Top news of the week: 27.12.2022.
This Week in European Tech: Blacklane bags Series F funding, Battery Ventures takes over Germany's Vimcar, MariaDB starts trading on the NYSE, and...
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.
EIF and Banco Sabadell join hands for €336 million renewables financing push
The guarantee is one of InvestEU's first forays into the Spanish SME financing market.
Borski Fund receives €5 million investment from Visa Foundation
Borski Fund is the first Venture Capital fund in Europe that benefits from Visa Foundation’s vision to support inclusive access to capital for women-led small businesses.
Slovakia's Zero One Hundred targets €60 million fundraise to diversify CEE venture play
Zero One's investments mainly tracked promising Slovakian startups so far, but it has ambitions to join up with other CEE funds through LP commitments to help expand regionally.
London's The Pack scores seed funding to grow market share for its nutritious plant-based dog food
Founders Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson have a track record in vegan food having previously set up an investment platform for plant-based and cellular agriculture startups.
Kara Ventures sidefund gets underway with African investment remit and six startups in its portfolio
Kara Ventures' new side fund will invest up to $100,000 in startups right across the African continent.
UK possesses impressive regional diversity in unicorn generation — report
London posseses more unicorns, but there's a strong showing also for a handful cities with populations below 500,000.
Indico Capital Partners is publicising five new investments — it's invested €4.4 million altogether
Indico managing partner Stephan Morais welcomed the latest cohort in its Google Portugal-linked accelerator programme, with ocean tech a key theme for some of the founders this time.