Build an AI-Enabled Marketplace. Here's how...
AI-enabled marketplaces present a world of new opportunities for buyers to connect with sellers.
Sameer Singh, Venture Partner with our Marketplaces & Consumer investment team, breaks down the three key steps that founders building in the space need to know with insights from Pete Flint of NFX and Ronan Harvey-Kelly, co-founder of our portfolio company, Haz.
What else is happening...
→ Portfolio Highlight: Gigs and Nubank are joining forces to offer the neobank’s +100 million customers eSims in app
→ Have You Heard? Cylib secures $55M in Series A
→ Welcome to the Family Tulyp is revolutionizing digital trade finance for SMEs by providing services on par with large corporations
→ Our Perspective: Oliver Holle discusses everything from his first business to the continued disruption & opportunities created by AI
→ Speedinvest News: We’re thrilled to welcome our newest Partner, Rana Abdel Latif, to the Speedinvest Emerging Markets team!
Additional portfolio updates, deep-dive content, job openings, and more below ⬇️
Have You Heard?
Our portfolio's latest funding announcements
Cylib secures $55M in Series A
cylib secures the largest round ever raised by a European battery recycling company just two years after our initial investment. The funding is part of a first-of-its-kind consortium of investors across deep tech, automotive, and industry – led by the venture arm of Porsche AG, Porsche Ventures, and World Fund.
- Sona raises $27.5M to expand its intelligent frontline workforce management platform (TechCrunch)
- Harbor Lab raises $16M to expand its end-to-end port call & port cost management solution. (TechCrunch)
- trawa raises €10M to transform how SMEs purchase and consume energy, cutting costs and emissions. (TechCrunch)
Welcome to the Family
The latest additions to our portfolio
Tulyp is revolutionizing digital trade finance for SMEs by providing services on par with large corporations. The Paris-based company offers a holistic platform that digitizes and secures the entire trade finance process for SMEs.
- hexafarms is leveraging AI to optimize greenhouses and power the future of food production. (EU-Startups)
- Haz is using AI and social media to make it easier for people to connect and turn unwanted items into cash. (EU-Startups)
- Exactly is helping artists and designers create and commercialize their work at scale. (TechCrunch)
Portfolio Headlines & Highlights
News and updates from across our portfolio
Gigs and Nubank are joining forces to offer the neobank’s +100 million customers eSims in app.
The NYSE-traded Brazilian neobank is now offering its premium subscription customers access to 10GB of free roaming internet in more than 40 countries without the hassle of having to switch out their existing physical SIM card or eSIM.
- Fiat Republic is one of the top early-stage startups to watch in 2024 (Sifted)
- Opal is now available for Mac users to help workers improve focus and reduce screen time (Opal)
- Tide bank launches in Germany by offering SMEs a free bank account (Tide)
- Second Nature publishes a hardback cookbook packed with nutritious, affordable meal ideas (The Sun)
- Seqera takes home three Global Business Tech Awards, including Healthtech Company of the Year (Global Business Tech Awards)
- Riverse has been endorsed by ICROA, the highest recognition of integrity for carbon crediting organizations – making it the first technology-based, circular economy project in Europe endorsed under ICROA’s rigorous new guidelines. (Riverse)
- Resourcify founder Gary Lewis joined BBC's Business Today to discuss how the company is helping the EU tackle the more than two billion tons of waste produced each year (LinkedIn)
Our Perspective
Sector-focused expertise and insights on the VC ecosystem at large
Oliver Holle, our CEO and Managing Partner, joins Calin Fabri of the Venture Europe podcast to discuss his first business, founding Speedinvest, the continued disruption & opportunities created by AI, and much more.
Listen to the full conversation
- Namratha Kothapalli of our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech team spoke with ImpactVC about everything from due diligence to hot & cold industries in the sector. (ImpactVC)
- Robotics hardware, sustainable semiconductors, and space infrastructure – Emily Meads shares the Deep Tech pitches she's excited to hear this year. (Sifted)
- Andreas Schwarzenbrunner, Partner on our Climate Tech & Industrial Tech team, discusses why hardware is critical in climate tech, why de-risking with corporate customers is crucial, and the challenges of scaling up production and fundraising. (Another ClimateTech Podcast)
Who's Hiring?
There are more than 1,000 vacancies across our portfolio. Browse open jobs below and on our website.
- Raus - Accountant (Germany)
- Tide - Regulatory and Disputes Counsel (UK)
- Gigs - Engineering Manager, Connect (Europe)
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See you next month!