+++ Neura Robotics +++ Gropyus +++ Flink +++ UniverCell +++ Lio +++ Enpulsion +++ cargo.one +++
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#StartupTicker – What was really important recently!
STARTUP RADAR
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+++ In the past few days we have presented the following startups: unlock, Spargold, Silverjobs, Bluesphere, cashwerk, Ficus, Supercount AI, choosely, jarm.ai and Social Circle. More on the startup radar
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INVESTMENTS
Neura Robotics
+++ Stablecoin issuer Tether and Co. are investing 1 billion euros in Neura Robotics – see Bloomberg. As a result of the investment round, the company will probably be valued at 4 billion euros and will therefore become a unicorn. More about Neura Robotics
Gropyus
+++ The housing group Vonovia, Semapa Next, the pension fund of the US state of Michigan, and Co. are investing 100 million euros in Gropyus. More about Gropyus
Nimble
+++ Btomorrow Ventures, the investment vehicle of the tobacco company BAT, Prosus and other existing investors are investing $100 million in Flink. More about Flink
UniverCell
+++ DeepTech & Climate Fund (DTCF) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund are investing 30 million euros in UniverCell. More about UniverCell
Lio
+++ American investor Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angels, 20VC (Harry Stebbings) and Y Combinator are investing $30 million in Lio (formerly known as askLio). More about Lio
Enpulsion
+++ The Munich growth investor Nordwind Growth is investing 22.5 million euros in Enpulsion. More about Enpulsion
cargo.one
+++ The American backer Bessemer Venture Partners and Co. are investing $20 million in cargo.one. The Portuguese company Cargofive (Lisbon) is also taking over. More about cargo.one
ISPTech
+++ The Berlin DeepTech investor Join Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Faber, First Momentum Ventures, Lightfield Equity, Final Frontier Liftoff, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), start-up BW Seed Fonds and other investors are investing 5.5 million euros in ISPTech. More about ISPTech
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Holidu – bestfewo.de
+++ The Munich holiday home scaleup Holidu is taking over the holiday home platform bestfewo.de. More about Holidu
Snocks – Les Lunes
+++ The Mannheim socks and underwear label snocks takes over the insolvent fashion brand Les Lunes (slogan: “Long-lasting women’s fashion with comfort and style”). More about snocks
storabble – on storage
+++ The Swiss company storabble, a marketplace for storage spaces, founded in 2023, is taking over the “central assets” of the Düsseldorf startup on-storage, a “digital platform for the decentralized storage of items for private and business customers”. More about storabble
Flowpay – Tapline
+++ The Prague FinTech Flowpay (Embedded Financial Services for SME Platforms) is taking over the Berlin FinTech Tapline. More about Tapline
VENTURE CAPITAL
backtrace capital
+++ Millions for young startups! The young Munich investor backtrace capital announces the final closing of its first fund. There are 50 million euros in the pot, which is more than the planned 30 million. More about backtrace capital
amberra
+++ The Berlin financier amberra, the corporate venturing studio of the cooperative financial group Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, announces the final closing of its first fund (100 million euros). More about amberra
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