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Hyper-scaling platform Kubeark raises $2.8m pre-seed round to help SaaSify software products and enable cloud adoption

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Software, Technology, Networks, Software as a service, General partnership, UiPath, Logic, Face, Engineering, Venture, Operational technology, Data management, CFOS, Cryptocurrency, Seedcamp

The investment round was led by Credo Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp, LAUNCHub Ventures, 500 Emerging Europe, and others.

Key Points: 
  • The investment round was led by Credo Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp, LAUNCHub Ventures, 500 Emerging Europe, and others.
  • In the process, a major persisting challenge they face is to make applications more scalable and easier to deploy.
  • “Software vendors currently struggle with their hybrid cloud infrastructure and the transformation of products from on-premises to cloud on a large scale.
  • “Our platform ushers in a new era in which software products are delivered as true SaaS products, helping vendors speed time-to-value, hyper-scale their distribution, and SaaSify any piece of software instantly,” he added.

Tech and creative industry figures come together to launch Sunflower Relief - a grassroots, not-for-profit network providing humanitarian relief across Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Hearing, Family, Heart, Food, Founder, Helianthus, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Secret Cinema, Volunteering, Blue Lake, City, Camping, Culture, Funding Circle, Love, CEO, Zinc, VCS, Time, Speed of light, Roundhouse, Solution, Warner, Online gambling, Health insurance, Management, Video game, Zamna, Irra, Seedcamp

Volunteer-led organisation providing on-the-ground support, tech and operational expertise

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  • Volunteer-led organisation providing on-the-ground support, tech and operational expertise
    LONDON, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech entrepreneurs, tech investors and creative industry leaders have come together to launch Sunflower Relief , a not-for-profit social enterprise founded to provide essential humanitarian relief in Ukraine.
  • Spearheaded by Ukrainian-born, London-based entrepreneur Irra Ariella Khi, CEO of Zamna and backed by an extensive network of entrepreneurs, tech investors and organisations, Sunflower Relief is a grassroots, volunteer-led network focused on providing Ukrainian locals with humanitarian relief.
  • Elsewhere, Sunflower Relief is building a network of Ukrainian, Russian and Polish speakers to help coordinate the efforts between regions.
  • It has already signed up more than 200 part-time, and four full-time volunteers based in Ukraine, London and across Europe.

Juro Raises $23m in Series B Funding

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Legal, Software, Internet, Finance, Data Management, Professional Services, Technology, Security, Technology, QuantumScape, Union Square Ventures, Wise (company), Reach plc, USV, AppsFlyer, Duck, Knowledge, Twilio, Zendesk, Indeed, CEO, Pleo, Delivery Hero, X-Change, Content marketing, History, Time, Etsy, Loom, Kickstarter, Gumtree, PDF, USD, LendingClub, Contract, Lawyer, UiPath, Revolut, Wuxi, Twitter, HR, Deliveroo, Pony.ai, Eight Roads Ventures, Cloudflare, Food delivery, Security (finance), Financial services, Cryptocurrency, Typeform, Algolia, Coinbase, Ali Baba (disambiguation), Juro, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Neo4j, Sorare, Juro, Eight Roads, Union Square Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp, JURO, EIGHT ROADS, UNION SQUARE VENTURES, POINT NINE CAPITAL, SEEDCAMP

Juro , the contract automation platform, has raised $23m in Series B funding, increasing its market valuation by more than five times.

Key Points: 
  • Juro , the contract automation platform, has raised $23m in Series B funding, increasing its market valuation by more than five times.
  • Juro ( www.juro.com ) is an all-in-one contract automation platform enabling legal counsel and their teams to manage contracts in a single web browser.
  • Richard Mabey, CEO and co-founder of Juro, said:
    We started Juro in order to make legal contracts frictionless and accessible to everyone.
  • The $23.25m (USD) Series B Raise follows a $5.25m Series A led by Union Square Ventures (USV) - early backers of Twitter, Coinbase, Twilio and Kickstarter.

Grover raises €60 million in Series B funding to take consumer tech subscriptions mainstream

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Technology, Computing, Computers, Mobile computers, Wearable devices, Smartphones, Videotelephony, Ambient intelligence, Seedcamp, Wearable computer, Samsung Electronics, Smartphone

b'BERLIN, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grover , Europe\'s market leader in consumer tech subscriptions, today announces that it has secured 60million in an oversubscribed Series B round.

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  • b'BERLIN, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grover , Europe\'s market leader in consumer tech subscriptions, today announces that it has secured 60million in an oversubscribed Series B round.
  • Existing investors coparion, Augmentum Fintech, Circularity Capital, Seedcamp and Samsung Next also invested in the round, amongst others.
  • With Grover, subscribers get access to a wide range of over 2,500 tech products, including smartphones, laptops, and wearables on a flexible monthly rental basis.
  • With a total financing volume of almost 350million to date, and over 160 employees, Grover is one of Germany\'s best-funded scale-ups.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/grover-raises-60-million-in-seri...\n'

Grover raises €60 million in Series B funding to take consumer tech subscriptions mainstream

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Financial markets, Finance, Money, Economy, Corporate finance, Seedcamp, Subscription, Financial technology

b'- New investors include JMS Capital-Everglen, Viola Fintech and Assurant, with strong follow-on support from a number of existing investors\nBERLIN, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grover , Europe\'s market leader in consumer tech subscriptions, today announces that it has secured 60million in an oversubscribed Series B round.

Key Points: 
  • b'- New investors include JMS Capital-Everglen, Viola Fintech and Assurant, with strong follow-on support from a number of existing investors\nBERLIN, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Grover , Europe\'s market leader in consumer tech subscriptions, today announces that it has secured 60million in an oversubscribed Series B round.
  • Existing investors coparion, Augmentum Fintech, Circularity Capital, Seedcamp and Samsung Next also invested in the round, amongst others.
  • With Grover, subscribers get access to a wide range of over 2,500 tech products, including smartphones, laptops, and wearables on a flexible monthly rental basis.
  • With a total financing volume of almost 350million to date, and over 160 employees, Grover is one of Germany\'s best-funded scale-ups.\n'

Hopin Raises $40 Million Series A to Scale Virtual Events Platform

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Thursday, June 25, 2020
Operating systems, Software, Cloud applications, Project management software, Computer architecture, Corporate finance, Seedcamp, salesforce.com, Slack

LONDON, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Hopin, the leading virtual events provider, raised a $40 million Series A led by IVP, joined by Salesforce Ventures and existing investors Accel, Northzone, Seedcamp and Slack Fund.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Hopin, the leading virtual events provider, raised a $40 million Series A led by IVP, joined by Salesforce Ventures and existing investors Accel, Northzone, Seedcamp and Slack Fund.
  • The company will use the investment to scale its platform to meet soaring demand and make virtual events the default for any organizer or attendee.
  • "Hopin has quickly established itself as the clear market leader in virtual events," said Jules Maltz, General Partner at IVP.
  • "Hopin has built the leading platform for enterprise events," said Alex Kayyal, Partner and Head of EMEA and APAC at Salesforce Ventures.

500 Startups Captures Number One Spot as the Most Active Global Early Stage Venture Capital Firm

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Business incubators, Economy, 500 Startups, Finance, Startup company, Investment, Startup accelerator, Seedcamp, The Alchemist Accelerator

500 Startups also moved up one spot to rank first in number of VC investor exits, with 41 globally, and 31 in the U.S. alone.

Key Points: 
  • 500 Startups also moved up one spot to rank first in number of VC investor exits, with 41 globally, and 31 in the U.S. alone.
  • More than half of 500 Startups investments come from outside the U.S.
  • Since its inception in Silicon Valley, 500 Startups has invested in over 2,400 companies across more than 75 countries around the world.
  • Beyond providing seed capital, 500 supports startups via their Seed Accelerator Programs which emphasize growth marketing, customer acquisition, lean startup practices, and fundraising for seed companies.

Fintech Startup Curve Raises $55M, Valuing the Company at a Quarter of a Billion Dollars

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Software, Finance, Banking, Technology, Professional services, Mobile, Wireless, Corporate finance, Seedcamp, Curve, Experience curve effects, Economy, Santander UK, Finance, Business

Several of Curves early stage investors such as Santander InnoVentures, Breega, Seedcamp and Speedinvest have also shown their confidence in Curve by participating again.

Key Points: 
  • Several of Curves early stage investors such as Santander InnoVentures, Breega, Seedcamp and Speedinvest have also shown their confidence in Curve by participating again.
  • Receiving this level of investment from such prominent investors is a fantastic endorsement of the value and experience Curve brings to its customers.
  • Curve, which launched out of Beta in February 2018, is growing at a spectacular pace and is on track to welcome its millionth customer by the year end.
  • The Curve team now has over 150 people in its UK offices in London and Bristol.

Clause Announces $5.5 Million Series A Round, Including Strategic Investment from DocuSign

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Friday, June 28, 2019
Technology, Other Professional Services, Venture capital, Small business, Professional services, Other Technology, Software, Networks, Internet, Data management, DocuSign, Seedcamp, Economy, California, Financial economics

Clause, a leading provider of smart contracting technology, announces the close of a $5.5 million Series A round.

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  • Clause, a leading provider of smart contracting technology, announces the close of a $5.5 million Series A round.
  • The Series A round was led by Galaxy Digital, with strategic investment from DocuSign and participation from existing investors BN Capital at Lerer Hippeau, and London-based Seedcamp.
  • As part of the Series A round, two new executives will join the Clause board of directors.
  • DocuSign COO Scott Olrich added: DocuSigns investment in Clause reflects the impact that smart clauses can have on simplifying and accelerating the overall agreement process.

Luno Earns Title of Fastest-growing Tech Company in the UK 2018

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Corporate finance, Seedcamp, Luno, Finance, TNW, Adyen, Money, Economy

Digital currency firm, Luno, has been identified as fastest growing UK startup at the Tech5 competition organised by TNW and Adyen.

Key Points: 
  • Digital currency firm, Luno, has been identified as fastest growing UK startup at the Tech5 competition organised by TNW and Adyen.
  • Luno was honoured at an awards dinner at Adyen's UK headquarters after it was revealed that it is the UK's tech firm with the highest revenue growth.
  • The dinner, which also recognised the remaining top 10 growing tech firms, was attended by Tech5 ambassador and SeedCamp founder Reshma Sohoni.
  • Luno will now go on to compete against the national Tech5 winners from Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France and Sweden for the title of "Fastest growing tech company in Europe" - the winner being revealed at TNW Conference 2018, on May 24th.