Weekly Digest - chapter 30

Welcome to our weekly conversation starter.?Dive deeper for a handpicked selection of startup investment news, investor resources, and networking events. Together, we can stay on the cutting edge and help European tech strive.?

Primary Market: active opportunities

???? FinTech |?Doorway?is raising €3M Series A to enable promising startups and scaleups to access funding.

???? FinTech |?Pensify?is raising €620,000 to improve pension savings & retirement plans for Europeans.

?????Climate FinTech |?Planboo?is raising €1M to improve the carbon removal process through biochar and its digital measuring, reporting & verification solution.

???? CleanTech |?Soolutions?is raising €2M to scale its home electric vehicles charging marketplace.

???? FinTech |?Ondato?is raising up to €4M Pre-Series A to become the go-to compliance platform for businesses.?[Private]

???? FinTech?|?Fairown?is raising up to €2M to enable banks, brands and retailers join a circular economy.?Backed by the German VC Main Incubator. [Private]

???? BioTech?|?Mk2 Biotechnologies?is raising a Pre-Series A to enable peptides and proteins for mass applications. [Private, Oversubscribed]?

?????EdTech?|?Spark School?is raising €700,000 to scale its hybrid international high-school. [Oversubscribed]

?????SportTech |?Mingle Sport?is raising €1M to change the game for ballsports. [Oversubscribed]

Secondary Market: bulletin board

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Community events

We’re going Upstream?

New connections, new ideas, new business opportunities. That's what Upstream Festival in Rotterdam is about. We’re there for founders & VC partners at Capital House on May 24, kicking off the day with our city event ‘Brewed to Perfection: Coffee & Tech Startup Talks’.?Register here.

Investors resources pick

Climate Fintech opportunities?

Sustainability is at the forefront of everyone’s minds now, and investors are no different.?Companies that manage to solve?issues such voluntary carbon market?are gold for VCs — as they “have the potential to become highly valuable enterprises”.?Discover more.

Watch the stars?

So far this year, $1.6Bn has been invested across 85 space tech deals globally, according to PitchBook. New technologies have made space more accessible, and government support—like the EU's first space strategy for security and defense—have increased space tech's popularity.?Dive in.??

The Food tech’s market potential?

The global food system is estimated to contribute 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions, with over half of those a result of livestock agriculture. In partnership with FoodLabs, Dealroom explores Europe's sustainable food and Agtech landscape?– the companies working to secure a sustainable food future.?Grasp the potential.??

Unearthing civilization secrets through tech

The Vesuvius Challenge?is a competition that aims to read the carbonized Herculaneum Papyri using machine learning and computer vision technology, offering a grand prize of $700,000 for participants who can uncover its content by the end of the year. Imagine this being scaled to solve?other history enigmas.?

Meet us at

?May 18: DigiTalk Conference, Sofia

?May 24: Upstream Festival, Rotterdam |?Register here

?May 25: SeedBlink x Doorway: Partnership for Growth |?Register here

?May 24-26: EBAN Congress, Thessaloniki

?May 31: ViennaUP Connect Day, Vienna

?June 1: 0100 Conference DACH, Vienna

?June 7-8: Techsylvania, Cluj |?Tickets here

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