Major redundancies confirmed at German vertical crop growing business Infarm
German vertical farming startup Infarm today confirmed it will make redundancies that will cover up to 50% of its 500-person workforce. The lay-offs come at an awful time for startups generally. Widespread job…
Read more » Tel Aviv-based all-in-one app for deskless employees, Connecteam raises $37 million
Connecteam, the Tel Aviv-based all-in-one app for deskless employees has raised $37 million in a Series B round. Led by Insight Partners, OG Tech, and the leadership team at Wix, the raise is…
Read more » Vilnius-based remote interpretation platform Interactio raises $30 million in Series A round
Lithuanian interpretation startup Interactio has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Eight Roads Ventures and Storm Ventures. Practica Capital, Notion Capital, Change Ventures, and Angel Investors Jaan Tallinn and Young Sohn also participated. The startup is reporting that…
Read more » Dutch-French e-scooter startup Dott raises $85 million as it plans to roll out e-bikes
Micromobility startup Dott with headquarters in Paris and Amsterdam has secured $85 million in a Series B funding round. The capital injection was co-led by Belgium-based Sofina and UK-based Estari, with participation…
Read more » Berlin-based marketing SaaS Uberall raises $115 million, agrees to acquire Santa Monica’s proximity search optimisation tool MomentFeed
Berlin’s “Near Me” marketing SaaS solutions platform Uberall has raised $115 million in a new capital investment led by Bregal Milestone, Level Equity, United Internet, and Uberall management. Simultaneously, the company is announcing its definitive…
Read more » Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a bird.com domain name sale! MessageBird outbids micromobility company Bird
With more than $1 billion raised, Dutch cloud communications scale-up MessageBird can certainly afford to buy a domain name here and there. But outbidding publicly-listed e-scooter and e-bike juggernaut Bird for the bird.com domain name?…
Read more » French-founded Dataiku raises $200 million at $3.7 billion valuation
French-founded “platform for Everyday AI” Dataiku has raised $200 million in a Series F funding round, at a $3.7 billion valuation. In line with a number of down rounds seen this year,…
Read more » Data-driven publishing platform Inkitt raises $59 million
Inkitt’s Series B round was led by Scott Sandell, Managing General Partner of NEA. Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, Michael Lynton, Chairman of Snap and former CEO of Penguin, and Stefan von…
Read more » Graphic design platform Canva acquires two European tech startups: Kaleido AI (Austria) and Smartmockups (Czech Republic)
With a community of more than 40 million users across the globe, online design platform Canva has made not one but two acquisitions in Europe, picking up both Vienna-based Kaleido AI and Librec, Czech Republic-based Smartmockups. The…
Read more » Tiger Global backs Arianee with €20 million to boost customer relationship in physical, digital and metaverse world
Paris-headquartered web3 solutions platform for brands, Arianee has raised €20 million in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Tiger Global and saw the participation of Bpifrance, ISAI, Cygni Labs and Noia Capital, Commerce Venture and Motier Ventures.
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