Elaia Partners

As European dynamism gathers momentum, Elaia and partners double down with new deep tech fund

Elaia's third deep tech seed fund, DTS3, is double the size of the two previous funds, and signals the momentum that is forming around an emerging concept: European dynamism.

French startup Nijta hopes to protect voice privacy in AI use cases

France-based startup Nijta, whose flagship product Voice Harbor anonymizes voices for AI, raised €2 million in funding from various sources, including deep tech VC fund Elaia.

Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing

Sesamm, a French startup that helps financial firms and corporates adhere to their ESG goals by using natural language processing (NLP) to generate insights from digital content, has raised €35 mill

Don’t worry about VCs’ returns if you can exit your startup early

There are many reasons to stick it out at your startup, but if you're worried about your investors when faced with an exit, here's why you shouldn't be.

Holded, an ‘ERP for small businesses’, raised €15M from Elaia, Lakestar, Nauta and SeedRocket

Holded, a platform billing itself as an ERP aimed at small businesses, has raised a €15 million Series B funding round led by VC firm Elaia, together with Lakestar, Nauta Capital and SeedRocket. Hol

iBanFirst raises $23.8 million for its borderless financial services

French startup iBanFirst has raised a $23.8 million (€21 million) Series C round from Elaia and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund. Previous investors include Serena, Breega and Xavier Niel — Serena

What every startup founder should know about exits

The dream of a startup founder can often be summarized by the following well-intentioned, and mostly delusional, quote: “We’ll raise a few rounds and in a few years we’ll IPO on Nasdaq.”

Meet the judges and hackmasters for the TC Hackathon at VivaTech

On May 25-26, hundreds of Europe’s best and brightest coders, hackers, tech makers and programmers will descend upon Paris to take part in TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech and compete for a €5,

Shift Technology grabs $10 million to prevent fraudulent insurance claims

French startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.shift-technology.com/">Shift Technology</a> just raised a $10 million Series A round from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organiz

Major VC Figure Marie Ekeland To Leave Elaia Partners

Marie Ekeland is leaving French VC firm Elaia Partners to create her own VC firm, TechCrunch has learned last week. According to Rude Baguette, Ekeland should leave at the end of the summer. Ekeland m

Video AdTech Startup Teads Closes $5.2M Series A, From Partech & Elaia, To Prep International Push

French video adTech startup Teads, which sells technology allowing publishers to embed video ads within articles that automatically play when they become visible on the user's screen, has closed a $5.

French Fashionista Startup Carnet de Mode Raises $1.5M Series A To Head For The International Catwalk

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.carnetdemode.com/en">Carnet de Mode</a> (CDM), the Paris-based online fashion marketplace, has announced that its closed a $1.5 million Series A round -- yes, in Eu

Allmyapps grabs 1 million euros for iTunes-for-apps

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Allmyapps Snags 1 Million Euros for iTunes-for-Apps

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