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Inovia Capital raises €377M for second growth fund; looks to grow its presence, increase investments in Europe

Inovia Capital, a Montreal-based venture firm, has closed its second growth fund at $450M (approx €377M). The closing ...

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March 16, 2021

Bessemer Ventures Partners closes €2.72B across two funds; Amazon’s former top exec Jeff Blackburn joins the firm

Bessemer’s eleventh flagship fund, BVP XI, and its second opportunity fund, BVP Century II collectively closed this €2.72M capital.

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February 26, 2021

Combining financial with human capital in Amsterdam: Volta, LevelUp and Tech Rise on their approach

The importance of human capital is something founders often overlook. That is what Amsterdam's Volta Ventures and Tech Rise Ventures noticed, too. Both, in their own way, are aiming to bridge the gap between financial and human capital.

Dennis de Vries

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February 19, 2021

Why only 1% of early-stage capital flows to female founders

The existence of the gender investment gap in early-stage funding is not new, especially not in the Netherlands...A Personal Story by Tessa van der Geer

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February 18, 2021

Early-stage VC firm OpenOcean raises €92M for third fund; here’s how it plans to deploy this capital

OpenOcean has also announced that the appointment of Ekaterina Almasque - former MD of Samsung Catalyst Fund - as General Partner.

Rahul Raj

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February 10, 2021

Finch Capital launches new €150M fund; here’s why it’s good news for European fintech startups

Finch Capital will invest between €2 to €10M in Series A and B stages and acquire minority stakes in scale-ups with €2 to €5M in revenues.

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February 10, 2021

Here’s why the Dutch company behind startup competition ‘Get in the Ring’ has merged with The Hague investor VenturesOne

With VenturesOne and Unknown Group merger, they aim to increase the success rate of innovations that address pressing local and global challenges.

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February 3, 2021

Peak Capital-backed Belgian startup raises €450K to help companies be more customer-centric; here’s how

The market for Customer Data Platforms is growing. According to a recent report, the global Customer Data Platform ...

Rahul Raj

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February 2, 2021

Antler enters Denmark; global early-stage VC raises €6.7M to back Danish sustainable tech companies

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that builds and invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow.

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February 2, 2021

Amsterdam-based Peak Capital leads €1.8M funding round in this Swedish startup; fund’s first investment in Nordics

Peak Capital’s David Zwagemaker says, “Since I worked in law over ten years ago, there has been relatively little innovation in the legal market. There is a massive opportunity to improve process efficiency and Precisely is well-positioned to capitalise on this.”

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January 27, 2021

Octopus Ventures assembles new team, announces €112M fund to expand health tech offering

The London-based VC firm Octopus Ventures is renowned for launching notable funds over the years. Back in 2019, ...

Shubham Sharma

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January 25, 2021

Amsterdam-based INKEF Capital leads €5M Series A funding round of this Dutch startup

Of late, the marketplace model has been gaining a lot of momentum, encouraging many small to medium businesses ...

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January 19, 2021