UK sports platform Minute Media raises $15 million
UK-based Minute Media, a fan-driven sports media platform, has closed a $15 million investment round. This brings the total raised by the startup to $60 million. Minute Media plans to use the funds to expand into key global markets ahead of the 2018 World Cup....
Swedish music startup Auddly takes in €2 million
Swedish music producing and sharing service Auddly has now raised €2 million. Among the investors are music producer Max Martin and Aviciis manager Ash Pour Nouri. Auddly is a song project management hub. It’s aim is that there should be no confusion about the rights...
El fondo europeo Atomico levanta 765 millones para invertir en startups maduras
Compañías como JobandTalent, FreedomPop, Uniplaces o Klarna no serían lo que son hoy sin el apoyo de Atomico, uno de los grandes fondos de inversión de Europa y que hoy es noticia al haber cerrado una ronda de financiación de 765 millones de dólares. El equipo de...
Cebiotex cierra una segunda ronda de financiación de 1,8M€
Cebiotex –una spinoff del Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona (HSJD) y de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) con sede en el Parc Científic de Barcelona– ha cerrado una ronda de financiación por un importe de 1.8 millones de euros que le permitirá...
Barcelona’s ID Finance raises $50 million in debt to boost its Latin American plans
Barcelona-based fintech company ID Finance has raised $50 million in debt financing from several sources. The round includes $15 million from TransKapitalBank, $3 million from Russian food magnate Vadim Dymov, and contributions from Fora Bank. ID Finance is a balance...
mytaxi acquires taxibeat, the leading taxi app in Greece, for around €40 million
mytaxi, the Hamburg-based taxi e-hailing company, announced today that it has acquired Taxibeat LTD, the operator of the popular taxi booking app Taxibeat in Greece. With this acquisition, mytaxi has consolidated its presence in the international mobility market and...
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...