Mariia Denysiuk

Norwegian fintech startup Strise raises €10M. Finnish Maki VC joins the round

Oslo-based Strise, a company that offers KYC intelligence systems, has raised €10 million in a Series A round of funding to accelerate the European expansion. The investment was led by Atomico, with the participation of Curiosity, Maki.vc and Sondo.

Startup of the Day: Latvian adtech Monetizr

Founded in 2016 by Andris Merkulovs (CEO) and Martins Bratuskinsin (COO) in Riga, Monetizr provides advertising experience platform for the video game industry. The company focuses on helping brands to reach, engage, and convert more than 300 million global (78

Ukrainian startup Pluspoint receives $400k from Pragmatech Ventures

Pluspoint, a Ukraine-founded startup that works with online reputation management, has received a $400,000 round of investment, the company told AIN.Capital. The company plans to spend the funding for its expansion and development. About Pluspoint “The size of the market

Gotion High Tech acquires a 25 % stake in Slovak battery maker InoBat 

Chinese VW-baked Gotion has acquired a 25% stake in Bratislava-based EV battery startup InoBat. This is the first investment by a Chinese battery maker in European startups. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.  “Our partnership with Gotion High

Finnish Measurlabs, a provider of laboratory analyses and testing services, secures €2.5M

Helsinki-based Measurlabs, that offers laboratory analysis and testing services for researchers, has secured €2.5 million in a seed round to scale its operations. The round was led by VentureFriends, joined by existing investors Lifeline Ventures, Tesi, and Curus. About Measurlabs:

Finland’s Ellie.ai raises €2.5M for its product design and collaboration software

Helsinki-based startup Ellie.ai has announced a fresh €2.5 million seed round, co-led by Newion and Crowberry Capital. Ellie.ai will use the fresh funding to develop new workflows for its customers. “You can think of Ellie as “Figma for data teams”,

VC investments in CEE down to €560M in Q2 2023 — Vestbee’s report

The global funding in Q2 shows a downturn to $65 billion, reflecting a drop of 18% compared to the previous quarter, which recorded $76 billion. This tendency doesn’t differ in CEE as well, Vestbee’s report states. In the second quarter of 2023,

Startup of the Day: Fungies.io, Polish no-code platform for indie gaming studios

Fungies.io, the developer of a no-code SaaS platform for indie gaming studios, was founded in 2022 by Duke Vu and Wojciech Harzowski. The startup’s team is based in Poland with an office in Palo Alto, California. The startup builds a gaming

Finland’s FOV Ventures invests in Atopia, a developer of metaverse for arts and culture

Munich-based Atopia has secured a six-figure pre-seed round for its cultural industry game with VR technologies. The investment was co-led by FOV Ventures and Heartfelt_ (formerly APX), and joined by several angel investors.