Mariia Denysiuk

Ukrainian-founded Fintech Farm raises $32M to expand in India

Fintech Farm, a London-based company that provides digital banks know-how (neobanks) in emerging markets, has raised $32 million in Series B financing round led by the London Stock Exchange-listed Bank of Georgia. The capital will help the company to expand

Latvian-founded LongeVC joins $2.35M seed round for CatenaBio

LongeVC has joined a $2.35 million round for CatenaBio, a US-based biotech spin-out company of the labs of Prof. Jennifer Doudna and Prof. Matt Francis at UC Berkeley. California Innovation Fund, the US Civilization Ventures, and Pioneer Fund, Freeflow, and

30 Polish startups received €43M in funding in Q1’24 — PFR Ventures and Inovo report

In Q1 of 2024, €43 million flowed through the Polish VC market, representing the total capital invested by Polish and foreign funds in 30 deals. Comparing the same period in 2023, the value of investments decreased by 61%. AIN shares

Estonian medtech startup Menken Trials raises €1.3M grant from EAS and Kredex

The Tartu-based medtech startup Menken Trials, aiming to spare doctors of paperwork, has raised a €1.3 million grant from EAS and Kredex. The fresh costs will support the startup’s growth plans. We believe that our success comes from changing the

Austrian carbon accounting startup Tset closes a €12.7M Series A funding round

Tset, a Vienna-based business provider of carbon accounting software, has closed €12.7 million in its series A round of funding to strengthen its position across new markets and industries. The investment was led by Carbon Removal Partners, Brose Ventures, and

Bulgarian BlackPeak Capital leads €10M Series B round for Slovenian Leanpay

Sofia-based BlackPeak Capital has announced its lead investment during a €10 million Series B funding round for Leanpay, Slovenia’s Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) and point-of-sale lending platform. The round was also co-led by Catalyst Romania and will allow Leanpay to expand its operations and

Poland’s Innova Capital sells its stakes in Optical Investment Group to EssilorLuxottica

Warsaw-based EssilorLuxottica has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of Optical Investment Group, a retailer of optical eyecare and eyewear products in Romania, from Innova Capital Group, and a group of individual minority shareholders. The transaction amount was

Finnish Oinride raises €345k in pre-seed to expand its robotic solutions for mining

Oinride, a Tampere-based startup developing mobile robotics solutions for the mining industry, has raised €345,000 pre-seed investment. The funding round was led by EIT RawMaterials, and will enable Oinride to accelerate the development and deployment of its mobile robotics in the

Czech-founded startup Myriad AI secures $2M pre-seed funding round 

Myriad AI, a US-based startup with Czech roots, has secured $2 million in a pre-seed funding round. The investors include Nation 1, alongside BD Partners, Plug and Play Tech Center, and Preston-Werner VC, according to the Recursive. About Myriad AI Investment details