2025: Navigating the Future of Innovation

Europe's startup ecosystem displayed remarkable resilience in 2024, laying the groundwork for a strong showing this year.

From shifting market dynamics, new technological innovations, and regulation, what's on the plate for 2025?

We asked our sector-focused experts in Deep Tech, Fintech, Climate Tech and Industrial Tech, Marketplaces & Consumer, Health & TechBio, and SaaS & Infra to help us make sense of the year ahead.

Read our partners' key thoughts and insights on our blog.

What else is happening...

→ Have You Heard? Upvest raises a €100 million Series C and Gigs raises $73 million Series B

→ Our Perspective: We published the first Healthy Ageing Report in partnership with Dealroom & Generali, and detailed the steps the EU can take to scale up carbon removal

→ Speedinvest News: What a year! Review some of the most memorable achievements from Speedinvest and our amazing portfolio companies in 2024

Additional portfolio updates, deep-dive content, job openings, and more below ⬇️

Have You Heard?

Our portfolio's latest funding announcements

Upvest, a Berlin-based white-label investment platform used by the likes of N26, Revolut, and bunq has raised a €100 million Series C backed by Hedosophia, Sapphire Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and BlackRock.

Founder & CEO, Martin Kassing, and the Upvest team are now empowering millions of users globally to invest seamlessly. Read more about the Series C and Upvest's future plans in TechCrunch.

Gigs has raised a $73 million Series B led by Ribbit Capital to redefine connectivity as we know it.

Much like Stripe did for payments, founders Hermann Frank, Dennis Bauer, and their team are transforming industries like fintech, travel, and HR — making it possible for businesses to launch and embed phone and data plans into their existing offerings.

Read about the funding round in TechCrunch and learn more from our Frederik Hagenauer and Wissam Nasreddine on why we're tripling down on Gigs on our blog.

• Orakl Oncology, a French precision oncology company, has raised €11 million in seed funding in a round led by Singular, with support from Bpifrance and existing investors including Speedinvest. Orakl's AI-powered platform combines patient data with complex cell biology, engineering, and machine learning processes to build unique tumor avatars for each individual cancer patient. (Tech.eu)

Our Perspective

Speedinvest partnered with Dealroom.co and Generali to launch the Healthy Ageing Report, revealing the trends, technologies, and untapped opportunities reshaping our golden years.

From breakthroughs in longevity science to smarter tools for seniors, the investment landscape is changing rapidly. Our Health & TechBio investors Daria Gherghelas and Estelle Botbol have the full write-up here.

• Can the EU Can Scale Up Carbon Removal? Sophia Escheu of our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech investment team and Ludovic Chatoux of our portfolio company Riverse say yes IF policymakers use regulation, such as requiring firms to purchase negative emissions credits, to promote investment and deployment of this green solution across the bloc. For more, read their article published by Project Syndicate.

Portfolio Headlines & Highlights

News and updates from across our portfolio

• Opal features on Apple's "25 apps for 2025" list and shares their 2025 Year in Review on YouTube.
• Gigs has signed a partnership with Vodafone to let startups and scale-ups across the UK build their own mobile services.
• Paua has announced its collaboration with UK-based EV charging network Roam Charging.
• Greyparrot's co-founder, Ambarish Mitra, says the recycling and waste sector could grow to $3 trillion over the next decade, driven by AI automation.
• Bitpanda has secured in-principle approval to enter the UAE market.
• Tuum has partnered with Audax, a Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform from Standard Chartered to offer digital banking solutions in the Middle East.
• Moove has partnered with autonomous driving leader Waymo and will manage its fleet of vehicles starting in Phoenix.

Who's Hiring?

There are more than 1,000 vacancies across our portfolio. Browse open jobs below and on our website.

• Kittl: Partnerships Manager – Berlin
• Prewave: New Ventures Manager – Multiple Locations
• Gigs: Senior Backend Engineer – Europe
• Wayflyer: Finance Counsel – Dublin

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Join the Speedinvest Team

Our team is always on the lookout for top-tier talent. Check out our featured roles below.

• Visiting Associate, Fintech: London or Berlin
• Office Manager: London
• Accountant (f/m/d): Vienna

See you next month!