Amsterdam-based MessageBird acquires bird.com domain, reportedly for €8.7M
MessageBird, an Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform, announced that it has acquired the domain name Bird.com, reportedly for $10M (approx €8.7M).
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Spain-born Domestika reaches unicorn status; raises €98.6M at €1.1B valuation
Domestika, an online learning platform for creatives, announced on Thursday that it has raised $110M (approx €98.6M) funding in the Series D round, bringing the company’s total valuation to $1.3B (approx €1.1B).
Partech announces closing of its second Growth fund at €650M: Know more about the VC’s investment plan with this fund
Partech is a global investment platform for tech and digital companies, led by ex-entrepreneurs and operators of the industry spread across offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, and Dakar.
IONITY secures €700M from BlackRock, others to expand its EV charging network across Europe
IONITY, a Munich-based fast-charging network, announced that it has raised €700M in a fresh round of funding from new investor BlackRock Global Renewable Power and other existing investors.
Dutch startups and scaleups have raised €1.5B in Q3 2021, sharp increase in foreign investment: Report
The Dutch startup/scaleups ecosystem is in a great position, according to the Quarterly Startup Report.
Nearly 1,000 Dutch entrepreneurs received over €300M as Corona Bridging Loan to stay afloat during the pandemic: Report
COVID-19 has affected the startup ecosystem globally, causing substantial job losses, difficulties in raising funds, and much more.
Dutch entrepreneurship paradox: Here’s why only a handful of Dutch startups evolve into scaleups and unicorns
The Netherlands is one of the best startup ecosystems in the world.
Erasmus University Rotterdam releases the top 250 Dutch Scaleups 2021: Meet the 17 Dutch fintech scaleups included in the list
The Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship in collaboration with nlgroeit has published this year’s annual Top 250 Scaleups in the…
EIT launches EIT Community Booster to help new European Bauhaus ventures scale and evolve: Here’s how to apply
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has recently announced its support for the new European Bauhaus initiative with a…
Meet this year’s Dutch Tech5 winners; 4 out of 5 winners are from Amsterdam
Tech5 is an initiative co-hosted by Adyen and The Next Web to find the fastest-growing scaleups in Europe based on their performance, growth, and potential.
Amsterdam-based commodity intelligence platform Vesper raises €5M; Mollie's founder Adriaan Mol invests
Vesper, an Amsterdam-based commodity intelligence platform, announced that it has raised €5M funding in a seed round led by venture studio…
British entech unicorn Octopus Energy receives €513.5M from Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management
UK-based entech unicorn Octopus Energy announced on Monday that it has struck a “major strategic partnership” with Generation Investment Management, an investment fund co-founded by the former US Vice President Al Gore.