Lisa Palchynska

Lerta raises $2M to develop the virtual power plant

Poznań-based Lerta, a company developing modern technological solutions for the energy sector, has raised $2 million. Photon Energy, a global provider of solar power solutions and services, has invested over $1 million and acquired 12% of Lerta’s shares. It is

Polish customer service automation solution PAPU.io lands $990k

Poznań-based startup PAPU.io has received $990k in a seed round from PKO VC and RKKVC funds, MamStartup writes. Founded in 2018 by CEO Emil Konrad and Michał Strecker, PAPU.io is a POS system that automates processes related to the delivery

HiPeople raises $3M in a seed round for its reference checks product

Berlin-based HiPeople has closed a $3 million seed round led by Mattias Ljungman’s Moonfire with participation from Capnamic Ventures and Cherry Ventures, TechCrunch reports. HiPeople is HRtech that enables companies to collect in-depth candidate reference checks without any additional manual

Real estate investment platform Exporo closes a €16M funding round

German startup Exporo has raised €16 million in a round led by Partech with participation from its previous backers e.ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Heartcore Capital, EU-Startups writes. Exporo develops an online marketplace that offers real estate projects as an

Poland’s Pergamin secures over $800k for its contract automation tool

Warsaw-based startup Pergamin has secured more than $800,000 in a seed round from investment company JR Holding and Nunatak Capital fund, MamStartup reports.  Founded in 2017, Pergamin enables data-driven contract management. The business tool allows small and medium-sized enterprises to

HRtech Personio raises $125M at a valuation of $1.7B

The Germany-based startup Personio has received $125 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $1.7 billion. The round was co-led by existing investor Index Ventures and new one Meritech Capital. Previous backers Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners,

Food delivery startup Stava completes a share issue and raises over $900k

Polish Stava has completed the crowdfunding campaign and raised more than $900,000 by selling its shares to 451 investors. This is less than what the company wanted, as the plan was to receive over $1,1 million, the Stava’s page said.

German ERP system developer Xentral closes a $20M Series A round

As reported by TechCrunch, Augsburg-based Xentral has secured $20 million in a Series A financing round led by the American VC Sequoia Capital with participation from Visionaires Club. Founded in 2017 by CEO Benedikt Sauter and Claudia Sauter, Xentral develops

Warsaw-based startup Vue Storefront receives $1.5M

The Polish developer of software for e-commerce Vue Storefront announced the closing of a $1.5 million early-stage round led by SMOK Ventures and Movens VC.  Vue Storefront was launched in 2017 as an R&D project of software house Divante. The