What should founders be prepared for in 2024?
The meteoric rise of AI, quantum leaps in quantum, the overall lack of follow-on funding in nearly every sector – 2023 was filled with exciting new tech advancements and ongoing economic challenges.
What’s in store for 2024?
We asked partners from all six of our sector-focused investment teams to weigh in and share their sector-specific predictions and the trends you need to know on our blog.
What else is happening...
→ Portfolio Highlight: Feritfa and Sylvera Carbon were selected as two of Wired UK's hottest UK startups
→ Have You Heard? Flowdesk raises a $50M Series B & Kittl a $36M Series B
→ Welcome to the Family: tibo energy is helping companies transition to local smart energy grids
→ Our Perspective: Open-source projects play a pivotal role in accelerating technological advancements, which is why our SaaS & infra team launched a new curated list of top active OS projects that are shaping the tech landscape
→ Speedinvest News: Our CEO & Managing Partner is Austria's 2023 Person of the Year, according to Trend Magazine
Additional portfolio updates, deep-dive content, job openings, and more below ⬇️
Have You Heard?
Our portfolio's latest funding announcements
Flowdesk raises $50M Series B
The Paris-based full-service digital asset trading technology firm’s Market Making as a Service (MMaaS) infrastructure enables crypto projects, exchanges, and institutions worldwide to manage their own liquidity.
Since its foundation in 2020, Flowdesk has seen exceptional revenue growth, become an approved liquidity provider for the Grayscale ETF, and obtained a Digital Asset Service Provider registration in France.
- Kittl raises a $36M Series B round to further reimagine the way graphic designers create (TechCrunch)
- Milano Vice cooks up $9M in Series A funding to expand its delivery-first pizza restaurant model (Startups Magazine)
- QphoX raises €8M to scale large quantum computing systems – the backbone of the future quantum internet (EU Startups)
- Fiat Republic secures its EMI license and a $7M Seed extension to bridge the gap between banking and web3 (AltFi)
- NeoCarbon raises €3.2M in seed funding to develop its first full-scale unit that removes C02 from the atmosphere (Silicon Canals)
- Kwest and Kraken are joining forces to speed up the energy transition on a global scale (Tech.eu)
Welcome to the Family
The latest additions to our portfolio
Many commercial and industrial companies are responding to national energy grid limitations and increasing their ability to generate electricity on-site using solar panels, heat pumps, and batteries. But with more energy comes more complex energy management.
tibo energy provides software for corporate and industrial energy users to model microgrids, plan energy installations, and optimize energy management in real time.
- HomeCooks is building the ‘Etsy of food’, while helping struggling small food businesses generate new revenue. (TechCrunch)
Portfolio Headlines & Highlights
News and updates from across our portfolio
Feritfa and Sylvera Carbon were selected as two of Wired UK's hottest London-based startups (Wired UK)
- Das Lab, Doctorly, Elephant, Five Lives, and Second Nature are all featured in Sifted's 2024 Digital Health Overview (Sifted Pro)
- Porotech partners with Hon Hai Technology Groupto accelerate the commercialization of MicroLED microdisplays (Foxconn)
- Gigs is featured in a TechCrunch story on the rise of MVNOs (TechCrunch)
- Molecule secures new $1 million partnership with Sora Ventures (Molecule)
- Schüttflix founder, Christian Hülsewig, shares his founder journey and how the startup has become so successful (WiWo, German)
- Harbor Lab has acquired SOF eXchange and DEMeXchange from Osiris Ltd – a game-changing move for the maritime industry (Harbor Lab)
- Greyparrot won Citeo's Circular Challenge (Citeo)
- Vitt has launched Vitt Treasury to help startups both diversify & earn a return on their idle cash (Vitt)
- Dronamics joined the EU Future Mobility Taskforce (Dronamics)
- Bitpanda is FC Bayern's new Platinum Partner (FC Bayern)
- Cherrypick is the result of a rebrand from Lollipop (YouTube)
Our Perspective
Showcasing our expertise on the VC ecosystem at large
Audrey Handem and Yang Tran of our SaaS & infra team have launched a curated list of active OS projects & databases that are shaping the tech landscape.
- Oliver Holle shares how and why we work with our founders to find a path forward for so-called "VC Orphans." (Sifted)
- Marie-Helene Ametsreiter comments on the European startup ecosystem heading into 2024. (Tech.eu)
- Olga Shihantsova shares her outlook on trends like AI wealth management and how it will shake things up in 2024. (AltFi)
- Mathias Ockenfels shares his predictions for 2024 and why strong network effects, Gen Z, and AI will shape the landscape. (Business Insider)
- Rick Hao gives his take on AI safety and how we can foster trust. (Tech.eu)
- Namratha Kothapalli shares the technologies she believes will move the needle on climate. (ClimateHack)
- Jeroen Arts shares how Lapse is filling a gap for social media users seeking a more personal experience. (Sifted)
- Andreas Schwarzenbrunner shares his perspective on the state of European tech and the trends he expects to see thrive in 2024. (The Next Web)
- Deepali Nangia dives into how she supports female founders as well as game-changing DEI strategies you need to know and a quick intro to our fund-of-funds for emerging markets. (EU Startups Podcast)
Who's Hiring?
There are more than 1,000 vacancies across our portfolio. Browse open jobs below and on our website.
- Upvest - Platform Engineer (Berlin)
- Cobee - People Business Partner - (Mexico City)
- Ledgy - PR Manager & Copywriter (London)
- Bitpanda - Engineering Manager (Vienna)
- Sunhero - Project Manager (Barcelona)
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See you next month!