nearly €7.34M) in a Series A round of funding.
Founders on Funding: Sirius' Anastasia Kuskova on €1.2M pre-seed round, sustainability, and transforming metals industry
Every company on the planet right now wants to be sustainable but it isn't easy.
German fintech Mondu bolsters European expansion plans with additional €30M debt funding
Berlin-based Mondu, a B2B payments company, announced that it has secured an additional €30M in debt financing from German bank Vereinigte Volksbank Raiffeisenbank (VVRB).