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#StartupTicker – What was really important recently!
STARTUP RADAR
Brand new
+++ In the past few days we have presented the following startups: conmeet, Ionic Wind, STARQstrom, enermaind, Twentyfour Industries, Porters, meda, Qontext, ailloy.io, codyco.ai., Ansehn, Soneo, DIONYS, bitsurance, One100, nurdu, DynamoBot, B3ST Accounting, tasty petfood, Ava, Ontoworks, Heimstatt, simmetry.ai, bluvero, SEADS, freshew, The Ocean Package, Mounti, Clever Sole and Meliodays Medical. More on the startup radar
newsletter
+++ In the Startup Radar newsletter, our paid newsletter, we report on these startups: N9 Robotics, respio, Silvernova, Tower, Lernly, Another Earth, datin, Kipti, Neuramancer, Fyrce Care, SkyLANX, Spree Monitoring, revotail, easy pisy, Comena, Famulor, Qodia, NeoBid, Tutel, therafair, 3tag, pace club, Fracto, maiasa, syntaccx, eternal.ag, ZeroWait, iknowly, copany and Placed. Try it free for 30 days
INVESTMENTS
Kandou AI
+++ The American semiconductor investor Maverick Silicon, SoftBank, Synopsys, Cadence and Alchip are investing $225 million in Kandou AI. More about Kandou AI
Upvest
+++ Sapphire Ventures, Tencent, Bessemer Venture Partners and BlackRock are investing $125 million (debt and equity) in Upvest. More about Upvest
Dash0
+++ Balderton Capital, DTCP Growth, Accel, Cherry Ventures, DIG Ventures, July Fund and T.Capital invest $110 million in Dash0. More about Dash0
Entrix
+++ The major French bank BNP Paribas (Solar Impulse Venture Fund), the insurance group Allianz, the Belgian Junction Growth Investors, the Belgian lender Korys (Colruyt Family Office), the Berlin venture capitalist AENU, the Berlin unicorn Enpal, the Hamburg investor Abacon Capital and the Arvantis Group from Munich are investing 43 million euros in Entrix. More about Entrix
PAVE Space
+++ The Berlin investor Visionaries Club, Creandum from Sweden, Lombard Odier Investment Managers (Geneva), Atlantic Labs, Sistafund, b2venture, ACE Investment Partners, Ilavaska Vuillermoz Capital, Pareto and Motier Ventures are investing $40 million (seed investment) in PAVE Space. More about PAVE Space
Interloom
+++ The English investor DN Capital, UiPath investor Bek Ventures (formerly Earlybird Digital East Fund) and previous investor Air Street Capital are investing $16.5 million in Interloom. More about Interloom
Rivia
+++ The Berlin financier Earlybird Venture Capital, Defiant from London, Speedinvest, Amino Collective and Nina Capital are investing $15 million in Rivia. More about Rivia
Kewazo
+++ Schooner Capital, Chevron Technology Ventures, Asahi Kasei, Benson Capital, Mana Ventures, Gaingels, Atlas Ventures, True Ventures and Cybernetix Ventures are investing a double-digit million sum (probably $15 million) in Kewazo. More about Kewazo
WeSort.AI
+++ The Dutch investor Infinity Recycling, the Berlin lender Green Generation Fund (GGF), vent.io and SPRIND are investing 10 million euros in WeSort.AI. More about WeSort.AI
Wellster HealthTech
+++ The British growth debt lender Claret Capital is investing again in Wellster HealthTech. “In total, the existing financing line with Claret Capital Partners was expanded to 10 million euros,” the company said. More about Wellster Healthtech
Cellbricks
+++ The English investor Silicon Roundabout Ventures (SRV), SPRIND, ACT Venture Partners and other investors are investing 10 million euros in Cellbricks Therapeutics. More about Cellbricks
blue activity
+++ Wind Capital (Paris), Venture Stars (Munich) and Angel Invest (Berlin) are investing 8.5 million euros in blue activity. More about blue activity
eternal.ag
+++ The Düsseldorf early-stage investor Simon Capital, Oyster Bay Venture Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures and Backbone Ventures are investing 8 million euros in eternal.ag. More about eternal.ag
Tower
+++ The London investor DIG Ventures, the Viennese investor Speedinvest, Flyer One Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Celero Ventures, Angel Invest and business angels such as Jordan Tigani, Olivier Pomel, Ben Liebald and Maik Taro Wehmeyer are investing $6.4 million in Tower. More about Tower
Logistics booth
+++ The Cologne investor Capnamic Ventures, the supply chain investor Moguntia Capital and old investors such as Fraunhofer Technologie-Transfer Fonds (FTTF), Rethink Ventures, XPRESS Ventures and Golzern are investing 5 million euros in the logistics facility. More about logistics bude
pace club
+++ Vorwerk Ventures and ESN founder Benjamin Burkhardt are investing 5 million euros in pace club. More about pace club
sequestra
+++ The Dr. Rudolf Fries Family Private Foundation invests in sequestra through VSE Beteiligungs-GmbH. “Together with existing funding from FFG and aws, the company has around 5 million euros at its disposal,” says a press release. More about sequestra
Incirt
+++ The Finnish early stage investor Lifeline Ventures and existing investor High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are investing 4.8 million euros in Incirt. More about Incirt
Level Nine
+++ The Berlin investor Visionaries Tomorrow, Zero Carbon Capital, Rockstart, IBB Ventures and the angel investor network better ventures are investing 4 million euros in Level Nine. More about Level Nine
Bounti
+++ The French early-stage investor Ventech, IBB Ventures, Robin Capital, Common Magic and business angels such as Paul Forster, Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk are investing 4 million euros in Bounti. More about Bounti
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Eversports – MATCHi
+++ The Viennese company Eversports, founded in 2013, a software platform for boutique fitness studios and operators of sports facilities, and the Swedish competitor MATCHi Group, founded in 2012, are joining forces. More about Eversports
Amazon – RIVR
+++ The American shipping giant Amazon is taking over the Swiss robotics startup RIVR, founded in 2023, which develops four-legged machines for deliveries to the front door. More about RIVR
Berentzen – JUMA
+++ The Berentzen Group is taking over the functional drink JUMA through its subsidiary Vivaris. More about JUMA
Bending Spoons – Tractive
+++ The Italian software company Bending Spoons, which includes Evernote, Meetup and WeTransfer, is taking over the successful Austrian pet tracking growup Tractive. More about Tractive
myneva Group – GETECO
+++ The Essen-based myneva Group, a software provider for the social sector, is taking over the company GETECO, a software solutions for social institutions founded in 1998. More about myneva
VENTURE CAPITAL
Operator Circle
+++ More than 35 founders and “C-level executives” are launching Operator Circle, a DeepTech investor for startups (DACH region) in the growth phase. More about Operator Circle
OFFLINE
FarmInsect
+++ Bankruptcy! The Munich-based AgriTech FarmInsect is insolvent. Attorney Alexander Zarzitzky is appointed as the provisional insolvency administrator. More about FarmInsect
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