+++ 1Global +++ Midas +++ Synera +++ Nesto +++ ToolSense +++ Ankerkraut +++ Blacklane +++ Nuventura +++
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#StartupTicker – What was really important recently!
STARTUP RADAR
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INVESTMENTS
1Global
+++ The Schwarz Group (Lidl, Kaufland and Co.) joins 1Global and secures 9.9% of the company. “The collaboration with 1Global is set to last exclusively for five years, and it will acquire shares worth an estimated $80 million,” reports Handelsblatt. More about 1Global
Midas
+++ New York investor RRE Ventures, Creandum, Framework Ventures, HV Capital, Ledger Cathay, Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, M1 Capital, Anchorage Digital, FJ Labs, North Island Ventures and GSR are investing $50 million in Midas. More about Midas
Synera
+++ The French growth investor Revaia (formerly Gaia Capital Partners), UVC Partners, ISAI Cap Ventures (Capgemini) as well as existing investors such as Spark, BMW iVentures and Cherry Ventures are investing 35 million euros in Synera, formerly known as Elise. More about Synera
Nesto
+++ The English growth investor Expedition Growth Capital is investing 11 million euros in Nesto. More about Nesto
Pixel Photonics
+++ The Frankfurt investor Futury Capital, SPRIND, Kensho Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are investing 5 million euros in Pixel Photonics. There is also funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator worth 8.5 million euros. More about Pixel Photonics
TerraSpark
+++ The French investor Daphni, better ventures, Hans(wo)men Group, LBAN – Luxembourg Business Angel Network, Karaoke Club and other business angels are investing 5.4 million euros in TerraSpark. More about TerraSpark
blocks
+++ The Viennese investor Speedinvest, Caesar Ventures and business angels – including the Flix founders – are investing $6 million in blocks. More about blocks
Conxai
+++ The Munich investor BayBG Venture Capital, Capricorn Partners from Belgium and existing investors are investing 5 million euros in Conxai. More about Conxai
Delta Labs
+++ The Essen investor Cusp Capital and the Berlin female lender Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund are investing 4.4 million euros in Delta Labs. More about Delta Labs
Nature Robots
+++ The German-Danish investor Climentum Capital, Bayern Kapital and Planetary Impact Ventures (Denmark) are investing 4 million euros in Nature Robots. More about Nature Robots
XO Life
+++ The Croatian investor Fil Rouge Capital, Sandwater, Grazia Equity, Vi Partners and Bayern Kapital are investing 4 million euros in XO Life. More about XO Life
ToolSense
+++ The Danish growth private equity fund Gro Capital is investing a double-digit million sum in ToolSense. More about ToolSense
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Anchor herb
+++ Almost four years after exiting Nestlé, Ankerkraut founders Anne Lemcke and Stefan Lemcke are buying their company back from the food giant. Nestlé most recently held 95% of the spice Grownup, which was founded in 2013. More about anchor herb
Uber – Blacklane
+++ The US ride-hailing company Uber buys the Berlin chauffeur service Blacklane. More about Blacklane
AlphaPet Ventures – Cpro Food
+++ The Munich-based pet food company AlphaPet Ventures is taking over the Belgian company Cpro Food, a so-called premium brand for dog and cat food. More about AlphaPet Ventures
Main Capital Partners – Gingco
+++ The Dutch private equity investor Main Capital Partners is taking over the majority of the company Gingco (Braunschweig), which was founded in 1999 and focuses on software solutions for enterprise resource management. More about Gingco
afreshed – etepetete
+++ The Linz-based organic rescue box afreshed is taking over its Munich competitor etepetete. More about afreshed
Lucy Group – Nuventura
+++ The English company Lucy Group is taking over the Berlin DeepTech startup Nuventura. More about Nuventura
AlphaPet Ventures – Animal lover
+++ The Munich-based pet food company AlphaPet Ventures is taking over the Berlin-based company Tierfreund (food supplements and functional snacks for pets), which was founded in 2016. More about AlphaPet Ventures
onyo – furnable
+++ The home office-as-a-service startup onyo, founded in 2021, is taking over its competitor furnable, an offshoot of designfunktion. More about furnable
Getsafe – helden.de
+++ The Heidelberg InsurTech Getsafe is taking over its Hamburg competitor helden.de. More about Getsafe
Velcro – Careloop – Medwing International Recruiting
+++ The Klett Group is now completely taking over the Berlin HR startup Careloop. The company had held the majority (at that time around 60%) of the HR company founded in 2019 since November 2024. More about Careloop
Dataciders – DataSpark
+++ The Dortmund data and analytics company Dataciders is taking over the AI startup DataSpark (Frankfurt am Main), which was founded in 2016. More about Dataciders
VENTURE CAPITAL
Beiersdorf Venture Capital
+++ The Hamburg skin care company Beiersdorf (Nivea) is launching its second corporate venture capital fund (100 million euros). More about BVC
Herbert Ventures
+++ With Herbert Ventures, a new early stage investor is launching in Zurich. The target volume is 30 million Swiss francs (32 million euros). More about Herbert Ventures
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