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From James Dyson to Denise Coates. Who is building big businesses in Britain?

Barcelona-based gaming video platform Gamestry has snatched up $5 million in seed funding, led by Goodwater Capital, Target Global and Kibo Ventures

Elopage is solving an end-to-end problem for entrepreneurs by delivering a one stop platform for entrepreneurs to create, distribute and monetise content

Kuda Bank, the London-based, Nigerian-operating startup that is taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first, personalised and often cheaper set of banking services built on newer, API-based infrastructure...

Neobanks, other financial startups and the basic concept of “finance anywhere” are seeing huge gains at the moment, and today one of the key companies building the infrastructure that powers services like these...

The United States estimates of the food produced here approximately 40% is wasted. Globally, $2.6 trillion annually is lost

Life insurance — financial protection you buy against your death — may not read like the liveliest of industries on paper

Beauty and wellness businesses have come roaring back to life with the decline of COVID-19 restrictions, and a startup that’s built a platform that caters to the many needs of small enterprises in the industry...

Zego, the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of tech-enabled commercial motor insurance products, has raised $150 million

On-demand grocery delivery, which really came into its own with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, continues to command huge attention from investors.

The on-demand grocery delivery industry in Europe (and beyond) continues to heat up amidst the pandemic

Following this funding round, the company has reached a post-money valuation of $3 billion

A startup that has built a neobank specifically to address the needs of freelancers and sole traders has picked up a growth round to continue expanding its business after seeing its usage grow by 1,500% in a year.

But the investment community had other ideas.

Cazoo, the U.K. used-car sales portal that has been on a major fundraising tear in the last year, will be the next company to pursue more growth by way of a SPAC

It plans to use the money to expand in the Netherlands, and eventually across Europe.

Online used-car dealer Auto1 Group SE surged as much as 49% in its Frankfurt trading debut after its initial public offering raised 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion)

Pan-European VC firm Target Global has reached first close on a new €300m fund, with the firm looking to invest in fintech, SaaS and wellness startups.

Bad Homburg-based FERI Group is cooperating with Target Global in the management and placement of a new venture capital growth fund

The African continent is currently one of the fastest-growing regions when it comes to mobile growth

Endel announced that it has raised $5m in Series A funding

Demodesk announced an $8m Series A round led by Balderton Capital with participation from Target Global

Ermetic, the cloud access risk security company, closed a $17m Series A round of financing

Das Start-up Drover nimmt mit Auto-Abos Kurs auf Deutschland – und heizt so den Wettbewerb weiter an. Am Steuer sitzt ein Gründer, der den Markt gut kennt

Based out of Berlin, Doctorly is a digital-first, cloud-powered, fully centralised, practice management platform for doctors. Recently, the company has secured $5.6 million (approx €5 million) led by Speedinvest

Bei der Startup-Rettung sind nach den Plänen der Bundesregierung vor allem die Investoren gefragt

Just as challenger banks have appeared in the B2C space, so to have B2B startup banks aimed small businesses, among them startups like Qonto (Fr), Tide (UK), Penta (GER) and CountingUp (UK).

Finom baut zurzeit das nächste Banking-Startup für Unternehmenskunden auf. Die Gründer haben zuvor die russische Modulbank groß gemacht – und wollen diesen Erfolg nun in Europa wiederholen.

B2B financial service start-up Finom has raised an additional $12 million (€10.3 million) to add to its previous Seed round of €6.5 million last April