/PRNewswire/ eyko, a data preparation, blending, and streaming platform, announces it has closed a $2.5 million Series Seed financing round led by InReach.
Born in the pandemic, Moonfire’s first $60M Seed fund will combine remote investing with big data
During the pandemic, we’ve seen the rise of ‘Zoom investing’ – where VCs literally use remote video conference tools like Zoom and Google Meet to take pitches from entrepreneurs. Now a new European Seed fund plans to leverage that emerging behavior and bake it into their model.
Mattias Ljungman, the former co-founder of Atomico formed Moonfire when he left in December 2019, but few details were revealed about his new operation. Today Moonfire reveals it will be a $60 million seed-stage “data-driven” VC that will also leverage the new advantages of remote working which entrepreneurs themselves have had to adapt to.
MPB snaps £50m Series D funding for second-hand cameras
MPB, the world’s largest reseller of photo and video kit, has raised £49.8m Series D funding, led by Vitruvian Partners alongside existing investors Acton Capital, Mobeus Equity Partners, Beringea and FJ Labs. Brighton-based MPB resells 300,000 pieces of kit globally each year.
Craft sews £6m Series A funding round together
Craft Docs, the collaborative writing and editing platform, has raised $8m (£5.8m) Series A funding through early-stage investor Creandum, whose previous investments include Spotify, Klarna and Kahoot. Other investment came from InReach Ventures and former CEO and co-founder of Skyscanner, Gareth Williams.
Made in Emerging Europe: Craft, Bidrento, InRento
April 5, 2021
Emerging Europe’s start-up scene is thriving: new money is pouring into the market all the time. To keep you up to date with the latest investments, innovations, movers and shakers, each Monday
Emerging Europe brings you a handy round-up of the region’s start-ups which closed financing rounds over the previous seven days.
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Hungary’s Craft is ‘the only writing tool you’ll ever need’
Budapest-based start-up Craft has secured eight million US dollars (6.8 million euros) in a Series A round led by European early-stage investor Creandum, joined by InReach Ventures and Gareth Williams, the former CEO and co-founder of Skyscanner.