TIER Mobility is a shared micro-mobility provider, with a mission to change mobility for good. The company provides a range of shared, light electric vehicles, from e-scooters to e-bikes and e-mopeds, powered by a proprietary Energy Network and helps cities reduce their dependence on cars. TIER is committed to being climate-neutral that will benefit the environment and also ensure a liveable and sustainable future. TIER was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Goals is a provider of an online football game. Goals is a multiplayer-first football game primarily for PC and consoles that offers a way for gamers to own in-game digital assets as they play.
Yonder is a credit card that allows users to build good credit habits while earning and enjoying rewards at their favorite spots in town. They're on a mission to make money rewarding and credit empowering through products people understand and love. They're building a challenger credit card that's a key to the city, designed for expats and young professionals. They've packed it with modern rewards, travel insurance, no FX fees, and loads more - all without needing a UK credit score.
Yonder is a credit card that allows users to build good credit habits while earning and enjoying rewards at their favorite spots in town. They're on a mission to make money rewarding and credit empowering through products people understand and love. They're building a challenger credit card that's a key to the city, designed for expats and young professionals. They've packed it with modern rewards, travel insurance, no FX fees, and loads more - all without needing a UK credit score.
Disperse.io is a VC-backed artificial intelligence construction startup focused on improving on-site productivity. Its goal is to not just be part of the current wave of construction innovation upstarts but to ultimately reimagine the way building projects are delivered and operated. Disperse aims to help construction firms create cultures focused on learning and consistent delivery. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
Troop builds tools for investors to align their values and manage risks in an evolving world.
Personio is the People Operating System for small and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. The company's mission is to make HR processes as efficient and effective as possible so HR can focus on what matters most: people. Personio does that by offering an all-in-one HR software that includes human resources management, recruiting, talent management and payroll.
Idoven has developed the world’s first cardiology-as-a-service platform powered by artificial intelligence that augments both a cardiologist’s and non-cardiology expert clinician’s ability to identify, triage and diagnose patients at scale. The company counts partners such as AstraZeneca, Abbott, and GE Healthcare, FIFPRO, Google, Santander and Real Madrid Foundation. Idoven is backed by top-tier investors and business angels including Insight Partners, Northzone and Wayra (Telefónica), Iker Casillas, Pau Gasol, the Accel Starters program, and EIT Health. The company has been awarded with numerous distinctions for its AI technology in Europe and the US, including the prestigious European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator and Horizon 2020 (H2020) awards and the Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award from the US National Academy of Medicine. CB Insights have also selected Idoven as one of the top 50 companies in Digital Health for 2023
Distribusion is the leading provider of technology solutions in ground transportation. Distribusion connects thousands of bus, rail, ferry and public transport providers worldwide to a global network of travel retailers including Google, Booking.com, Alipay, Trainline and Amadeus. The largest ground transportation carriers from Amtrak, Deutsche Bahn, National Express, Comporte to Vietnam Railways already rely on Distribusion’s technology. Distribusion’s standardisation layer enables online retailers to sell tickets for any carrier through a single API, eliminating the need for individual contracts or technical efforts. Distribusion provides carriers with advanced retailing technology to increase sales and margin. Find out more at www.distribusion.com.
Defacto is a fintech firm that offers credit infrastructure using an API for small and medium companies. The platform of the company solves the working capital requirement, provides loans, and lets businesses to return when consumers pay, allowing businesses to finance any invoices and offer early payment to suppliers, as well as automate payments and reconciliation.
Dalma offers transparent, subscription-based health insurance that covers pets, reimbursing costs related to illnesses, injuries, and preventive care.
We are democratizing process automation. We revolutionize how companies work. 90% of employees are still burdened with boring and repetitive tasks. Automaited is building an AI model that turns proprietary process data proactively into tailored automation software in a matter of seconds. The current version enables companies to use natural language for instructing automations, making it highly accessible & user-friendly. This allows companies to deliver value fast and realize high ROIs, without engineering resources. Tackling the painful longtail of business processes.
Verve is a global leader in word-of-mouth sales within the live entertainment industry, utilizing networks of advocates to promote events and experiences. By incentivizing these advocates with rewards like free tickets and backstage passes, Verve effectively drives sales for over 500 events across more than 40 countries. The company collaborates with various prominent partners, including major ticketing platforms such as Ticketmaster and Eventbrite, to enhance its offerings. Through its innovative peer-to-peer sales and marketing software, Verve has established itself as a trusted name in the sector, focusing on creating authentic connections within the live entertainment marketplace.
Wagestream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app. The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short-term, unplanned financial obligations. The company aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and prevent employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans. Peter Briffett and Portman Wills was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. It is backed by QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global.
Goals is a provider of an online football game. Goals is a multiplayer-first football game primarily for PC and consoles that offers a way for gamers to own in-game digital assets as they play.
Yonder is a credit card that allows users to build good credit habits while earning and enjoying rewards at their favorite spots in town. They're on a mission to make money rewarding and credit empowering through products people understand and love. They're building a challenger credit card that's a key to the city, designed for expats and young professionals. They've packed it with modern rewards, travel insurance, no FX fees, and loads more - all without needing a UK credit score.
Hidden Door is a game technology studio building the first narrative AI — a platform that transforms any work of fiction into an infinite social roleplaying experience, bringing together players, authors and other creators. We're hiring! https://www.hiddendoor.co/jobs Join the community: https://discord.gg/hiddendoor
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.
Depict.ai is building a product recommendation engine to help bring “Amazon-quality” product recommendations for any e-commerce store. Founded in 2019, Depict.ai is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Stonly deploys step-by-step guides, decision trees, AI answers, automations, walkthroughs, checklists, and knowledge bases for agents and customers. Stonly’s knowledge is interactive and delivered when and where people need it. That means it gets used much more often and can handle every case that comes its way. Learn how Stonly empowers thousands of companies to support millions of customers at https://stonly.com/
Livepeer develops and operates a platform for decentralized live video broadcast on the Internet. It provides an open platform that gives broadcasters, developers, and users the ability to get content and message out. Livepeer combines a blockchain based crypto-token protocol with economic incentives and an open media server. It provides a decentralized video live streaming platform with the peer-to-peer networks and the blockchain. Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics founded it in 2017, with its head in New York City.
Flink Food GmbH is a company that specializes in food services, focusing on the delivery and provision of meals. The business emphasizes product development, which includes design, engineering, and production processes tailored to create high-quality food offerings. By integrating these aspects, Flink aims to deliver efficient and innovative food solutions to its customers.
With Soveren you can fulfill your mission-critical production data observability and security goals. Soveren helps identify and protect crown jewels in Kubernetes-based environments. It automatically discovers sensitive data and assets, mapping the flows between them and immediately alerting you before risks become full-blown incidents. Our mission is to help leading organizations protect millions of consumer data records without slowing down their business. We have built our solution in partnership with the most innovative security leaders in Europe and the US. We enable security teams to: 1. Enrich your data inventory and improve the quality of manual reviews 2. Gain near real-time visibility into sensitive assets and data flows 3. Protect sensitive data and assets in the cloud from common security risks 4. Maintain ongoing compliance with data regulations (PCI DSS, GDPR, CPRA, etc.) 5. Reduce supply-chain attack risks and control sensitive data sharing
Matsmart sells surplus food online. A significant part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates, or other reasons. In 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by Karl Andersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland.
Breakroom is a platform for job seekers and employers to post reviews.
TIER Mobility is a shared micro-mobility provider, with a mission to change mobility for good. The company provides a range of shared, light electric vehicles, from e-scooters to e-bikes and e-mopeds, powered by a proprietary Energy Network and helps cities reduce their dependence on cars. TIER is committed to being climate-neutral that will benefit the environment and also ensure a liveable and sustainable future. TIER was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
Zopa is a P2P money lending service that allows lenders and borrowers to deal directly with one another, cutting out the banks that act as middlemen. Zopa provides an app designed to help users manage their loans, credit cards, and savings and monitor their credit scores conveniently. Zopa also mitigates lenders' risk by enforcing monthly direct debit repayment, making borrowers sign a legal contract, and allowing lenders to lend small chunks of money to individual borrowers (e.g., someone lending £1000 would have their money spread across, say, 100 borrowers). The company itself makes money by charging a fixed fee for borrowers and a 1% annual fee for lenders. Zopa has received public acclaim as well, having been awarded CNET Technology Awards' 2006 Internet Innovation of the Year, the 2007 Webby Award for Best Banking/Bill-Paying Website, the 2008 Webby Award for Financial Services, the Banker 2007 Award for Best Internet Project, and Moneywise 2009 Awards for Best Customer Service and Best Personal Loan.
Personio is the People Operating System for small and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. The company's mission is to make HR processes as efficient and effective as possible so HR can focus on what matters most: people. Personio does that by offering an all-in-one HR software that includes human resources management, recruiting, talent management and payroll.
Homa Games is a gaming technology platform that publishes and creates mobile games for studios and developers. It develops games internally and in partnership with more than 200 handpicked studios worldwide. The company has published more than 30 games with titles such as NERF Epic Pranks!, Sky Roller, and Idle World. Homa Games gives game creators the data-driven tools and human expertise needed to turn their creative ideas into commercial hits. The company is headquartered in Paris France.
We want to help as many as possible, to the best possible financial situation. Using new technology we develop fair, simple and smart services that help you get more from your finances. So that you can do more of what makes you feel good. We saw that many paid unnecessary high interest and fees for part-payments, credit cards and private loans. So that’s where we started out. Through smart technology and skipping unnecessary middlemen we could offer the lowest possible rate. And we decided straight away: we would always try to help you improve your finances. Never give an offer if we can’t improve your situation. Only make things better. You could say we started out by helping you deal with your financial past. That was in 2018. In 2020 we launched more services, for instance helping you keep track of subscriptions and plan your finances. Ways to simplify your financial everyday life. So that we can help you build your financial future. And we’re just getting started. Anyfin is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
Fiberplane is a collaborative notebook for resolving incidents. The platform infrastructure debugging, incident resolution, and analysis are all made easier. It gives engineers the ability to coordinate work related to downtime whilst building up a structured knowledge base that will provide correlated incidents and resolutions in the future. Fiberplane was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Spring Health provides mental health solutions for employers and health plans. It uses Precision Mental Healthcare to seamlessly pinpoint and deliver the right fit for each person whether that’s digital support, meditation exercises, coaching, therapy, medication, and beyond.
SellersFunding is a developer of a financial platform designed to provide fully automated funding focused solely on online marketplaces sellers. The company's platform provides working capital for online businesses as well as uses a machine-learning model to analyze data generated through business activities of online sellers, enabling sellers to gain access to growth capital. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, United States.
We set off with a first vision: to create a cheese that is superior in taste and nutrition, constantly striving to use our planet’s resources wisely, accessible to all yet one of the top preferred cheeses by chefs and restaurants. Simply put, the world’s most ambitious cheese.
Hopin is a live virtual events platform that enables attendees to connect, learn, and interact with people anywhere. The platform allows users to create live online events that are interactive and personal whether they are hosting a live training workshop, bringing a company’s remote team together, or launching a full-scale digital conference. It hosts virtual events such as large-scale tech events, international conferences, and even weddings that bring users together. Attendees can network one-on-one, break out into group sessions, watch keynote presentations, send chat messages and polls, and explore interactive expo areas. Johnny Boufarhat established the company in London, England in 2019.
Livepeer develops and operates a platform for decentralized live video broadcast on the Internet. It provides an open platform that gives broadcasters, developers, and users the ability to get content and message out. Livepeer combines a blockchain based crypto-token protocol with economic incentives and an open media server. It provides a decentralized video live streaming platform with the peer-to-peer networks and the blockchain. Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics founded it in 2017, with its head in New York City.
Magic is a wallet-as-a-service provider that helps businesses onboard users into web3 with instant non-custodial wallet creation. It uses email or social logins, while removing the need for seed phrases and browser extensions - making it indistinguishable from standard web2 experiences that everyday users are accustomed to. Magic offers features for end-to-end web3 onboarding including authentication, fiat onramps, NFT Minting and NFT Checkout. Its solutions are trusted by top brands in web2 and web3, including Mattel, Macy's, Xsolla, Immutable, and more. The company's solution makes use of a plug-and-play kit and blockchain infrastructure to enable individuals to build applications with quick, customized, password-less login with just a few lines of code, allowing developers to include password-less authentication in their applications.
Yonder is a credit card that allows users to build good credit habits while earning and enjoying rewards at their favorite spots in town. They're on a mission to make money rewarding and credit empowering through products people understand and love. They're building a challenger credit card that's a key to the city, designed for expats and young professionals. They've packed it with modern rewards, travel insurance, no FX fees, and loads more - all without needing a UK credit score.
Microverse is an online school for remote software developers. Microverse's mission is to educate and connect 1 million people with remote opportunities by 2030. At Microverse, students from all around the world work in small distributed teams while doing remote pair programming. They hold each other accountable and learn together while working on open source and freelance projects.
Yoni Circle is an in-person & digital community that connects women more deeply to themselves and others through storytelling. It was founded in 2018 by Chloe Drimal.
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.
Thirty Madison is a family of specialized healthcare brands devoted to creating exceptional outcomes for all. Each of its specialized brands is focused on a specific ongoing condition, and thoughtfully designed to support the unique needs of its community with personalized treatments and care; with Keeps for men's hair loss, Cove for migraine, Picnic for allergies, Facet for skin conditions, and NURX for sexual health. With empathy at the heart of its innovation, its proprietary care model empowers hundreds of thousands of people with ongoing conditions with the accessible, effective treatments across a lifetime of care. Learn more at ThirtyMadison.com.
Einride is a freight technology company providing digital, electric, and autonomous shipping. It was founded in 2016 and became the world’s first company to operate an autonomous, electric freight vehicle on a public road in 2019. Einride´s award-winning technology and products enable users to execute on electrification and automation, order and track shipments, oversee routes and assignments, visualize data and gain insights.
TrueLayer powers smarter, safer and faster online payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data. Businesses big and small use their products to onboard new users, accept money and make payouts in seconds, and at scale. TrueLayer is live across 21 countries and over 10 million users trust us to process their transactions. Though, they’re not stopping here. They’re on a mission to change the way the world pays.
At Nested, their Mission is to give home-sellers certainty over their property sale from day one, without compromising on price. They do this by advancing what you need to buy your new home, whilst they sell your old one for the best possible price. Selling a home is one of the most stressful things you do in life. It's all-to-common to experience unclear valuations, broken chains and untrustworthy estate agents. they'were bringing a refreshing approach to this broken industry, removing the uncertainty for home sellers, providing best-in-class service and helping their customers secure their dream home on their timeline.
Gro builds products, called protocols or autonomous programs, for a more simple and friendly DeFi experience. Gro empowers people to easily create and share wealth, by combining the best of decentralized and legacy finance.
Bringing the world closer together through live-streamed, bite-sized and interactive tours of places around the world. Our guides stream themselves live as they walk around their city as our users watch, learn and connect from the comfort of home.
Hopin is a live virtual events platform that enables attendees to connect, learn, and interact with people anywhere. The platform allows users to create live online events that are interactive and personal whether they are hosting a live training workshop, bringing a company’s remote team together, or launching a full-scale digital conference. It hosts virtual events such as large-scale tech events, international conferences, and even weddings that bring users together. Attendees can network one-on-one, break out into group sessions, watch keynote presentations, send chat messages and polls, and explore interactive expo areas. Johnny Boufarhat established the company in London, England in 2019.
Flink Food GmbH is a company that specializes in food services, focusing on the delivery and provision of meals. The business emphasizes product development, which includes design, engineering, and production processes tailored to create high-quality food offerings. By integrating these aspects, Flink aims to deliver efficient and innovative food solutions to its customers.
Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers. The platform gives customers the freedom to choose how and when to pay. The company also offers direct payments, pay-after-delivery options, and installment plans. Klarna is a regulated bank known for its “buy now, pay later” model, offering shoppers interest-free financing on retail purchases throughout installments. The Klarna app enhances the shopping experience by providing top retailers with flexible payment options and cashback rewards.
Wallapop is a hyper-local mobile marketplace based in Barcelona, Spain, that facilitates the buying and selling of secondhand goods. Founded in September 2013 by Agustin Gomez, the platform operates as a "virtual flea market," connecting users within their local communities to trade a wide variety of pre-owned items. By focusing on local transactions, Wallapop aims to promote sustainable consumption and reduce waste while providing an accessible way for individuals to declutter their homes and find affordable products. The app's user-friendly interface and geolocation features enhance the buying and selling experience, making it a popular choice for those looking to engage in secondhand commerce.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Personio is the People Operating System for small and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. The company's mission is to make HR processes as efficient and effective as possible so HR can focus on what matters most: people. Personio does that by offering an all-in-one HR software that includes human resources management, recruiting, talent management and payroll.
Infogrid is a building intelligence and analytics company that focuses on automating and optimizing facilities management. Established in 2014, the company leverages advanced IoT sensors and artificial intelligence to collect and analyze real-time data, enabling clients to enhance the health, efficiency, and sustainability of their buildings. Infogrid's end-to-end system provides valuable insights that help reduce costs, save time, and improve safety while promoting environmentally friendly practices. By delivering innovative solutions for building management, Infogrid aims to create healthier, more sustainable, and profitable environments for real estate and facilities teams.
Spring Health provides mental health solutions for employers and health plans. It uses Precision Mental Healthcare to seamlessly pinpoint and deliver the right fit for each person whether that’s digital support, meditation exercises, coaching, therapy, medication, and beyond.
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.
Hopin is a live virtual events platform that enables attendees to connect, learn, and interact with people anywhere. The platform allows users to create live online events that are interactive and personal whether they are hosting a live training workshop, bringing a company’s remote team together, or launching a full-scale digital conference. It hosts virtual events such as large-scale tech events, international conferences, and even weddings that bring users together. Attendees can network one-on-one, break out into group sessions, watch keynote presentations, send chat messages and polls, and explore interactive expo areas. Johnny Boufarhat established the company in London, England in 2019.
TIER Mobility is a shared micro-mobility provider, with a mission to change mobility for good. The company provides a range of shared, light electric vehicles, from e-scooters to e-bikes and e-mopeds, powered by a proprietary Energy Network and helps cities reduce their dependence on cars. TIER is committed to being climate-neutral that will benefit the environment and also ensure a liveable and sustainable future. TIER was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
TrueLayer powers smarter, safer and faster online payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data. Businesses big and small use their products to onboard new users, accept money and make payouts in seconds, and at scale. TrueLayer is live across 21 countries and over 10 million users trust us to process their transactions. Though, they’re not stopping here. They’re on a mission to change the way the world pays.
Bunch is the first app that allows its users to play their favorite games with friends over video chat. Its platform is the easiest way for players to discover, play, and share live mobile games with their friends. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.
Private Equity Round in 2020
Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers. The platform gives customers the freedom to choose how and when to pay. The company also offers direct payments, pay-after-delivery options, and installment plans. Klarna is a regulated bank known for its “buy now, pay later” model, offering shoppers interest-free financing on retail purchases throughout installments. The Klarna app enhances the shopping experience by providing top retailers with flexible payment options and cashback rewards.
Depict.ai is building a product recommendation engine to help bring “Amazon-quality” product recommendations for any e-commerce store. Founded in 2019, Depict.ai is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
2 out of 3 men will start to lose their hair by the age of 35 - but the earlier you take action, the more hair you keep. Keeps is a full-service healthcare company focused exclusively on helping men keep their hair. From expert diagnosis to affordable treatment, patient support to education, Keeps provides a regimen specific to each customer's condition through a seamless digital experience, allowing men to manage hair loss from start to finish. Keeps’ licensed physicians review each customer's information in order to identify and prescribe a unique treatment plan of FDA-approved products, and we sell them at half the price customers would pay at their local pharmacy. With Keeps, customers receive exactly what they need, and nothing they don’t. Keeps is the first brand from Thirty Madison, which is rebuilding the healthcare experience for the modern consumer.
Thirty Madison is a family of specialized healthcare brands devoted to creating exceptional outcomes for all. Each of its specialized brands is focused on a specific ongoing condition, and thoughtfully designed to support the unique needs of its community with personalized treatments and care; with Keeps for men's hair loss, Cove for migraine, Picnic for allergies, Facet for skin conditions, and NURX for sexual health. With empathy at the heart of its innovation, its proprietary care model empowers hundreds of thousands of people with ongoing conditions with the accessible, effective treatments across a lifetime of care. Learn more at ThirtyMadison.com.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Wagestream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app. The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short-term, unplanned financial obligations. The company aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and prevent employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans. Peter Briffett and Portman Wills was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. It is backed by QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global.
Hopin is a live virtual events platform that enables attendees to connect, learn, and interact with people anywhere. The platform allows users to create live online events that are interactive and personal whether they are hosting a live training workshop, bringing a company’s remote team together, or launching a full-scale digital conference. It hosts virtual events such as large-scale tech events, international conferences, and even weddings that bring users together. Attendees can network one-on-one, break out into group sessions, watch keynote presentations, send chat messages and polls, and explore interactive expo areas. Johnny Boufarhat established the company in London, England in 2019.
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play fun learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. The platform offers learning games in minutes for any subject, in any language, on any device, and for all ages. Based on the mission of making learning awesome, Kahoot!’s game-based platform engages the heart, hand, and mind, creating a wildly more social, meaningful, and powerful pedagogical experience. Kahoot!’s platform and easy-to-use features attract educators and students as well as corporate powerhouses, sporting, and cultural events.
Medwing is a job-matching and career consulting company that serves all healthcare professions. The platform employs digitization and automation to ensure that the matching process between specialists and hospital or nursing facilities is timely, efficient, transparent, and simple for all parties involved. The startup's platform, which over 500,000 healthcare workers use, includes over 5,500 hospitals and nursing homes.
Hopin is a live virtual events platform that enables attendees to connect, learn, and interact with people anywhere. The platform allows users to create live online events that are interactive and personal whether they are hosting a live training workshop, bringing a company’s remote team together, or launching a full-scale digital conference. It hosts virtual events such as large-scale tech events, international conferences, and even weddings that bring users together. Attendees can network one-on-one, break out into group sessions, watch keynote presentations, send chat messages and polls, and explore interactive expo areas. Johnny Boufarhat established the company in London, England in 2019.
Spring Health provides mental health solutions for employers and health plans. It uses Precision Mental Healthcare to seamlessly pinpoint and deliver the right fit for each person whether that’s digital support, meditation exercises, coaching, therapy, medication, and beyond.
We set off with a first vision: to create a cheese that is superior in taste and nutrition, constantly striving to use our planet’s resources wisely, accessible to all yet one of the top preferred cheeses by chefs and restaurants. Simply put, the world’s most ambitious cheese.
Personio is the People Operating System for small and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. The company's mission is to make HR processes as efficient and effective as possible so HR can focus on what matters most: people. Personio does that by offering an all-in-one HR software that includes human resources management, recruiting, talent management and payroll.
Verve is a global leader in word-of-mouth sales within the live entertainment industry, utilizing networks of advocates to promote events and experiences. By incentivizing these advocates with rewards like free tickets and backstage passes, Verve effectively drives sales for over 500 events across more than 40 countries. The company collaborates with various prominent partners, including major ticketing platforms such as Ticketmaster and Eventbrite, to enhance its offerings. Through its innovative peer-to-peer sales and marketing software, Verve has established itself as a trusted name in the sector, focusing on creating authentic connections within the live entertainment marketplace.
Disperse.io is a VC-backed artificial intelligence construction startup focused on improving on-site productivity. Its goal is to not just be part of the current wave of construction innovation upstarts but to ultimately reimagine the way building projects are delivered and operated. Disperse aims to help construction firms create cultures focused on learning and consistent delivery. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
Matsmart sells surplus food online. A significant part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates, or other reasons. In 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by Karl Andersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland.
TIER Mobility is a shared micro-mobility provider, with a mission to change mobility for good. The company provides a range of shared, light electric vehicles, from e-scooters to e-bikes and e-mopeds, powered by a proprietary Energy Network and helps cities reduce their dependence on cars. TIER is committed to being climate-neutral that will benefit the environment and also ensure a liveable and sustainable future. TIER was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
HappyOrNot is a Finnish company that specializes in instant customer and employee satisfaction analytics. HappyOrNot is the company responsible for creating the globally-recognizable ‘Smiley’ feedback system. With over 25,000 physical ‘Smiley Terminals’ in airports, office spaces, and retail outlets around the world, the company generates employee and customer feedback data on an unprecedented scale. Servicing more than 4,000 clients in 117 countries, HappyOrNot presents and packages customer and employee feedback data (visualized as a four point scale from ‘smile’ to ‘frown’) so that organizations can tweak specific aspects of their service in accordance with what customers and staff actually want. Founded in 2009 and with first terminals installed in 2010, the company, which employs 80 people, has recorded about a billion responses to date. Headquartered in Tampere, Finland, with offices in US, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, Singapore and a global reseller network in over 100 countries, HappyOrNot is already being utilized by thousands of clients in every continent: from Microsoft to McDonald's; London Heathrow Airport to LinkedIn; British National Health Service (NHS) to IKEA.
Klang Games is an independent game development studio that develops next generation games. The Klang Gang has grown into a strong team of twelve like-minded individuals from diverse working backgrounds, who all share a similar passion for gaming and creating something special. Klang Games launched its first project, ReRunners: Race for the World, for iOS and Android devices, which was well-received by the gaming press and the gaming community. The company strives to create sustainable products by providing unique playing experiences, utilizing innovative technology, developing distinctive art styles and design, and building valuable communities. Klang Games was founded on 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
NA-KD.com is the next generation of fashion marketplaces. A predominantly mobile-based online shopping sanctuary for fashion addicts all over the world. Combined with a unique merchant service that unleashes the e-commerce power of digital brands and social influencers. Funded by the original founder and team behind Nelly.com (170 million USD online fashion store).
3Box storage is simple, secure, and private by design. Apps that store data with users on 3Box are lighter, more trustworthy, and enjoy reduced data management liability.
Livepeer develops and operates a platform for decentralized live video broadcast on the Internet. It provides an open platform that gives broadcasters, developers, and users the ability to get content and message out. Livepeer combines a blockchain based crypto-token protocol with economic incentives and an open media server. It provides a decentralized video live streaming platform with the peer-to-peer networks and the blockchain. Eric Tang and Douglas Petkanics founded it in 2017, with its head in New York City.
Autodesk Forma provides AI-powered tools to architects and designers working in pre-design and schematic design. It geolocated projects with real-world contextual data and modeled complex 3D designs in minutes. Autodesk Forma uses automated massing takeoffs and real-time environmental impact analysis to explore concepts and optimize for living quality and sustainability.
TrueLayer powers smarter, safer and faster online payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data. Businesses big and small use their products to onboard new users, accept money and make payouts in seconds, and at scale. TrueLayer is live across 21 countries and over 10 million users trust us to process their transactions. Though, they’re not stopping here. They’re on a mission to change the way the world pays.
Wagestream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app. The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short-term, unplanned financial obligations. The company aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and prevent employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans. Peter Briffett and Portman Wills was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. It is backed by QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global.
We want to help as many as possible, to the best possible financial situation. Using new technology we develop fair, simple and smart services that help you get more from your finances. So that you can do more of what makes you feel good. We saw that many paid unnecessary high interest and fees for part-payments, credit cards and private loans. So that’s where we started out. Through smart technology and skipping unnecessary middlemen we could offer the lowest possible rate. And we decided straight away: we would always try to help you improve your finances. Never give an offer if we can’t improve your situation. Only make things better. You could say we started out by helping you deal with your financial past. That was in 2018. In 2020 we launched more services, for instance helping you keep track of subscriptions and plan your finances. Ways to simplify your financial everyday life. So that we can help you build your financial future. And we’re just getting started. Anyfin is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
Chord’s commerce-as-a-service software offers commerce businesses technology and data products that help enhance their businesses by giving them cutting-edge headless commerce technology and access to meaningful first-party data. Chord’s unique offering of scalable headless tech software, paired with its sophisticated data management, insights, and governance tools, is made for commerce entrepreneurs by commerce entrepreneurs. Chord was founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, United States.
Private Equity Round in 2019
Kitab Sawti is an Arabic audio entertainment service offering audiobooks and podcasts through mobile apps.
Forto was founded in Berlin in 2016 under the name FreightHub by Erik Muttersbach and Michael Wax. The company develops groundbreaking, scalable, digital logistics technology and services that go beyond transportation from point A to point B. The easy to use and intuitive platform allows their customers to optimize and, therefore, own their entire global supply chain processes. With over 2,000 customers and 9 global offices, Forto currently employs 200+ people. They are passionate about global trade, and aim to increase global prosperity while driving sustainability. Forto is a brand of FreightHub GmbH.
Labster develops a platform that offers virtual laboratory simulations based on mathematical algorithms for students' e-learning. It is an internationally-focused company dedicated to the development of pioneering online tools for teaching science globally. Labster's primary product is an easily scalable online platform for teaching biotechnology that has been demonstrated to improve learning significantly over standard methods as well as substantially reduce costs. It is dedicated to bringing life science teaching to life. We think every day about the big picture of science education. The Labster platform is a 3D virtual learning environment based on a Virtual Lab. Labster includes molecular 3D animations, quiz questions, and background theory that engages students in an immersive, game-like multimedia experience. Structured around cases that explore both theory and experimental processes, our virtual labs offer advanced, unified scientific teaching solutions at a fraction of the cost of traditional labs. Labster was co-founded in 2011 by Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde and Michael Bodekaer in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark.
Private Equity Round in 2019
Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers. The platform gives customers the freedom to choose how and when to pay. The company also offers direct payments, pay-after-delivery options, and installment plans. Klarna is a regulated bank known for its “buy now, pay later” model, offering shoppers interest-free financing on retail purchases throughout installments. The Klarna app enhances the shopping experience by providing top retailers with flexible payment options and cashback rewards.
Red Points is a technology company that provides a solution for protecting brands from online counterfeiting, digital piracy, and distribution fraud. Its SaaS platform removes hundreds of thousands of incidents of illegal products and content from the web monthly, across over one-hundred online marketplaces and social networks. Red Points’ solutions are used by over five hundred brands worldwide including Bang & Olufsen, MVMT, and DOPE. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.
Trustpilot is a powerful review platform - free and open to all. With more than 58 million reviews of over 270,000 domains, Trustpilot gives people a place to share and discover reviews of businesses, and we give every company the tools to turn consumer feedback into business results. Our mission is to bring people and businesses closer together to create ever-improving experiences for everyone. Trustpilot reviews are seen more than 3 billion times each month by consumers worldwide. With offices in Copenhagen, London, New York, Denver, Berlin, Melbourne and Vilnius, Trustpilot's 700 employees represent more than 40 different nationalities.
Aidence rallies 80+ data scientists, software engineers, medical, regulatory, and business professionals to provide intelligent software for the lung cancer pathway. Their first clinical application is Veye Lung Nodules, an AI solution for pulmonary nodule management on CTs. Veye is running in routine practice and lung cancer screening programmes across Europe.
Kriya is the new name for MarketFinance. The company is a fintech platform that provides access to payments, credit, and working capital through seamless integrations and instant credit decisions. Founded in 2011, Kriya has helped businesses collect over £20 billion in B2B payments, and advanced over £3 billion worth of credit through working capital and business loans. Kriya is backed by Barclays, Santander InnoVentures, European venture capital fund Northzone (invested in Klarna, iZettle, and Trustpilot), private equity group MCI Capital (also invested in iZettle, Azimo, and Gett), and Viola Credit.
Personio is the People Operating System for small and medium-sized companies with 10 to 2,000 employees. The company's mission is to make HR processes as efficient and effective as possible so HR can focus on what matters most: people. Personio does that by offering an all-in-one HR software that includes human resources management, recruiting, talent management and payroll.
Medwing is a job-matching and career consulting company that serves all healthcare professions. The platform employs digitization and automation to ensure that the matching process between specialists and hospital or nursing facilities is timely, efficient, transparent, and simple for all parties involved. The startup's platform, which over 500,000 healthcare workers use, includes over 5,500 hospitals and nursing homes.
Bunch is the first app that allows its users to play their favorite games with friends over video chat. Its platform is the easiest way for players to discover, play, and share live mobile games with their friends. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York City, New York.
At Nested, their Mission is to give home-sellers certainty over their property sale from day one, without compromising on price. They do this by advancing what you need to buy your new home, whilst they sell your old one for the best possible price. Selling a home is one of the most stressful things you do in life. It's all-to-common to experience unclear valuations, broken chains and untrustworthy estate agents. they'were bringing a refreshing approach to this broken industry, removing the uncertainty for home sellers, providing best-in-class service and helping their customers secure their dream home on their timeline.