Mariia Denysiuk

Serbian startup Collabwriting raises €1.1M to expand its collaborative research platform

Collabwriting, a Belgrad-based developer of a collaborative research platform, has raised €1.1 million, according to the Recursive. The round was led by SMOK Ventures and joined by a syndicate including Underline Ventures, Credo, Fiedler, Forthech, Startup Wise Guys, and V7

“The Nordics are our home, but we take on a global front in spotting the unexpected.” Interview with Venla Väänänen, Maki.vc

Founded in 2018 by Ilkka Kivimaki and Pirkka Palomäki, Maki.vc is one of the most active Nordic seed-stage VC firms. The fund focuses mainly on deeptech, commercial products, commercial services, consumer food products, healthcare technology systems, AI, ML, and technology

Poland’s bValue closes its €90M Growth Fund

bValue, a Polish growth equity firm, has announced the closure of a new €90 million Growth Fund focused on investments in scaleups from Poland and the CEE region. bValue Growth Fund (BVG) was supported by the European Investment Fund (EIF). bValue’s

Latvian fintech inGain raises €650k from Trind VC and Fiedler Capital

Riga-based startup inGain has informed AIN about raising €650,000 in a funding round from venture capital funds Trind VC and Fiedler Capital, as well as from the Latvian Business Angels network and several business angels. Let’s take one of our clients as an example. It is

Lithuanian startup CTO2B secures €1M in a pre-seed round

CTO2B, a Vilnius-based startup offering a SaaS platform for automated DevOps on cloud infrastructure, has announced the closure of a €1 million funding round. Practica Capital led the funding, with participation from FIRSTPICK and several business angels. We saw a need to break

Finnish NPHarvest raises €2.2M for its wastewater recycling technology

NPHarvest, an Espoo-based spin-off company from Aalto University, has raised €1.3 million in funding led by Nordic Foodtech VC and a €900,000 grant from the Finnish Ministry of the Environment and their RAKI program. The funding will be used to build their first commercially

Poland’s MCI Capital acquires a controlling stake in Profitroom

MCI has acquired over 65% of a controlling stake in Profitroom, a Poznan-based provider of online reservation system solutions for hotels. The deal amounted to about €44 million (PLN 190 million), while the company’s valuation reached a little below €69

Huge Thing launches another pre-acceleration program for women from Poland and Ukraine

Huge Thing has informed AIN about the launch of the recruitment for its Female Startup pre-accelerator. Via the program, ten finalists can receive a $10,000 equity-free grant to start a company and further develop their business. Recruitment for Female Startup

Kvanted co-leads a €6.5M round for Cozero, a German climate tech

Berlin-based startup Cozero has secured €6.5 million in Series A funding led by Kvanted and ENV, with contributions from NewAlpha Asset Management and several business angels. This funding will propel Cozero’s international expansion and the development of its Climate ERP