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Vivid Money secures €15M from a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm

As reported by TechCrunch, German fintech Vivid Money has closed a €15 million Series A funding round that pushed its valuation to €100 million. Leading investor is the US Ribbit Capital VC fund. According to Finance Forward, the startup has totally

German developer of time recording software timeBro receives €500k

The Munich-based developer of the SaaS solution for the time recording automation timeBro has received €500,000 from primeCROWD investors including Heinz Raufer, a founder of Hotel.de, reports der brutkasten. Founded by Arne Reimann, Niclas Preisner and Mislav Boras, timeBro provides

The predictions on how much money Ukrainians, Americans, and Europeans will spend on Black Friday 2020

Analysts at CyberMonday.Global studied the statistical data on global sales Black Friday and Cyber Monday and made the predictions for 2020. As it turned out, 26% of Ukrainians were disappointed with their experience during last year’s sales, and this is

Estonian cleantech Skeleton Technologies raises $48.5 million

Tallinn-based Skeleton Technologies, a manufacturer and developer of high energy and power density ultracapacitors, has raised $48.5 million in Series D round. The round was led by existing investors such as EIT InnoEnergy, FirstFloor Capital, MM Grupp, and Harju Elekter

French-UK fintech Automata raises $1.8 million

UK and France-based fintech Automata has raised $1.8 million in private investments as part of its ongoing Series A funding round. The money was raised through an equity token offering, enabling the public to acquire real equity in the company,

List of German startups to watch in 2020. Part III

Germany is one of the leading startup powerhouses in Europe, attracting $4.8 billion in venture capital funding in 2019. The Sifted team has chosen a list of startups to follow in 2020. AIN.TECH publishes the third part of 20. Mambu

Ukrainian goods delivery service Zakaz.ua kicks off in Uzbekistan

Ukrainian hypermarket goods delivery service, Zakaz.ua, announced the launch in Tashkent. In the capital of Uzbekistan, Zakaz.ua will work in partnership with the Makro retail chain, as reported to AIN.UA by the press service of the company. It is reported

Austrian social media monitoring startup Storyclash secures €1.8M

As reported by der brutkasten, Linz-based martech startup Storyclash has secured €1.8 million in the funding round led by Austrian OÖ HightechFonds and German A Round Capital VC funds. Existing investors Gründerfonds, Speedinvest and Michael Grabner Media also participated.  Founded

Early wildfire detection startup SmokeD secures over $1M

Polish company SmokeD has raised more than $1 million from KnowledgeHub fund, reports MamStartup. SmokeD designs an early wildfire detection solution that consists of proprietary detector equipped with sensors and a microcomputer, AI-software, web and mobile app. The company’s technology

The 10 largest VC rounds of October 2020

AIN.TECH selected 10 startups from CEE that have raised the largest investments in October 2020. 4.5.6 Skin, $825M French startup 4.5.6 Skin has secured $825 million in a Seed round led by  Be Angels and French entrepreneurs including Fotolia and