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2 weeks ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
April 30, 2025·2 min readIstanbul-based VC firm Revo Capital has announced the first close of its third fund at $86 million, targeting a final close of over $100 million, as Vestbee was told. The fund will back early-stage tech startups with Turkish roots, with a strong focus on global expansion and AI-driven innovation. Founded in 2013, Revo Capital is Turkey's largest tech-focused venture capital firm and a key player in scaling the country’s startup ecosystem.
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3 weeks ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
DBR77 Robotics, a Polish startup that offers an all-in-one platform for industrial automation, integrating IoT, digital twin technology, and robotics, has successfully closed its seed investment round. In this round, four renowned investment institutions decided to back the company with capital to support its international expansion and technological development.
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3 weeks ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
The NN Social Innovation Startup Award, powered by Rubio, is back after a successful debut in 2024. Designed to support early-stage startups using technology to improve mental, physical, or financial well-being, the award returns to spotlight innovation with purpose at The Next Web Conference on June 19 in Amsterdam.
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3 weeks ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
Venture capital investment in Europe's defence sector is on the rise, with 2024 funding projected to reach a record $1 billion, according to Dealroom. Since 2018, defence-related startups — particularly in Germany, the UK, and France — have attracted $3 billion, outpacing other VC activity in NATO countries by 25%, driven by geopolitical tensions and the war in Ukraine.
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4 weeks ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
The NATO Innovation Fund, a €1 billion vehicle backed by 24 NATO allies, was launched in 2023 to invest in deeptech technologies that strengthen the Alliance’s long-term security and resilience. Since then, it has built a 25-person team across London, Amsterdam, and Warsaw, and has invested in dozens of companies and VC funds, including Join Capital, OTB Ventures, and Faber.
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1 month ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
April 15, 2025·2 min readPolish fintech startup BidFinance, which develops an auction platform for trading debt portfolios, has raised €1.6 million, as was reported to Vestbee. The recent funding will fuel the firm's international expansion. BidFinance was founded in 2022 by Zenia Karastoyanov, who has a professional background in the financial industry at Deloitte Poland and MCI Capital.
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1 month ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
April 15, 2025·2 min readBerlin-based startup telli, which enables businesses to automate customer calls using AI voice agents, has secured a $3.6 million pre-seed round. Cherry Ventures and Y Combinator led the funding, with participation from private investors. telli was founded by Philipp Baumanns, Finn zur Mühlen, and Seb Hapte-Selassie. Philipp and Finn were the first two employees of the heat pump unit at Enpal, one of Germany’s energy unicorns. Seb was an early engineer at Pitch.
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1 month ago | 
en.ain.ua | Lisa Palchynska |Sasha Galitskiy
ROPEA, Romanian private equity and venture capital association, has elected a new board of directors for a two-year mandate, to continue ROPEA’s mission of promoting the private equity and venture capital industry in Romania. The company shared news on their Linkedin page.
Chairman: Andrei Gemeneanu, Managing Partner at Morphosis Capital;
“It is a great honour to become the President of ROPEA and build on the great legacy of Horia Manda.
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1 month ago | 
en.ain.ua | Lisa Palchynska
Czech venture capital fund Miton has sold Driveto, an online platform for operational leasing, to its co-founder František Peterka and tibiQ Holding SE, a well-known player in the automotive industry. Both Peterka and tibiQ now hold equal 50% stakes in Driveto, as reported by Startup Kitchen.
About Driveto
Founded in 2017, Driveto aims to simplify and streamline the process of acquiring operational leasing for businesses and individuals.
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1 month ago | 
vestbee.com | Lisa Palchynska
April 10, 2025·2 min readBerlin-based VC Revent has raised its second fund of €100M to invest in early-stage startups across Europe. Otto Birnbaum and Lauren Lents established Revent in 2021. Since then, the fund has invested in 26 companies, including AI-powered hospital platform Avelios Medical and Granular Energy. Revent will write €500,000-3 million cheques into 34 pre-seed and seed-stage startups, with half the fund reserved for follow-ons.
