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UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play
Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up smaller third-party merchants on Amazon’s Marketplace, has raised another big round of funding…
Independent retailer platform Creoate raises $5M seed led by Fuel Ventures
Creoate, a startup that lets independent retailers buy sustainable products from brands and wholesalers, has raised a $5 million seed round led by Fuel Ventures, with participation from Vinted founder…
Fuel Ventures launches its new $63.6M early-stage VC fund, aiming for 60 startups inside 12 months
You may have heard of payments startup Paddle, which has raised $93.3 million. Or perhaps Heroes, which raised $65 million to become the “Thrasio of Europe.” But you might not…
Lifted raises $6.2M Series A round led by Fuel Ventures for its long-term social care platform
As people live longer and longer and have long-term health issues like cancer and dementia, caring for elderly relatives is becoming a huge societal and political issue. Right now this…
‘Pure’ nutritional supplements startup Feel closes $6.2M investment, led by Fuel Ventures
Earlier this year we covered the launch of Heights, a new supplements startup in an increasingly hot category. Feel is a year-old U.K. startup with another twist on this world:…
Arbolus raises $6M from Fuel Ventures and Plug and Play to apply ML to expert knowledge
Leveraging networks of “experts” online started out as a very manual online business. But it’s rapidly becoming more efficient as machine learning is applied to the whole business model. Indeed,…
RecargaPay, a Brazil-based fintech that allows users to top off their prepaid cell phones online, announced this morning that they’ve closed their $70 million Series C. The company, which operates…
E-commerce startup Heroes raises $65M in equity and debt to become the Thrasio of Europe
Heroes, a European e-commerce business operating a similar model to unicorn Thrasio in the U.S. — with a strategy of acquiring and scaling high-performing Amazon businesses — has raised $65…
Hammock collects £1M seed for its current account for landlords and property managers
Hammock, a U.K. fintech/proptech helping landlords and property manages gain better oversight on the financial health of their rental properties, has raised £1 million in seed funding as it readies…
HowNow, the workforce learning platform, has raised $3 million (£2.4 million) in a “pre-series A” funding round. The round is led by Mark Pearson’s Fuel Ventures and brings the total…
Tutor House, the UK-based tutoring platform, scores £2M from Fuel Ventures
Tutor House, a U.K.-based startup that operates a marketplace to let parents find an online or in-person tutor for their children, has raised £2 million in funding. Backing the round,…
After Exiting Markco Media, Mark Pearson Launches New London-Based VC Fund And Startup Studio
Aside from a bout of self-diagnosed “man flu” and being mildly irritated that the exit of one of his portfolio companies wouldn’t now close before the end of the tax…
