Congrats Felipe Meneses and the Hyperplane team (StartX F22) for being named the first Brazilian Thiel Fellow! Hyperplane provides Vertical AI for banking to enable financial institutions to launch personalized consumer experiences through LLMs. Investors include Lachy Groom, SV Angel, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, Soma Capital, Latitud, Atman Capital, Crestone VC, and Norte. Hyperplane is one of many StartX companies using AI to transform industries! https://lnkd.in/dxXuPZ5d
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Top 5 funding rounds of the week: 📌 1. Forge (YC W24)- developed a platform designed to help companies procure computer hardware and other electronic components. Founders: Emir Sahmanovic, Haris Sahmanovic Raised: $2.1 million seed round from Gradient Ventures and Y Combinator. 📌 2. Fizz - New York-based student debit card startup. Founders: Teddy Solomon and Ashton Cofer Raised: $14.4 million seed round from Kleiner Perkins, SV Angel, Y Combinator, New Era Ventures, and others. 📌 3. Liminal - offers security and privacy tools for enterprises using generative AI. Founders: Steven Walchek Raised: $5 million seed round from Fin Capital, High Alpha, Matchstick Ventures, and Craft Ventures. 📌 4. Understory - provides climate-focused insurance, particularly for industries vulnerable to severe weather. Founders: Alex Kubicek Raised: $15 million Series A round from True Ventures and Prelude Ventures. 📌 5. WindBorne Systems - designs and operates atmospheric sensing balloons equipped with AI to improve weather forecasting. Founders: Kai Marshland Raised: $15 million Series A round from Khosla Ventures, Footwork VC, Pear VC, and Convective Capital. Well done to all these founders! 👏 #startups #fundraising #venturecapital
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5️⃣ Early stage rounds from across Europe to pay attention to (check link in the comments too 👀): 1️⃣ FLOWPAY 🇨🇿 (Fintech) - Makes SME financing accessible through AI and embedded finance. 💰 Raises €2.1 million in seed funding from Techstars, Soulmates Ventures, DEPO Ventures , and angel investors. 2️⃣ Rendin 🇪🇪 (Proptech) - Eliminates rental deposits for a seamless experience. 💰 Secures €1.2 million from Tera Ventures, Iron Wolf Capital, TrueSight Ventures, Atomico Angel Program, and Startup Wise Guys. 3️⃣ ENAPI 🇩🇪 (Cleantech/EV Infrastructure) - Aims for affordable EV charging connectivity. 💰 Raises €1.2 million in a €2.5 million pre-seed round led by Project A Ventures, Seedcamp, and helloworld. 4️⃣ UpHill Health 🇵🇹 (HealthTech) - Healthcare Autopilot for enhanced clinical efficiency. 💰 Secures €7 million Series A from Explorer Investments, Redstone, EnjoyVenture, Brighteye Ventures, and MSM fund (Mustard Seed Maze). 5️⃣ Pelikan Mobility 🇫🇷 (Cleantech/EV Infrastructure) - Revolutionizes commercial EV leasing. 💰 Raises €4 million in seed funding from Pale blue dot, Frst, and Seedcamp.
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People Coordinator @Eximium: Experts in Scaling Tech Start-ups 🚀 | Building Great Teams & Cultures 👥 For Seed and Series A Scale-ups in Belgium 🇧🇪 & Internationally 🌍
🇪🇺 What happened last week in the European startup ecosystem? 🚀 🔍 Here are some of the most interesting rounds: 🇩🇪 LiveEO raises €25 million to leverage satellite data to make industries more sustainable Investors: MMC Ventures, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, Helen Ventures, Matterwave Ventures, Motu Ventures , Segenia Capital, Hannover Digital Investments GmbH and other notable investors. Founders: Daniel Seidel, Sven Przywarra 🇧🇪 Donna raised €1.5M to enhance its AI assistant for sales reps. Investors: Pitchdrive | Early-stage VC 🚀, Everywhere Ventures, Fortino Capital, Syndicate One, welovefounders and notable angels Founders: Nicolas Christiaen, Jonas Deprez, Xander Berkein, Lander T’Kindt and StarApps 🇩🇪 LillianCare secures €1.5 million in extension round to establish hybrid primary care in underserved regions. Investors: Nina Capital, Ship2B Ventures (through the BSocial Impact Fund, supported by the European Investment Fund (EIF), Banco Sabadell and AXIS Founders: Linus Drop and Markus Liesmann 📥 Source: EU-Startups
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The newest issue of The Squeeze, our bi-weekly newsletter for Founders from PreSeed to Series A is out now! 👀 Inside you'll find the seismic shift in the Series A venture landscape, where deal volume has plummeted, except for AI-related investments, creating major challenges for seed-stage startups and their founders. 🤩 Featured investor of the week: Prakash Goswami, MARL Accelerator Read the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/gS3BMNnN
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Aileen Lee of @CowboyVC underscores the enduring allure of unicorns in tech, touting AI startups and predicting a vibrant future IPO market. Explore her insights on venture dynamics and innovation.
Unicorn Magic: Aileen Lee's Enduring Fascination
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Silicon Valley's veteran VC firm, Menlo Ventures, has announced a substantial $1.35 billion capital raise. This fund has a clear focus on AI technology investments. Menlo aims to support the next generation of AI startups. Their commitment reflects a belief in AI's potential to revolutionize technology and human experiences. This fundraising comes during a big week for the venture capital industry, with other major firms like Khosla Ventures and Coatue also securing significant funds. Despite a general downtrend in venture markets, there's a growing sentiment of opportunity, particularly in AI. What impact will these substantial investments have on the AI sector, and how might they shape future technological innovations? #VentureCapital
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🚀 START Lisbon Fireside Session – tonight! Tonight I'm invited to the START Lisbon Fireside Session. A valuable initiative where founders, investors and other experts from the ecosystem are invited to share their knowledge and answer your questions – in a more personal and real setting. ⚡Start: 8pm (Lisbon’s time zone)⚡ Looking forward to my session – “Lessons learned: Navigating the Founding Journey Right Out of University” See you tonight! #startup
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Here's some handy milestone guidance for deep tech hardware founders out there from First Momentum Ventures
📣 The Deep Tech Hardware Napkin is out! 🤖 💸 Founders and investors alike wonder what it takes to build a successful hardware company. Until now! Inspired by Point Nine 's famous SaaS Napkin (shoutout to Christoph Janz), the Deep Tech Hardware Napkin provides a clear, data-driven guide to the milestones for each stage, from Pre-Seed to Series B. Read the full report here: bit.ly/3zMnhjm We have collected and analyzed over 100 data points on fundraising rounds from more than 30 VCs across Europe, and the Napkin is its essence. A heartfelt thanks to all the VCs who contributed the data and to Dealroom.co, which provided us with data to cross-check our findings! TechCrunch coverage in the comments 👇 A big 🙏 to Verve Ventures Possible Ventures Extantia Vsquared Ventures Intel Ignite Übermorgen Ventures Speedinvest Nucleus Capital Earlybird Venture Capital Seedcamp Kindred Capital VC Founderful Project A Voima Ventures Supernova Invest IQ Capital World Fund VIGO Ventures Atomico LEA Partners Elaia Matterwave Ventures Seraphim Space Saxovent Creator Fund Freigeist Unruly Capital Runa Capital Positron Ventures XAnge Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company APEX Ventures 7percent Ventures #firstmomentum #deeptech #deeptechnapkin #saasnapkin
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🚀🇪🇺 Here are the most interesting early stage rounds making waves these days 👇 1️⃣ Rivero 🇨🇭 (fintech) is a SaaS products for all players in the payment ecosystem to digitalise and automate their payment processes. 💰 Raises an impressive 6.3 million EUR seed round from 6 Degrees Capital, Inference Partners, Kraken Ventures, Seed X Liechtenstein AG and PostFinance. 2️⃣ shaka 🇬🇧 (b2b) enables businesses and brands to offer mobile packages at the click of a button to increase ARPU and customer loyalty. 💰 Raises 1.2 million EUR pre-seed round backed by Haatch, Purple Ventures, and Antler. 3️⃣ Kosmik 🇫🇷 (collaboration tools) introduces a collaborative visual canvas, redefining the way users interact with information. 💰 Raises an impressive 3.3 million EUR seed round, with support from Creandum, Alven, betaworks, Kima Ventures, and other notable investors. 4️⃣ einwert 🇩🇪 (proptech) disrupts the real estate valuation landscape with its hybrid appraiser, offering a fresh, ESG-compliant valuation experience. 💰 Raises a 4 million EUR seed round from 468 Capital, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and Ventech 5️⃣ CloudTalk 🇸🇰 is an "AI-powered calling solution and call center software for modern businesses". 💰 Raises a 28 million EUR Series B from LEAD VENTURES, KPN Ventures Point Nine and Presto Ventures in a historic round for the Slovak ecosystem. 6️⃣ elv.ai 🇸🇰 (disinformation prevention) secured a commendable 500k EUR from CB Espri. They use both AI and human agents to combat misinformation and hate speech in the public domain; a necessary technology for the current times. 💰 Raises 0.5 million EUR seed from CB ESPRI.
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Nothing more deflating for founders than pitching to VCs...only to find out they have no capital left to invest. That won’t be a problem if you pitch the funds below, they’ve all just closed new money👇 🔴 San Francisco based ICONIQ Growth closed its seventh $5.75B fund to support extraordinary leaders. 🔴 Budapest based Lead Ventures launched its €100M fund to back startups in Central and Eastern Europe. 🔴 Menlo Ventures and Anthropic launched a $100M fund to back early-stage startups, and get them using Anthropic’s AI technology. 🔴 London based 13books Capital raised a €121M fund to back financial technology disruptors.
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