Lisa Palchynska

Fintech Solactive announces a €50M investment from Summit Partners

A technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions Solactive announced a €50 million investment from the US-based global alternative investment firm Summit Partners. Solactive, or Structured Solutions as it was then known, was founded in 2007 by CEO Steffen Scheuble.

German startup Upvest raises additional €5M in its Series A extension

Upvest has raised additional €5 million funding, ensuring the close of Series A round. Initial €7 investment was made by HV Capital, Notion Capital, and Partech in December 2019. This time Earlybird led the round, and such German fintech angel

Berlin-based startup Charles secures €1M to promote WhatsApp as a shopping channel

As reported by Starting Up, Charles has secured €1 million in funding from business angels including Tarek Müller, CEO AboutYou, Alexander Graf, CEO Spryker Systems, Kassenzone, and Nils Seebach, CFO Etribes. Founded by e-commerce experts Artjem Weissbeck and Andreas Tussing,

Temporary employment marketplace Staffly raises over $270k from Czysta3.vc

Warsaw-based HRtech startup Staffly has raised more than $270,000 from Czysta3.vc fund, MamStartup writes. Founded by CEO Filip Sobel, Damian Wójcikiewicz, Łukasz Olejarczuk, and Łukasz Zygiel, Staffly develops a marketplace of temporary works in HoReCa, media, culture, sports, and business

Isar Aerospace raises €75M – it is the largest European spacetech funding round

Space startup from Munich Isar Aerospace has raised €75 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Swiss VC firm Lakestar with the participation of existing investors Earlybird, Vsquared Ventures, Airbus Ventures, former SpaceX Vice President Bulent Altan,

Healthtech Jutro Medical secures over $1.6M for building the clinic of the future

Jutro Medical has secured more than $1.6 million. Business angels syndicate led by Warsaw-based VC fund Kogito Ventures participated in the round. German fund Rheingau Founders, as well as Polish ones Inovo Venture Partners and Market One Capital also supported

List of 10 best IT-startups in Kazakhstan

Astana Hub, an international technopark for IT-startups, has compiled a nationwide annual ranking of startups that achieved technological progress in 2020.  To apply for this contest, the startups needed to introduce MVP that is aimed to solve market problems in

Identity verification platform IDnow raises €15M from the European Investment Bank

Munich-based startup IDnow has got a €15 million loan from the European Investment Bank that is provided under Investment Plan for Europe.  Launched in 2014, IDnow platform offers comprehensive KYC services, from eSigning to automated and video-based assisted identity verification.

German insurtech Getsafe announces the closing of a $30M Series B round

After simplesurance raised €15 million, another German insurtech Getsafe announced the closing of a $30 million Series B round. It brought the company’s total funding to $53 million. Leading investor iptiQ, a subsidiary of the Swiss insurance company Swiss Re,