いまや欧州スタートアップ市場は世界中から資金を集め、2021年の上半期だけでも6兆円（20年の合計額）近くを集めている。『WIRED』UK版がヨーロッパ10都市から100のスタートアップを選ぶ「The Hottest Startups in EU」シリーズ、まずは欧州トップクラスのテックハブとなったベルリンと、ヨーロッパのスタートアップへの投資額においてそのベルリンを抜いて第2位に躍り出たパリからスタートしよう。
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Vareto raises $24M from GV, Menlo and all-star angels to reinvent financial planning for enterprises
Vareto, a startup aiming to help companies conduct more forward-looking financial planning and analysis, is coming out of stealth today with $24 million in total funding. GV (formerly Google Ventures) led its $20 million Series A this year, and Menlo Ventures led its $4.2 million seed financing in the summer of 2020. Menlo also put […]
Sisu Data raises $62M to stop companies from making clouded business mistakes
Sisu Data, which aims to help businesses make better decisions, announced today it has raised $62 million in a Series C round of funding led by Green Bay Ventures. Existing backers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and NEA also put money in the round, along with new investor Geodesic Ventures. The financing brings San Francisco-based Sisu’s total […]
Ocrolus lands $80M at a $500M+ valuation to automate document processing for fintechs and banks
If you’ve ever had to take out a loan, you know just how many documents are involved in the approval process. It’s a lot. The process is tedious and time-consuming, and in many more cases than you’d expect — still manual. Ocrolus is a startup that is hoping to change that with an automation platform […]
Meru Health secures $38M in equity and debt for ‘holistic’ online mental health platform
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been devastating on many levels. But if there’s any silver lining in the global crisis, it could be that it’s less taboo to talk about feeling anxious, depressed or burnt out. Because chances are, the person you’re talking to is feeling one of those things too. So it’s no surprise […]
Mexico’s Kavak drives away with $700M in new funding, doubling its valuation to $8.7B
Kavak, a Mexico City-based startup that operates a pre-owned car marketplace in Latin America, announced today that it has raised a massive $700 million in a Series E round that more than doubles the company’s valuation to $8.7 billion. This news is notable for a few reasons. For one, it’s a staggering sum for any […]
Just raises $8M in its effort to beat Root at the car insurance game
Just Insure, a pay-per-mile insurance technology company, has raised $8 million in a funding round. CrossCut Ventures, ManchesterStory and Western Technology Investments co-led the investment, which brings its total raised to $15.3 million since its January 2019 inception. Los Angeles-based Just says it uses telematics “to reward safe drivers and reduce insurer bias” by looking […]
「破壊」から「構築」へ：シリコンヴァレーは新しいナラティヴを描くのか
アンドリーセン・ホロウィッツがすべてを変えた。10年前、このVC企業の創業者マーク・アンドリーセンは「ソフトウェアが世界を飲み込む」と予言した。そして彼らがメディアに売り込む破壊的でイノヴェイティヴな民主化の神話は、やがて搾取やプライヴァシー侵害、セキュリティ違反、二極化、差別などの記事に場所を奪われていった。いまや次々と自らのメディアを立ち上げるテック業界は、「構築」という新たなナラティヴを描こうとしている。
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Logistics startup Stord raises $90M in Kleiner Perkins-led round, becomes a unicorn and acquires a company
When Kleiner Perkins led Stord’s $12.4 million Series A in 2019, its founders were in their early 20s and so passionate about their startup that they each dropped out of their respective schools to focus on growing the business. Fast-forward two years and Stord — an Atlanta-based company that has developed a cloud supply chain — […]
SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize
Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E […]