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Polish OTB Ventures launches new €150M Fund II

Poland-founded venture capital fund OTB Ventures has announced the launch of a new €150 million OTB Fund II. It will make direct investment in early growth deeptech companies, developing innovative breakthroughs with R&D in Europe. “We believe that deeptech is the

Polish bValue launches €100M fund to invest in later-stage tech startups from CEE

The Warsaw-based bValue has announced opening of its third fund bValue Growth to invest in companies from the CEE. The fund has already completed the first closing of €72 million, and aims to increase its capital to €100 million.  “We

Slush has revoked €1M prize for Russian-founded Immigram

A few days ago, Immigram, a Russian-founded startup that helps tech specialists, including Russian ones, relocate to the UK, won the Slush 100 Pitching Competition. It was awarded with €1 million investment, coming from five top venture capital funds — Accel, General

Immigram won €1M at Slush. It is Russian startup that assists Russian migrating to UK

Russian-founded Immigram, a SaaS platform that is guiding tech workers during their relocation journey to the UK, won the Slush 100 Pitching Competition. The startup was awarded with €1 million investment, coming from five top venture capital funds — Accel, General

Finnish startup CooliBlade secures €820k from Butterfly Ventures

Oulu-based thermal management company CooliBlade has secured €820,000 in a seed round, complementing the million-euro investment made last year. Butterfly Ventures led the round to speed up the commercialization of CooliBlade’s NEOcore technology. “We started following CooliBlade already when it was a

Billionaire Andrew Forrest launches $25B fund for rebuilding Ukraine and commits $500M to it

Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has launched a $25 billion investment fund for reconstructing Ukrainian infrastructure destroyed or damaged by Russian forces. He and his wife have already committed $500 million to the fund, encouraging other investors and entrepreneurs to join the

Estonian fintech Mifundo raises €1.2M in a pre-seed funding

Mifundo, a Tallinn-based fintech startup from the founder of Bigbank, has raised €1.2 million in a pre-seed round of funding. It is building a platform that will enable people to apply for loans from banks across the EU, Finextra reports.

Baltic startup scene report: €3.7B in revenue and €1.6B in investments

The Baltic startup scene continues to confidently develop. The growing number of startups is already generating a lot of economic growth, with the potential for an even bigger impact in the future. CIVITTA, an independent management consultancy in Emerging Europe,

Ukraine in Web3 ecosystem: 80+ startups launched and over $1B raised

According to The 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index, which is aimed to measure where the most people are putting the biggest share of their money into cryptocurrency, Ukraine is ranked third out of 146 countries due to grassroots cryptocurrency adoption.

GR Capital launches the second €100M venture capital fund

GR Capital, the pan-European venture capital firm with offices in Berlin and Kyiv, has launched its second early growth fund — GR Capital Fund II, having signed the first closing of €30 million and targeting €100 million in total. AIN.Capital tells