Seedtag adds another €250+ million to the feedbag, takes on America in earnest
Madrid-based Seedtag has raised over €250 million via Advent International, historical backers of names including McAfee and NielsenIQ. Last September the firm hauled in $40 million in a Series B round, aiding the startups’ usage…
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Belgium’s Mediahuis reportedly investing €40 million in online academic books platform Perlego
In an interview with Belgian weekly Knack, Perlego co-founder and CEO Gauthier Van Malderen casually mentioned that the company had recently received new funding that included a €40 million investment from newspaper publishing…
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Friend of finance teams far and wide, Spendesk raises €100 million
Founded in 2016 by Rodolphe Ardant, Guilhem Bellion, and Jordane Giuly, Spendesk was borne within the eFounders project, and counts over 3,000 firms including Soundcloud, Curve, Algolia, and Wefox amongst its client base.
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Polemix wins Globant CVC backing to foster respectful debates in social media
Argentinian IT services corporate Globant’s accelerator is backing a French-founded social networking app, Polemix, that promises to promote respectful political discourse through virtual debates hosted on its platform.
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Cazoo and AJAX I. A $7 billion SPAC merger. And the money kept rollin’ in from every side
The transaction was led by AJAX I sponsors (Dan Och and Glenn Fuhrman with board members including Kevin Systrom (Instagram) Anne Wojcicki (23andMe) Jim McKelvey (Square) and Steve Ellis (chipotle)),…
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bp snaps up New York-based energy tech Blueprint Power, turns commercial buildings into power plants
Founded in 2017 in response to the Hurricane Sandy blackout of New York, Blueprint founders Claire Woo, Nicholas Squires, and Robyn Beavers set to work and developed a series of algorithms that not only connect buildings…
Read more » Revenue-based financing platform Vitt emerges from stealth with $15 million pre-seed raise
Vitt, which translates to ‘finance’ in Hindi, now joins the ranks of similar offers Ritmo, Requr, Viceversa, and recently announced player, Berlin’s re:cap in the cash-up-front game.
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French platform Reveal ramps up $50 million to boost B2B partnerships
To keep facilitating B2B collaboration, French collaborative growth platform Reveal has raised $50 million in Series A round led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners with…
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Berlin’s pliant joins the corporate credit card game, closes €18 million seed round
Pliant’s seed funding round was led by Alstin Capital, and saw participation from Main Incubator and Austrian family office Saber, with finleap founder Ramin Niroumand also joining.
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Cazoo and AJAX I. A $7 billion SPAC merger. And the money kept rollin’ in from every side
The transaction was led by AJAX I sponsors (Dan Och and Glenn Fuhrman with board members including Kevin Systrom (Instagram) Anne Wojcicki (23andMe) Jim McKelvey (Square) and Steve Ellis (chipotle)),…
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