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After bootstrapping for five years, Instruqt raises a €15M Series A from Blossom Capital
Netherlands-based Instruqt has a product allowing companies to more easily test how new software would run inside their organization. After bootstrapping its way to growth, it has now raised €15 mil
TheyDo fires the starting gun on the race to own the customer journey
It doesn’t matter what kind of web site it is, the “customer journey” has always been important, otherwise you lose that engagement and the end result can hit the bottom line. That was a
Kadmos, a salary payments platform for migrant workers, raises $29.5M
Companies from across the industrial spectrum often rely on a migrant workforce, with data from the International Labour Organization indicating that some 169 million workers travel abroad for employm
Blossom Capital closes $432M fund for Series A deals in Europe
European startups collectively raised a record $100 billion+ in funding in 2021, a sign of their swelling ranks, ambitions and stature. Now, a VC in London has closed a record round of funding to cate
Omnichannel customer messaging platform Superchat raises $15.6M round led by Blossom
While last year’s WhatsApp outage is still sending shivers down the spine of its 2 billion users, the same is also true for the millions of businesses now using it to connect with their customers. A
Collective helps freelancers work together as a team
Meet Collective, a French startup that wants to redefine what it means to work as a freelancer in development, product design, digital marketing, data strategy and more. The company has built a platfo
Pigment raises $73M to take on Excel and generic spreadsheet players in the world of business planning and forecasting
The last 20 months of living in the midst of COVID-19, with all its unexpected developments, have been a challenge for many organizations when it comes to planning for the future. But that has also pr
Frontify raises $50M for a collaborative cloud platform for organizations to manage and use their design and brand assets
The meteoric rise of collaborative design startup Canva — now valued at $40 billion — and conversely, the viral interest we’ve been seeing in the market for NFTs where you can “
Financial automation startup Aurelia raises $3M seed round led by Blossom Capital
Financial automation platform Aurelia has raised $3 million in seed funding led by Blossom Capital. Billing itself as a sort of “IFTTT for finance” aimed at small businesses that want to integrate
Blossom Capital lures Alex Lim from Silicon Valley to join the European tech boom
Alex Lim, a British-born VC based in the Bay Area who invested in Hopin, UiPath, Discord, and many other unicorns has decided to up stakes and leave Sand Hill Road behind for Blossom Capital in London
Localyze raises $12M for a SaaS that supports cross-border hiring and relocation
Y-Combinator-backed Localyze has nabbed $12 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital for a SaaS that supports staff relocations and hiring across borders. Previous investor Frontline Venture
Cado Security locks in $10M for its cloud-native digital forensics platform
As computing systems become increasingly bigger and more complex, forensics have become an increasingly important part of how organizations can better secure them. As the recent SolarWinds breach has
Backed by Blossom, Creandum and Index, grocery delivery and dark store startup Dija launches in London
Dija, the London-based grocery delivery startup, is officially launching today and confirming that it raised £20 million in seed funding in December — a round that we first reported was partial
Cloud automation startup Spacelift raises $6M Series A led by Blossom Capital
Spacelift, a startup that automates the management of cloud infrastructure, has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round led by London’s Blossom Capital. Polish fund Inovo Venture Partners and
Taking on the business scenario-planning giants, Pigment raises a $25.9M Series A led by Blossom Capital
Realizing that modern, complex businesses can no longer be adequately managed using spreadsheet-style programs, the founders of Pigment decided there had to be a better solution. Their business foreca
Dija, a new delivery startup from former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on a $20M round led by Blossom
Dija, a new U.K.-based startup founded by senior former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on $20 million in funding, TechCrunch has learned. According to multiple sources, the round, which has yet to
Blossom Capital appoints Carmen Alfonso Rico as its newest partner
Blossom Capital, the early-stage venture capital firm founded by Ophelia Brown, has recruited its latest partner: Carmen Alfonso Rico has joined from Samaipata VC, where she led the U.K. office. Befor
France’s api.video raises $5.5M to make it easier for developers to add video features
Api.video, a “developer-first” video platform that makes it easier for websites and apps to add video features, has raised $5.5 million in a seed round led by London venture capital firm B
Blossom Capital’s ‘Cultivate’ is an angel program seeking to back European unicorn alumnus
Just a few months after closing a new $185 million fund to continue backing early-stage European startups, Blossom Capital, the VC firm founded by Ophelia Brown, is announcing a new angel investment p
Blossom Capital’s Louise Samet talks hormone tracking and femtech bets
Early-stage European VC firm Blossom Capital is fresh from closing a $185M fund— a big jump up on its prior close. The firm makes just a handful of investments per year, mostly at the Series A stage