Lisa Palchynska

Fintech Moss raises €21M from Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures and others

Berlin-based startup Moss has closed a €21 million Series A round led by Valar Ventures, a US-based VC fund backed by early Facebook investor Peter Thiel. Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Global Founders Capital also participated, Reuters writes.  Moss is

Freight tech startup sennder lands $160M for European expansion

German sennder has raised a $160 million Series D funding from existing investors Accel, Lakestar, HV Capital, Project A and Scania. This round pushed the company’s valuation to over $1 billion. Founded in 2015 by CEO David Nothacker, Julius Köhler

Darmstadt’s Energy Robotics raises €2M in seed funding

The German software provider for mobile AI-based robotics solutions has closed a €2 million seed funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. Business angels Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler also participated. Founded in 2019 as a

German SaaS startup Filestage closes a €2.8M Series A round

Stuttgart-based developer of the all-in-one online proofing software Filestage has raised €2.8 million in a Series A funding round led by Newion with participation from current investors HTGF and seed+seed Ventures, Tech.eu writes. Founded in 2015, Filestage builds software that

Delivery Hero launches venture capital fund DX Ventures

German global delivery platform Delivery Hero has launched an independently managed VC fund called DX Ventures. The news was announced a few days after the company raised €1.2 billion in a share issue. Having initial capital of €50 million, DX

German tech-driven outpatient care startup Kenbi closes a €7M seed round

Kenbi has raised €7 million in seed funding led by early stage investor Redalpine with participation from existing investors Heartcore, e.ventures, and Partech, the startup says in a press release. Launched in 2019 by co-CEOs Katrin Alberding and Clemens Raemy,

Polish ConsoleWay raises over $260k as a part of a share issue

Warsaw-based ConsoleWay has raised more than $260,000 from investors as part of a share issue carried out in December, MamStartup writes. ConsoleWay is a company from the Ultimate Games group, which was launched in July. It specializes in porting games to

10 promising German startups to follow in 2021

According to the Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2020, Germany took 5th place among the 100 most technologically advanced countries globally. It is still the highest-ranking national ecosystem in the EU following Brexit.  The EU-Startups team created a list of the 10

Munich-based SaaS startup Ryte closes a €6.5M Series A round

German Ryte has secured €6.5 million in a Series A funding round from a London-based VC firm Octopus Investments. The previous seed round worth €4.9 million was closed by the startup in 2017, Starting Up writes. Ryte was founded in