Weekly Digest - chapter 42

Working hard or hardly working this mid-August??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

???? Enterprise SaaS |?Bunnyshell?is raising up to €4M in Late Seed funding?to grow its sales to Fortune 100 firms and beyond.?

???? Marketplace |?Swapp?is raising €2.35M to grow its flexible car subscription services in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.?

?????FinTech?|?Finqware?is raising €3M to automate European corporate financial operations fully.

???? DevOps |?Weavy?is raising €2.7M to empower 94M developers worldwide in a $8Bn market.

?????Enterprise SaaS |?SmartNanotubes?is raising a €1M round to scale its gas detector chip for the mass market.

Secondary Market: bulletin board

Secondaries in private businesses are?an essential and expected ingredient in the investment journey.?Discover and curate a reliable portfolio of European tech startups backed by venture capitalists, family offices, and business angels, all without any minimum investment requirement.?Explore the Secondary Market.

WeWork: lessons learned

WeWork’s saga is a great food for thought. Valuation doesn't make a business. Sometimes when go big, you end up going home anyways. Venture capital can be excellent for quickly scaling technology startups, but the model is not a good fit for lower-margin businesses.?Interested to learn more?

A race for true insight

As AI evolves and academia-driven startups rise, traditional investment patterns in VC are being questioned. The emphasis is shifting from data-driven predictions to deeper insights that consider wider tech impacts. With capital efficiency returning, the VC landscape might lean towards smaller funds.?Dive deeper.

European Tech Rebounds

In Q2 2023, European tech funding rebounded by 18%,?reaching $15.7bn. Sifted Intelligence consulted six leading VCs, including Antler and Notion Capital, to understand the resurgence and their future investment focus. Data was verified with Dealroom and the investors.?

Interesting startup ideas

Startup picks that gained investor's support: Augmedics' AR technology aids surgery; Experiential Squared's MyRacehorse platform democratizes racehorse ownership; Atmos Space Cargo focuses on space research retrieval;?and KoBold Metals combines AI and alternative energy, mining metals for battery production.?Discover more.

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