UK mobile commerce platform Upstream receives €25 million from the EIB
UK-based Upstream, a mobile commerce platform, announced that it has raised €25 million in growth financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The financing has been granted with the support of the EU budget guarantee under the European Fund for Strategic...
Atomico cierra una ronda de financiación de 765 millones de dólares que invertirán en proyectos tecnológicos europeos de Serie A
Atomico, uno de los fondos de inversión más importantes de Europa, ha cerrado una nueva ronda de financiación de 765 millones de dólares, una de las más grandes de Europa y la cuarta lograda por la compañía. El equipo de Atomico destinará la inversión a financiar...
Finland’s F-Secure buys information security firm Inverse Path to boost hardware expertise
Helsinki-based, publicly-listed cyber security company F-Secure has acquired Inverse Path, a privately-held security services firm that works primarily with clients in the avionics, automotive, and industrial control sectors. The purchase is meant to bolster the...
Dutch online flower delivery service Bloomon raises $23 million
Amsterdam-based Bloomon, an online flower delivery service, has raised €21.4 million in a Series B funding round. Investors in the round include Fortino Capital, INKEF Capital, Partech Ventures, and angel investors. Bloomon plans to use the new funding to grow in the...
Hootsuite acquires AdEspresso as it moves into paid content, social ads
Hootsuite, the startup and platform that lets marketers manage a company’s interactions across a range of social media networks, is getting into the business of paid content. Today, it is announcing that it has acquired AdEspresso, a company that has built a set of...
Israeli Shopiz raises $2 million for its group shopping discounts
Israeli group shopping company Shopiz has raised a $2 million funding round. The round was led by Ron Zuckerman and other private investors. This is the company’s second financing round, and it has raised $3.5 million to date. The new funding wil be used to hire new...
Israeli medtech company Laminate Medical raises $8 million for dialysis device
Israeli biomedical startup Laminate Medical Technologies has raised $8 million in Series B financing. The firm has raised $13 million to date. Several European funds took part in the current round, as did the Chinese pharmaceutical giant Haisco. The company’s existing...
HomeServe compra el 70% de las acciones de habitissimo
La empresa española habitissimo acaba de anunciar la venta del 70% de sus acciones a la multinacional británica HomeServe. Esta compañía es líder en asistencia en el hogar y matriz de Reparalia en España. La adquisición permitirá que se generen sinergias y facilitará...
NewsWhip raises $6.4 million to expand its media content analytics platform
Irish media content analytics firm NewsWhip has raised $6.4 million in a Series A round from Tribal Ventures, The Associated Press, clients of Cantor Fitzgerald, and Asahi Shimbun. Other investors Enterprise Ireland, Matter VC, Social Starts, and AIB Seed Capital Fund...
Peer to peer knowledge sharing platform SmartUp announces €5.2 million Series A round
The peer to peer knowledge sharing platform SmartUp.io has just announced a €5.2 million Series A round with Notion Capital and Hong Leong Group. SmartUp is aims to provide the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange. The platform...