FRANCE – Decathlon, a Lille, France-based global sporting goods retailer, acquired Bergfreunde, an online specialist retailer for mountain sports, climbing, and outdoor equipment. The purchase agreement, which was signed on November 24th, is pending regulatory approval. Through this major investment, Decathlon intends to support Bergfreunde’s leadership in the long term, as they continue their development […]
Archivio Categoria: venture capital funding
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ITALY – Sendabox, a Milan, Italy-based online logistics platform, raised €5.25m in Series A funding. The round included: The company intends to use the funds to further develop its Same Day and Next Day delivery services, as well as to advance its DeliveryNow network. Led by newly appointed General Director Giovanni Galliani, former FedEx Managing […]
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ITALY – Aptus.AI, a Pisa, Italy-based regtech startup, raised €3M in Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by VC P101, with participation from angels and Fin+Tech, the accelerator of CDP Venture Capital, which followed this round after also participating in the previous one.The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its […]
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GERMANY – QuantumDiamonds, a Munich, Germany-based quantum sensing company, raised €7M in Seed funding. The round was led by IQ Capital, Earlybird, Onsight Ventures, First Momentum, Creator Fund, UnternehmerTUM, and various angel investors from the semiconductor industry, who have together invested €3m, while €4m is provided by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and the Bavarian state in grant funding.The company […]
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ITALY – WeRoad, a Milan, Italy-based travel tech startup, raised €18M in Series B funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $36M, was led by H14.The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth, develop its technology in order to further enhance scalability, and expand this model to all of its European […]
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CANADA – EXACT Technology Corporation, a Toronto, Canada-based company offering digital solutions for the concrete industry, received an investment from Lafarge Canada. A group of leaders in business, technology, real estate and entrepreneurship have also joined the investment round, including Jeffrey Kimel (President, Harlo Capital) and Michael Katchen (Co-founder and CEO, Wealthsimple).The amount of the […]
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GERMANY – Kiteworks, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company that delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications through customer-enabled Private Content Networks (PCN), entered into a definitive agreement to merge with ownCloud, a Nuremberg, Germany-based leader in secure and compliant file sharing and collaboration. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Led by […]
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GERMANY – Kiteworks, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company that delivers data privacy and compliance for sensitive content communications through customer-enabled Private Content Networks (PCN), entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Dracoon, a Regensburg, Germany-based leader in secure and compliant file sharing and collaboration. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. This acquisition […]
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CANADA – OpenGate Capital, a Los Angeles, CA-based private equity firm, signed a definitive agreement with Cineplex, Canada’s entertainment and media company, to acquire their Player One Amusement Group division, for a total transaction value of CAD $155M. Closing is expected to occur in early 2024 subject to customary closing conditions.P1AG is an amusement services […]
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GERMANY – Wachstumsfonds Deutschland, a venture capital (VC) fund of funds and key building block of the German Federal Government’s Future Fund, held the final closing at EUR 1 billion. The fund, which aims to strengthen the European and German venture capital ecosystem received support from the Future Fund, KfW Capital, and more than 20 […]