Klarna-rival Scalapay is Italy’s first unicorn; raises $497M from Tencent, Tiger…
Scalapay lets customers choose its “buy now pay later” option while they checkout by setting up an account in just two to three minutes.
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European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) secures €300M to fuel bio-based circular…
The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) announced that it has raised €300M, exceeding the original target of €250M. The EU-backed fund will finance growth companies in the bioeconomy and biobased circular economy.
LUMO Labs backs London-based Maaind to personalise wellbeing through biometrics…
Maaind is on a mission to create responsible and personalised AI technology that deeply understands the human mind, to improve mental wellbeing and cognitive performance.
Cambridge-based Porotech secures €17.6M, aims to revolutionise electronics…
Porotech, a Cambridge-based company specialising in the development of Gallium Nitride (GaN) material technology, announced that it has secured $20M (approx €17.6M) in a Series A round of funding.
Amsterdam-based startup SeMI Technologies raises €14.1M for its open-source vector…
SeMI Technologies originally spun out of ING Labs and claims to democratise search capabilities that have, until now, been closely guarded by a handful of huge tech companies.
Tiger Global backs UK fintech company Weavr in €35.2M Series A round
Weavr, a London-based embedded finance platform, announced that it has secured $40M (approx €35.2M) in a Series A round of funding led by Tiger Global.
London-based digital identity verification startup OCR Labs raises €26.4M to…
OCR Labs is focused on making user verification effortless through technology.
London-based biotech company Automata raises €44M to accelerate robotic automation…
Automata helps life sciences rapidly innovate, diagnose, and discover at scale.
Berlin-based Zenjob raises €45M in a growth financing round to expand in Europe…
Berlin-based Zenjob has raised €45M in a growth financing round.
Dutch indoor farming company PlantLab secures €50M, to open more productions sites
PlantLab, an indoor farming platform, announced that it has secured €50M funding in a new round led by De Hoge Dennen Capital.
Berlin-based fintech startup Monite raises €4.4M from Mollie’s Adriaan Mol…
Monite allows B2B platforms, marketplaces, neobanks, and vertical SaaS companies to integrate high-end finance automation features.
London-based BACKED raises €150M to support ‘boldest’ entrepreneurs in Europe with…
BACKED is a human-centric venture capital fund. The firm says its values are ‘Put People First’, ‘Be An Apprentice’, ‘Push the Limits’, and ‘Bring Good Energy’.