
Helping more creators find “riches in niches”, Creative Fabrica raises $61 million
Amsterdam-based social platform for crafters and designers Creative Fabrica has raised $61 million in a growth round, combining venture and debt funding. The new capital is aimed at further building out the…
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Tel Aviv-based Aporia leaves stealth, raises $5 million, because “AI needs guardrails”
Led by Vertex Ventures and TLV partners, angel investors Yevgeny Dibrov & Nadir Izrael, founders of Armis, Gili Ra’anan, a General Partner at CyberStarts and Sequoia, and Michael Shaulov, Founder & CEO of Fireblocks also participated in the raise.
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Berlin-based digital freight forwarder Sennder bags $160 million at a $1 billion+ valuation
Berlin-based digital freight forwarder sennder has secured $160 million at a $1 billion+ valuation in growth funding to “accelerate digitalization of European trucking” and boost its expansion plans. All of its prior…
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Trimble snaps up Transporeon in €1.88 billion deal
German cloud-based logistics platform Transporeon has been acquired by competitor Trimble in a transaction providing the former with an enterprise value of €1.88 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first…
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Material Exchange plants €25 million underfoot
Stockholm-based €25 million has raised €25 million in a Series A round. As the name implies, Material Exchange is a virtual marketplace designed to simplify the relationship between footwear and apparel brands…
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Sweden’s Instabox to transform last-mile delivery with $90 million Series B led by EQT Ventures
Instabox, a Stockholm-based company providing last-mile deliveries for e-commerce brands, has closed a $90 million Series B round led by EQT Ventures to fuel continued expansion within and outside of…
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London flower delivery company Bloom & Wild secures £75 million in funding
London-based flower and gift delivery startup Bloom & Wild has announced £75 million in new funding after a year that saw 160 percent growth. The Series D round will fuel the company…
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Seeking to level the e-commerce recommendation engine playing field, Depict.ai raises $17 million in Tiger Global-led round
Y Combinator alumni Depict.ai’s $17 million Series A round was led by Tiger Global and saw participation from Initialized Capital, EQT Ventures, and naturally, Y Combinator. “Depict.ai’s AI-based product recommendation platform is completely novel because…
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Keeping it Casual! London-based platform raises $20 million to replace clunky and outdated traditional spreadsheets
The round was led by Coatue and Accel and saw the participation of high-profile angel investors, including Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, Notion COO Akshay Kothari and Brex CRO Sam Blond. Existing investors include AngelList co-founder…
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Berlin-based logistics platform Hive raises €6.6 million
Berlin’s direct-to consumer logistics platform Hive has raised €6.6 million in a seed funding round. Led by Earlybird Venture Capital, the round also saw participation from Amplifier and existing investors Picus Captial and founders from Flixbus and Forto.
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