Future Food & Fresh Funds

Hi there!

Before you enter into your well-deserved weekend, here comes your weekly EU-Startups update with some exciting startup opportunities & insights:

?? Future of Food:?This week, our Startup Analyst Francesca Piccioli introduced you to?10 European startups shaping the future of food?with tech. Delicious! :-)

?? Women in Agrifood Summit:?On the 1st of December, the?Women in Agrifood Summit?will take place online and in Bilbao as a closing event to this year’s EWA (Empowering Women in Agrifood) project. The goal is to?empower women in agrifood and to future-proof?Europe’s food supply. Register now to join!

?? Hiring vs. Firing:?Due to the current economic environment we just asked founders, CEOs an HR Directors: How is the HR demand and hiring situation at your company right now? Wondering how many are still hiring or rather firing??Here are the results.

?? COMPUTEX 2023, on?May 30 - June 2 in Taipei, will?gather tech leaders and industry experts next year to develop a more sustainable future through harnessing innovation. InnoVEX, a dedicated exhibit exclusively for startups, will be held simultaneously.?Learn more about the event here!

?? New VC Funds:?This week,?Round2 Capital?announced 1st close of €100 million fund for B2B software SMEs,?VSquared Ventures?unveiled a new €165 million fund for early-stage deeptech, and?Index Ventures?announced Index Origin II, a €290 million Seed Fund designed for extraordinary entrepreneurs.

?? Greentech Report:?Check out our?European GreenTech Report?which provides an overview regarding all recent deals and updates in this exciting and important sector. By the way: This report series is powered by?Net Zero Insights, which?develops an AI-powered software to access information about 44k+ climate tech startups in Europe and North America.

?? EU-Startups Podcast - Episode 30?features?Ondrej Kovarik, Member of the European Parliament?and Chairman of the working group on access to finance for SMEs - interviewed by our?Head of Content, Patricia Allen.

???The annual EIT Digital Challenge,?which supports Europe’s most promising startups & innovators,?has come to a close.?Meet the EIT Digital Challenge 2022 winners!

???Sicily Startups: A few days ago we had a close look at the Sicily startup ecosystem in order to introduce you to?10 super promising Sicilian startups?to watch in 2023 and beyond.

???Weekly Funding Overview:?In about 30 minutes we'll publish our weekly overview regarding all startup funding rounds that happened in Europe. This week we tracked almost 90 rounds.?Our CLUB members get access?to this weekly overview, to our startup database, SaaS deals, our editorial database and more!

That's it for this week. Have a relaxing weekend!

Your EU-Startups Team