British startup NURVV, which manufactures wearable devices for runners, has secured a $9 million Series A funding round. The company, which makes smart insoles that track metrics and monitors technique and possible…
Coachhub co-founder and MD Niebelschuetz: “Most organizations still look at the problem of turnover through traditional glasses”
Yannis Niebelschuetz is co-founder and managing director Coachhub, a Berlin-based startup offering a wide range of digital coaching courses. Last month the company won a further $4 million in VC funding, bringing…
Romanian Startup TypingDNA Wins $7m Funding from Google’s AI VC
Romanian typing biometrics startup TypingDNA has secured a $7 million Series A funding round, led by Google’s AI-focused VC firm Gradient Ventures. The 2016-founded company, based in Romania and New York City,…
Belgian VC Volta Ventures Announces €35m Early-Stage Investment
Belgian venture capital firm Volta Ventures has announced a €35 million ($39m) second fund, which it will invest in early-stage and high-growth businesses in the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) region…
FintechOS Wins $14m Funding to Continue Disrupting Banking Industry
Finance technology firm FintechOS has secured a $14 million Series A funding round to expand its suite of digital solutions. The London-based company, founded in 2017, will use the cash to continue…
London VC Basinghall Partners Announces $109m European Fund
London-based venture capital firm Basinghall Partners has announced its its first VC fund, aimed at early-stage startups across Europe. The Basinghall Tech Fund, which totals $109 million, will invest between $550,000 and…
Sense Biodetection Raises $15.8m to Develop Diagnostics Tests
Cambridge, UK-based Sense Biodetection—or Sense—has raised a $15.8 million Series A funding round, as it scales out its portfolio of molecular diagnostics products. The round, led by Cambridge Innovation Capital and Earlybird…
Mapillary CEO and founder Solem: “It never really felt daunting…it just made sense”
Jan Erik Solem is CEO and founder of Mapillary, a Malmö-based street-level imagery platform that that uses computer vision to fix maps. Thus far the company has won almost $25 million in…
London is Europe’s AI King – Will it Protect the Throne Past Brexit?
London is the perfect place to grow a deep-tech startup. But with Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union fast approaching, is there a danger its sprawling, frenetic capital may lose its belt…
AI Translator Unbabel Wins $60m Series C Funding Round
Unbabel, a Lisbon-headquartered “translation-as-a-service” platform that uses artificial intelligence and human translations, has won a $60 million Series C funding round that brings its total backing above $90m. The Portuguese firm, founded…