The Latest from Stefano Bernardi
Fubles raises €300k to help you organise soccer games
<img class="shot" src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0012/5472/125472v2-max-250x250.jpg" alt="Fubles" width="250" height="75" /> <a title="Fubles.com" href="http://www.fubles.com" ta
Hotelyo raises €1m angel round for its Vente Privée for luxury hotel deals
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H-Farm opens up applications for its new Seed Program
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EnLabs launches as a Silicon Valley-inspired tech incubator in Rome
<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/enlabs_roma_incubatore.jpg" alt="" title="enlabs_roma_incubatore" width="190" height="99" class="shot" />Some 150 people attended the inaugur
Spreaker raises €300k to socialize Internet radio
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MopApp launches cross-store mobile analytics – we have 100 invites
<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/logo5.gif" alt="" title="logo" width="212" height="57" class="shot" /><a title="Mopapp" href="http://www.mopapp.com" target="_blank">Mopapp</
MusiXmatch aims to make online lyrics legal with new €400k round
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GigsWiz grabs €150,000 to help bands choose where to play
<img src="http://www.crunchbase.com/assets/images/resized/0008/5199/85199v2-max-250x250.jpg" class="shot2" /><a title="GigsWiz" href="http://www.gigswiz.com" target="_blank">GigsWiz</a>, a Helsinki-ba
European VC deals of the week
These are the latest VC deals happening around Europe that we’ve unearthed. Germany is still going strong, but France and Spain are keeping up pretty well. High-Tech Gründerfonds has led an inv
Aepona raises additional $10M from BlackBerry Partners Fund
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Recent VC deals in Continental Europe
<ul>Here's a list of some of the recent venture capital deals that have been inked in Europe lately which you may have overlooked.
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iWikiPhone closes €250k round to take over the iPhone App Store
<img class="shot" title="logoIWP" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/logoIWP.jpg" alt="logoIWP" width="197" height="46" />[Italy] Rome-based <a title="iwikiphone" href="http://www.i
Wozaik close to launch, 200 invites for TechCrunch Europe readers
<img class="shot" title="wozaik" src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/wozaik.png" alt="wozaik" width="73" height="83" />[France] <a title="Wozaik" href="http://www.wozaik.com/" target
Facebook opens its first ad-sales office in Italy
[Italy] Facebook has opened a commercial office in Italy to capitalise on the social network’s growth there. The news was picked up by major italian publications, and it may have a significant i
Kohive launches premium services – is anyone using the free ones?
[UK] London-based Kohive, a startup in the collaboration space, has announced the launch of its premium services. This will be of interest to its users – however it’s not clear if it’
A fresh Italian tech scene emerges over wine and pizza
Italy, like a few other European countries, is way behind in the construction and creation of a “tech startup scene”. That being said, as of last Saturday there was almost no scene in Ital
Google News investigated by Italian antitrust authorities
The FIEG, an association of Italian editors, recently tried to sue Google’s News service. They claim: “Google is preventing editors from choosing freely which articles should be posted on
Plista gets more funding and launches its B2B operations
High-Tech Gründerfonds and DuMont Venture has joined existing investors Draper Investment Company and the Business Angel Peter Schüpbach in a new round of financing for Plista. The deal is rumore
Social-gaming startup Scoreloop closes a €2M round
Scoreloop has just announced it closed its second financing round, with a $2.8 million / €2 million cash injection from new investors Earlybird and existing investor Target Partners, which was the s
Konbini raises €3m, aims at the UK
Online TV startup Konbini just raised €3M in its second round of founding from NextStage, one of the most active French venture capital firms (NextStage manages a €220m fund). The startup, which