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1 day 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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1 day 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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1 week 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 week 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 week 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 week 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 week 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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2 weeks 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.
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2 weeks ago | 
en.ain.ua | Mariia Molodkovets |Vira Oliinyk |Lisa Palchynska |Anastasiia Kovalova
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the best games that came out in 2024. The clear leader is Astro Bot, which won the Game of the Year title, as well as statuettes for Best Animation, Audio Achievement, Game Design, and Best Family Game.
BAFTA Games Awards 2025 full list of winners
Best game: Astro Bot. Animation: Astro Bot. Artistic achievement: Neva. Audio achievement: Astro Bot. British Game: Thank Goodness You're Here!
Debut game: Balatro.
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2 weeks ago | 
en.ain.ua | Lisa Palchynska |Sasha Galitskiy
Apple's 23% stock drop over the past four trading sessions has once again made Microsoft the world's most expensive company. At the close of trading on April 8, Microsoft was worth $2.64 trillion, while Apple was worth $2.59 trillion, CNBC reports.
The market as a whole is experiencing a serious decline due to US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plan, but among the tech giants, it is the iPhone maker that is suffering the most due to its dependence on China.
