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☆ Founders of Wise and Skype raise $436 million to build tech giants in Europe
  + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The founders of Wise, Skype and Songkick have raised 400 million euros ($436.4 million) for a new fund to back technology startups in Europe. Plural Fund II, the firm's second to date, arrives just 18 months after the firm raised its last fund, a 250 million-euro vehicle. Only 8% of VCs in Europe are former founders, he says, much lower than the 60% in the United States. So, if we look at the track record, and our ability to get the deals done, I think that all seems to say that this is really missing in Europe," Hinrikus added. Plural raised the funds from a mix of limited partners, including British and American university endowments, U.S. foundations and insurers, strategic family offices in Europe and the United States.
Persons: Wise, Taavet Hinrikus, fintech, Ian Hogarth, Sten Tamkivi, Khaled Helioui, Hinrikus, they're, we've, Carina Namih Organizations: Skype, Balderton, Bigpoint, CNBC Locations: Europe, VCs, United States, American
☆ British fintech Wise reports 280% jump in profit as higher interest rates boost income
  + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
British fintech firm Wise nearly quadrupled pre-tax profits in its half-year results out on Tuesday, citing a boost from higher interest rates. Including interest income, the company's total income stood at £656 million for the period, up 58% year-on-year. Wise said that it benefited from higher interest rates, extending a trend from earlier this year where the company was pulling in extra income thanks to interest rate increases. The analysts added that the boost to Wise's results from higher interest income is a "welcome temporary compensation" for slowing core total processed volume, but noted it is "likely unsustainable." Harsh Sinha, Wise's technology chief, recently took the reins from Wise CEO Kristo Kaarmann at the firm's helm.
Persons: Wise, Harsh Sinha, Kristo Kaarmann, Taavet Hinrikus Organizations: British, Jefferies, London Stock Exchange Locations: Kaarmann, Estonia
☆ Open Cosmos, a UK space tech startup that launches satellites for data collection, raised $50 million using this 13-slide pitch deck
  + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Open Cosmos, a UK space tech startup, has raised $50 million in fresh funding. Founded in 2015, Open Cosmos had only raised $7 million previously. Open Cosmos, a UK space tech startup that designs and launches satellites for data collection, has raised $50 million. Open Cosmos then shares this information to provide users with "actionable data" around the energy transition and natural resource monitoring. "We're quite an unusual space company, yes we do satellites but it's also about the data," Open Cosmos founder and CEO Rafel Jorda Siquier told Insider.
Persons: Rafel Jorda Siquier, We've, OpenCosmos, Wise, Taavet Hinrikus, Kheng Nam Lee, Siquier Organizations: Cosmos, Partners, Accenture Ventures, Banco Santander InnoEnergy Climate Tech Fund, Wille Finance, Claret Capital Partners, GGV Capital Locations: Harwell , United Kingdom, South America
☆ Europe is producing more startup 'mafias' than ever despite tech rout
  + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The average time taken for a startup to hit unicorn status in Europe is now just seven years, according to Accel. Of the 353 "unicorn" companies in the region, 221 have spun out 1,171 new tech-enabled startup companies as employees at these firms left to start up their own ventures, Accel said, citing Dealroom data. Startup mafias have existed for decades. These "mafias," which are firms started by employees of other tech firms, have historically led to the creation of some of the largest tech companies known today. The largest cohort of newly established startup mafias comes from fintech, with almost 20% of European startups spun out of unicorns operating in the sector.
Persons: Accel, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Niklas Zennstrom, Taavet Hinrikus, I'd, Harry Nelis, Klarna, Wise Organizations: Accel, Spotify, PayPal, Elon, Ventures, Fund, Shell, Unilever, CNBC, Startup Locations: Europe, Israel, American, Silicon Valley, West Coast, Palo Alto, Netherlands, fintech
☆ This startup using AI to help nurses manage their workflow just landed $5.3 million. Check out the 13-slide pitch deck Teton.AI used to raise the funds.
  + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The startup uses AI to improve patient monitoring in hospitals and care homes. Check out the 13-slide deck used to secure the fresh funds. A startup that wants to deploy AI to help address nursing shortages just raised $5.3 million in fresh funds. While Teton's term sheet was completed before the recent frenzy around generative AI, Thorsen noted that it had some impact in the latter part of their fundraising efforts. Check out the 13-slide pitch deck used to raise the fresh funds.
☆ This SoftBank-backed startup that uses AI to draft legal documents just raised $10 million. Check out the 10-slide pitch deck Robin AI used to land the cash.
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Robin AI, a legal tech startup that uses AI to read and negotiate contracts, has raised $10 million. A startup that uses AI to make legal contracts simpler to draft and negotiate has raised $10 million in fresh funding. London-based Robin AI, which counts SoftBank among its backers, was founded by former lawyer Richard Robinson and physics PhD James Clough. The startup uses machine learning to review and negotiate legal contracts through a software platform. The startup claimed to have grown its revenues 20x since its previous raise, a $3.3 million funding from SoftBank in December 2021.
☆ This SoftBank-backed startup that uses AI to draft legal documents just raised $10.5 million. Check out the 10-slide pitch deck Robin AI used to land the cash.
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Robin AI, a legal tech startup that uses AI to read and negotiate contracts, has raised $10.5 million. A startup that uses AI to make legal contracts simpler to draft and negotiate has raised $10.5 million in fresh funding. London-based Robin AI, which counts SoftBank among its backers, was founded by former lawyer Richard Robinson and physics PhD James Clough. The startup uses machine learning to review and negotiate legal contracts through a software platform. The startup claimed to have grown its revenues 20x since its previous raise, a $3.3 million funding from SoftBank in December 2021.
☆ Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett has raised a $100 million fund to back the next generation of Europe's unicorn founders
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett has raised $100 million for his new tech investment fund. Flight Story Fund aims to back diverse founders and will target high-growth startups. Steven Bartlett, the host of the hugely popular Diary of a CEO podcast, has raised over $100 million for his new tech investment vehicle. Flight Story Fund wants to back diverse founders who can create Europe's next cohort of startups worth over $1 billion. The fund wants to invest in 20 companies with deals ranging from $1 million to $10 million.
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