Alexandra Minchuk

Paris-based startup Colette raises $1.2 million in its first funding round

French social impact startup Colette has raised $1.2 million in an Angel round. The round was led by Financiere Saint Jame, Roxanne Varza (co-founder of StartHer & Tech.eu), Thibaud Elziere (co-founder of Efounders and DataDome business angel), Michaël Benabou (the

Tallinn-based startup BotGuard raises $580K in funding

Estonian BotGuard, a cloud-driven platform for website security, has raised $580K in a Seed round. The round was led by Tera Ventures – a leading venture capital company with participation from international angel investors from Sweden, Israel, the USA, including

French MarTech Sendinblue raises $160 million in funding

Paris-based Sendinblue, the leading all-in-one digital marketing platform, has raised $160 million in a Series B round. The round was led by Bridgepoint, Bpifrance, BlackRock with participation from existing investor Partech. Sendinblue has raised a total of $197.7M in funding

French BeautyTech startup 4.5.6 Skin raises $825K in seed funding

4.5.6. Skin, a beauty tech startup, has raised $825K in a seed round. The round was led by Be Angels and French entrepreneurs, including Fotolia and eFounders  Thibaud Elziere, Julien Romanetto, and Frédéric Montagnon and Benoit Koerperich.  4.5.6 is an

The 10 largest VC rounds of September 2020

AIN.TECH selected 10 startups from CEE and Kazakhstan that have raised the largest investments in September 2020. ICEYE, $87M ICEYE, a SpaceTech startup, has raised an $87 million Series C round of funding. Into account, the funding round is significantly

Profile: Change Ventures — Estonian VC Fund

AIN.TECH conducted a series of interviews with the most active Estonian 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

Estonian startup Eziil raises $1.4 million

Viljandi-based Eziil, an industrial software startup, has raised $1.4M from private investors and the Estonian state economic development agency, which promoting foreign investments in Estonia and assisting international companies in finding business opportunities in Estonia. Several investors and grants contributed

Romanian startup Cyscale secures $410K

Cluj-Napoca-based Cyscale, the first Cloud Management, Security and Compliance company, has raised $410K in a pre-seed round. The funding came from investors SeedBlink and GapMinder VC. The funds will be invested over the next 12 months in the development of

Profile: Voima Ventures — Finnish deep tech VC Fund

AIN.TECH conducted a series of interviews with the most active Finnish 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