We're hosting 500+ marketplace pros in Berlin - join us!
Journalists from The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Handelsblatt will be attending the 2023 Marketplace Conference in Berlin on September 21. Will you be joining them?
Secure your spot HERE to network with world-class investors, founders, and marketplace leaders, including Daniel Krauss, Co-Founder of Flix, Frederick Fahning, Founder of Zenjob, Courtney Chow, VP of Battery Ventures, Alex Leichter, Co-founder of Byrd, Tara Reeves, MD of Eurazeo, and many more. We hope to see you there!
In other news...
→ GoStudent, Moove, Schüttflix, Mercanis, and MindsDB secure major follow-on rounds
→ NeoCarbon gives us a behind-the-scenes look at their groundbreaking Direct Air Capture prototype
→ Femtech investment continues to be on the rise, according to our exclusive new report in collaboration with Dealroom and MTIP
Additional portfolio updates, deep-dive content, job openings, and more below ⬇️
Have You Heard?
Our portfolio's latest funding announcements
GoStudent scores $95M Strategic Fundraise
GoStudent is doubling down on AI and expanding its hybrid learning solutions across DACH.
With more than 23,000 tutors already active on the platform, GoStudent is further leveling up its range of online and offline educational support, including its newly launched virtual reality language learning platform, GoVR.
- Moove raises $76M to further democratize access to car financing for gig workers. (TechCrunch)
- Schüttflix raises $45M to continue revolutionizing construction with its digital marketplace and delivery platform. (FAZ)
- Mercanis raises $10M to further R&D for its AI-powered procurement platform and expand the team (Tech.eu)
- MindsDB secures $5M investment round to expedite the company’s mission to integrate AI capabilities into their products (VentureBeat)
Portfolio Headlines & Highlights
News and updates from across our portfolio
According to the IPCC (the UN body for climate change), we will have to remove at least 6 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere per year by 2050 to avoid potentially irreversible damage to our planet.
NeoCarbon has developed a prototype that captures up to five tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year. They call it the NeoBox, and founders René Haas and Silvain Toromanoff invited us to their Berlin lab for a behind-the-scenes look at their groundbreaking technology.
Watch the video above and learn more about the company on our blog.
- Cobee is featured in Sifted's list of the 10 fastest-growing Spanish startups
- Tripmakery scores fresh funding to drive its expansion across new markets
- Seqera Labs' Evan Floden explains how they're helping scientists in rapidly evolving medical fields share their latest diagnostic tools
- juli is helping patients with asthma or depression with their AI-driven app
- Mercanis' Fabian Heinrich discusses how their AI-powered procurement helps companies cut costs by 40 percent
- Doccla has acquired OpenTeleHealth & will expand into nine new countries
- Cylib is on Norrsken's Impact/100 list for 2023
- Octav now supports cross-chain NFT portfolio tracking
- Gigs explains how their all-in-one connectivity platform could be a game-changer for the banking & fintech industry
Let's Dive Deeper
Exclusive insights from our sector experts, growth hacks for founders & investors, and in-depth conversations with our partners on the Speedinvest blog
VCs invested $1 billion in early-stage femtech in 2022. Our exclusive new report in partnership with Dealroom.co and MTIP reveals that even though femtech has historically been overlooked, investment in the sector has been on the rise over the last decade.
We untangle the data and introduce 440+ startups emerging to fill this critical gap in the healthcare system. Head to our blog for the link to the report plus more key takeaways from Daria Gherghelas and Estelle Botbol of our Health & TechBio team.
Read the takeaways and download the report
Also on the blog
- Estelle Botbol and our Health & TechBio team mapped non-dilutive funding in 25-plus European countries
- Maximilian Wilhelm discusses the full stack marketplace with exclusive insights from experts, like Pete Flint, Charlotte Cadé, and more
In the news
Jeroen Arts, Fred Hagenauer, Julian Blessin, and Markus Lang are all featured in Sifted's story about successful founders who are now VC partners (Sifted)
- Our Climate & Industrial Tech team explains the main issues and solutions surrounding the global food supply chain (Sifted)
- Marie-Helene Ametsreiter is on Gründerszene's list of the top 10 female investors in Germany (Business Insider)
- Mathias Ockenfels tells VentureCapital Magazin why he's so enthusiastic about our partner Complori's business model (VC-Magazin, German)
- Andreas Schwarzenbrunner discusses the importance of having a pan-European presence to combat continental fragmentation (Sifted)
- Florian Obst discusses the Generative AI startups to watch (Sifted)
- Victor Huerbe shares his analysis on a number of recent funding rounds (Startup Insider, German)
Who's Hiring?
There are more than 1,000 vacancies across our portfolio. Browse open jobs below and on our website.
- Prewave - Lead Data Scientist (Vienna)
- Billie - Senior Enterprise Sales Manager (Berlin)
- Skyfri - Customer Success - Solar Asset Manager (Oslo, London)
- Doccla - Senior Software Engineer (London)
- GoStudent - Experience Partner, People Development & Learning (Vienna)
- Apiday - Product Designer (Paris)
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Join the Speedinvest Team
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- Associate Deep Tech - (all genders) - Berlin or Munich
- Visiting Analyst Deep Tech - (all genders) - London
See you next month!