Top news of the week: 27.09.2022.
This Week in European Tech: big funding rounds in France, the buzz around Instabee, another €1.5 billion+ worth of VC 'dry powder', Glovo gets...
Here's a roundup of this week's biggest European Tech funding rounds, exits, 'other news' that you might have missed, and a compendium of must-read articles on all things #EUtech.
French semiconductor startup Prophesee nabs €50 million to drive commercialisation of neuromorphic vision
By utilising neuromorphic techniques to mimic the way that human brain and eye work, its event based Metavision technology significantly reduces the amount of data needed to capture ...
Report: What 21 investors have to say about investing in Italian startups
TechChill surveyed 21 Europe-based investors to get their take on the current status and future potential of Italy's tech scene. The results might surprise you.
Point Nine Capital rolls out €180 million fund to back SaaS and digital marketplaces
With an average ticket size of €500,000-€5 million into seed-stage startups, the fund will focus on investing primarily in Europe, its home market
IFC and other impact investors return to backing Ukraine startups, with new $250M fund aimed at founders under the gun
Funding sources for Ukraine tech startups have gone off a cliff this year. Now the IFC is backing a $250 million fund to turn that around.
Poland’s Trusted Twin is bringin’ operational data sharin’ back with $1 million in pre-seed funding
Offering businesses the ability to share operational data with trust via a digital twin solution, Poland's Trusted Twin has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round.
Cello scores €2.3 million to build word-of-mouth customer acquisition
The German platform is offering ‘user-led growth’ for customer acquisition strategies to harnesses existing user base at a much lower CAC
Berlin's B2B transaction automator Workist charges ahead and makes a move to the outside with €9 million
B2B transaction automation jockey Workist has raised €9 million in a Series A funding round led by Berlin's Earlybird Venture Capital.