Lisa Palchynska

German startup Dryad Networks raises €1.8M for wildfire detection solution

Berlin-based environmental IoT startup Dryad Networks has secured seed funding of €1.8 million from STIHL Digital, the investor arm of the STIHL chainsaw multinational, German energy firm LEAG, impact investor ISAR AG, and the VC firm Brandenburg Kapital, the company

Digital investment adviser QUIN secures €1M

Berlin-based fintech Quin has raised €1 million in a seed round led by a provider of online brokerage services for heavy traders Sino AG. The US Runa Capital and German APX venture capital funds also participated in the round, reports

Polish e-commerce group Allegro debuts on the WSE and breaks the record of IPO

On September 12, Allegro went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Its listing price leapt more than 60% in the first hours of trading, making it the biggest listed company in Warsaw with a market value of about $19 billion,

Kazakhstan startup Sagi secures $260k for the product scaling

Kazakhstan startup Sagi, a member of the international technopark Astana Hub, has raised $260,000 at a valuation of $1.3M. Private investors Nariman Shakabaev and Erzhan Almuhamedov participated in the round, reports Kapital. Sagi develops a mobile application that allows users

B2B fintech Tipalti raises $150M for its payables automation solution

Israeli company Tipalti announced the closing of a $150 million Series E round at a valuation of over $2 billion. The leading investor was a Washington-based VC firm Durable CapitalPartners. Greenoaks Capital and existing investor 01 Advisors also joined the round,

Polish startup Airly secures $2M. Richard Branson is among the investors

As reported by MamStartup, Kraków-based startup Airly that specializes in providing real-time data about air pollution has raised $2 million in Seed funding. Private investors Sophia Bendz, Martin Tajur, Konstantin von Unger, Piotr Jakubowski, Ron Dembo, as well as Richard

Top 10 largest IT companies in Poland

According to the ITwiz Best100, an annual report on the Polish tech sector, there are over 17,000 companies and organisations with “activities related to software and consultancy in the field of computer science” in Poland. In 2019 the total IT

Profile: SMOK Ventures — Polish VC Fund

AIN.TECH conducted a series of interviews with the most active Polish VC funds. It is aimed to give the startups full information about the ecosystem of the country, as well as to make it easier for them to find the

Polish startup HomeDoctor attracts €3.7M

According to EU-startups, healthtech company HomeDoctor has closed a €3.7 million Series A round led by Cogito Capital Partners. Warsaw and Amsterdam-based startup HomeDoctor is a digital healthcare provider of online medical consultations and healthcare services to patients’ home that