Day: June 24, 2025

Wibo secures €500K to scale its corporate learning startup Wibo, the startup helping companies grow by strengthening their internal capabilities through executive-led learning paths has closed a €500,000 investment round. Founded in Turin by Tommaso Seita and Alessandro Busso, Wibo started as a reward-based quiz app.  After pivoting toward live

Ex-Chorus One CIO Xavier Meegan launches $20M crypto fund Frachtis Frachtis, a new $20 million pre-seed fund, was launched by Xavier Meegan, a former Chief Investment Officer and Research Lead at top staking provider Chorus One. It is backed by institutional investors such as Theta Capital, along with crypto-native backers

British Business Bank given £6.6BN investment fillip UK startups have been given a boost after Britain’s largest venture investor was today (Monday) granted an extra £6.6bn to invest in UK entrepreneurs. The capital boost given by the Department for Business and Trade to the British Business Bank (BBB), the UK state-backed

The future of asphalt is plastic — and ecopals is paving the way While there’s plenty of R&D into green and low-carbon concrete, a German startup has developed a novel way to turn waste into asphalt.   ecopals is a cleantech company rethinking road construction by replacing virgin polymers in asphalt

Qomon secures €5.5M to help nonprofits and political movements mobilise at scale French advocacy organising platform Qomon, has raised €5.5 million in a funding round led by Asterion Ventures, Ternel and Good Only Ventures.  Founded in France in October 2020 by Florent Barre and Jean-Baptiste Daniel, Qomon is positioning itself

Italian EdTech startup Wibo raises €500k for its upskilling and leadership programmes Turin-based Wibo, an EdTech startup helping companies grow by strengthening their internal capabilities through executive-led learning paths, has closed a €500k round to consolidate its presence in the Italian market, expand its training areas by integrating content on

German startup Steuerboard raises €725k to eliminate email “ping-pong” in tax advisory firms Steuerboard, the Düsseldorf‑based B2B SaaS platform innovating tax workflows, today announced it has raised €725k in a pre-Seed financing round to accelerate product development and deepen market expansion across the DACH region. The round was led by

Swedish entrepreneurship platform Techarena secures a €1 million investment to expand across the continent Stockholm-based entrepreneurship platform Techarena has received a €1 million investment from VC firm Backingminds to accelerate Techarena’s international footprint, including events, programmes, and other Founder-focused initiatives. “I’ve known Susanne and Sara for a long time and

Italian publishing house Zanichelli Editore launches €60 million EdTech push to “unlock human potential” Zanichelli Editore, a Bologna-based publishing house with a 166-year legacy, has announced the launch of ZNEXT, a €60 million initiative aimed at fueling the growth of EdTech businesses with investments of up to €150k in initial

With €115 million in fresh funding, Dutch FinTech startup Finom sets sights on one million customers by 2026 Amsterdam-based Finom, a European digital financial services platform for entrepreneurs and SMEs, today announced it has closed a €115 million Series C funding round to accelerate its European expansion. The round was