What’s new? In ours #StartupTicker weekly review we provide a quick overview of what was really important in the German-speaking startup scene recently!
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#StartupTicker – What was really important recently!
STARTUP RADAR
Brand new
+++ In the past few days we have introduced the following startups: inperks, Streamlingo, Outzip, tiini, CUCOO, FiberFlow, Points2BIM, Echomotion, Iron Energy, SPHAERAM, VoxDesk.ai, Fintalo, DECD, ParaStruct and Avientus. More on the startup radar
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INVESTMENTS
Combo
+++ The American investor Volition Capital as well as the existing investors Acadian Ventures, 468 Capital and Y Combinator are investing $25 million in Kombo. More about combo
Metafuels
+++ The Munich-based early-stage investor UVC Partners, Energy Impact Partners (EIP), Contrarian Ventures, RockCreek, Verve Ventures and Fortescue are investing $24 million in Metafuels. More about metafuels
Finn
+++ The Munich investor HV Capital, BHI – Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments as well as the existing investors Cherry Ventures, Speedinvest and SquareOne are investing 20 million US dollars in Flinn. More about Finn
plato
+++ The billion-dollar London backer Atomico, the Berlin backer Cherry Ventures, Discovery Ventures and D11Z.Ventures are investing $14.5 million in Plato. More about Plato
Optim
+++ The Danish early-stage investor Kompas VC, Planet A Ventures, BitStone Capital, The Bau Ventures and Innovation Endeavors as well as several business angels are investing 8 million euros in Optiml. More about Optiml
happyhotel
+++ The Munich investor Reimann Investors, start-up BW Innovation Fonds, seed + speed Ventures and the family office Wecken & Cie. invest 6.5 million euros in happyhotel. More about happy hotel
Cognee
+++ The American seed investor Pebblebed, which includes former OpenAI creator Pamela Vagata, 42CAP, Vermilion Ventures and several business angels are investing $7.5 million in Cognee. More about Cognee
nuuEnergy
+++ amberra, the corporate venturing studio of the cooperative financial group Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, EnjoyVenture, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Vireo Ventures, better ventures and Bynd Venture Capital are investing 4.3 million euros in nuuEnergy. More about nuuEnergy
Site spirit
+++ The Swiss early-stage investor b2venture, the early-stage financier OpenOcean (Helsinki) and business angels such as Verena Pausder, Lea-Sophie Cramer and Alexander Schwörer are investing 4 million euros in Sitegeist. More about Sitegeist
Strong defense
+++ The American investor Founders Fund (Peter Thiel) is investing a double-digit million sum in Stark Defense. More about Stark
Neoh
+++ The Italian candy company Ferrero is investing a double-digit million sum in Neoh through its investment company Teseo Capital. More about Neoh
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
sofa tutor – SchoolMouv
+++ The established Berlin learning company sofatutor, which is supported by Emeram Capital Partners, is taking over the French learning platform SchoolMouv. More about sofatutor
Organization chart – Sanity Group
+++ The Canadian cannabis company Organigram is taking over the Berlin cannabis startup Sanity Group. More about the Sanity Group
Blåkläder – WashTime
+++ The Swedish workwear manufacturer Blåkläder is taking over the majority (85%) of the Cologne laundry service provider WaschMal. More about WaschMal
VENTURE CAPITAL
Lucid Capital
+++ The young Berlin investor Lucid Capital, backed by Johann Nordhus Westarp and Srecko Džeko, announces the final closing of its first fund (36 million euros). More about Lucid Capital
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