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Oetker Group acquires drinks delivery startup flaschenpost for €1B

German startup flashenpost (or “message in a bottle”) offering on-demand beverage delivery was acquired by food giant Oetker Group for €1 billion, reports Deutsche Startups. But as the Munich-based inside.beer media claims, this deal has not been officially confirmed yet

List of German startups to watch in 2020. Part II

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 second part of 20. Penta

Allegro: the largest e-commerce brand in Poland

On October 12, Allegro became Poland’s biggest-ever debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and broke the record of IPO. Its listing price leapt more than 60% in the first hours of trading pushed to the second place the Polish video

Ukrainian startup VAR.energy allowing solar plants to boost profits raises angel investment

The founder of YouScan, Alexey Orap, has become an angel investor for the Ukrainian startup VAR.energy that is working to create a system boosting income from solar power plants (SPP). The amount of investment has not been disclosed. According to a commentary by

French startup CrowdSec raises $1.8 million

CrowdSec, a software developer of cybersecurity solutions, has raised $1.8 million in a pre-seed round, FrencWeb.Fr reports. The round was led by Reflexion Capital. For the Parisian startup, this is its first fundraiser. Founded in 2019 by Philippe Humeau, Thibault

Romanian startup Soleadify raises $1.5 million

Bucharest-based Soleadify, a search engine for businesses and business data, has raised $1.5 million in a seed round. The round was led by European venture firms GapMinder, Venture Partners, and DayOne Capital with participation from some business angels through SeedBlink,

Hungarian security startup BitNinja raises $2.5 million

BitNinja, an integrated server defense system, has raised $2.5 million in Series A round. The round was led by Lead Ventures – a Budapest-based venture capital firm with participation from iEurope, Oxo Technologies Holding, and previous investors Octogon Ventures and

Israeli-Ukrainian tech company Yael Acceptic acquires Kharkiv-based outstaffing company Agilites

Israeli-Ukrainian outstaffing company Yael Acceptic acquired the Kharkiv-based company Agilites, as reported by representatives of Yael Acceptic to AIN.UA. The deal was closed on October 1, and the amount was not disclosed. Yevgen Sysoyev, the Managing Partner at AVentures Capital,

German traveltech unicorn GetYourGuide lands €114M

Berlin-based startup GetYourGuide has raised €114 million in convertible note financing led by the private investment firm Searchlight Capital. Existing investors SoftBank Vision Fund, KKR, Battery Ventures, Highland Europe, Spark Capital, Lakestar, Heartcore Capital and NGP Capital, as well as

Finland-based proptech startup Kodit.io raises $115 million

Finnish Kodit.io, an AI-powered residential real estate data platform, has raised $115 million in a combination of equity and debt, NREP reports. The round was led by NREP – the leading real estate investment company in the Nordic countries. They