Funding Wrap of the Week | European Startups Funding Roundup | June 2 – June 7

The Top 10 European Startups Funding Roundup of This Week

Storyblok

Storyblok, a modern content management system (CMS) for all teams, based in Linz, raises $138 million in total after securing €73.6 million in series C round funding. With participation from current investors HV Capital, Mubadala Capital, 3VC, and firstminute capital, Brighton Park Capital led the round.

A content management system (CMS) called Storyblok enables marketers and developers to produce better content experiences for any digital platform.

Dreamcraft Ventures

Dreamcraft Ventures, one of the leading emerging venture capital firms in the Nordics, secures €66 million of fund II. Dreamcraft Ventures, which was founded in 2019, is still committed to helping Europe's upcoming B2B software startups, especially throughout the pre-seed and seed phases of development.

Dreamcraft makes pre-seed to series A investments in tech-driven European businesses. As venture engineers, they support the team of dreamers and craftspeople who work together to achieve success. The right founders adore their deeper-than-advice engagements.

M^0

M^0, a decentralized infrastructure layer for the issuance of cryptodollar assets, Secures $35Million in Series A Round Funding. Leading the round was Bain Capital Crypto. Wintermute Ventures, Caladan, GSR, SCB 10X, and Galaxy Ventures were among the other investors.

M^0 Labs builds technology around the M^0 ecosystem (https://m0.org). M^0 is money middleware for the digital age. Based on a decentralized architecture and best-in-class collateral design, M^0 allows institutions to issue cryptodollars.

imagino

imagino, a marketing technology provider headquartered in Paris, secures €25 million in series A round funding led by Cathay Innovation and joined by henQ. The funding will boost its US launch and quicken its growth in the UK, where it is currently seeing great momentum.

The founders of imagino, Stéphane Dehoche, Arnaud Chapis, and Thomas Boudalier, have a history of building profitable companies. Neolane was successfully sold to Adobe for $600 million after the three of them turned the company into a global leader in marketing automation and campaign management. 

Quantica

Quantica, an advanced additive manufacturing technology company based in Berlin, Increases Series A funding to a total of €19.7 million. The extension was led by a new investor, British private equity and VC firm West Hill Capital, as well as participation from a family owned company in the dental industry, Quantica management, and Korean VC Big Bang Angels.

Quantica is an advanced additive manufacturing technology company headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with additional offices and teams in Barcelona (Spain) and Cambridge (UK). At the core of it's innovation is the NovoJet™ printhead, enabling the printing of a wider range of high-performance, high-viscosity, engineering-grade materials.

Gireve

Gireve, a French player in electric vehicle charging and decarbonisation of transport, secures €20 million in funding from Partech’s Impact Fund. The investor will contribute to the capital of the business in accordance with the provisions of the agreement, which will be bolstered by additional capital contributions from current shareholders.

GIREVE simplifies the connections and exchanges between business owners and operators. Mobility operators, including as manufacturers and fleet managers, can develop alliances with GIREVE, an integrated platform that provides cutting-edge services, to improve the services they provide to drivers.

Bcas

Bcas, a platform dedicated to enabling students to access higher education without financial barriers, secures €17 million in funding led by MyInvestor and Actyus (Andbank Group’s venture debt fund).

Bcas was established in 2021 and provides students with a flexible financing option to help them pay for their education. 

re:cap

Financing and data insights company re:cap secures $14.6 million in series A round funding and the release of its proprietary software as a service (SaaS) platform. The funding round was led by Entrée Capital and included participation from further existing shareholders Felix Capital and Project A, following 24 months of rapid growth for re:cap.

Founded in Berlin in 2021, tech company re:cap operates a financing and data insights platform. On the one hand, it uses this platform to provide alternative debt financing and insights to tech and services businesses in Germany and the Netherlands.

BlackWood

BlackWood, a network and technology-driven venture capital fund, raises €14.7
million in 2nd closing of Fund I. The fund finds and invests in Europe's most promising early-stage entrepreneurs using a methodical process.

The venture capital fund BlackWood is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is powered by technology and networks. To find and fund the most promising early-stage companies in Europe, we employ artificial intelligence.

Plancraft

The Hamburg based company plancraft secures €12 million in series A round funding led by Creandum, the European backer of Spotify, Klarna and Bolt.

Plancraft offers a software solution for the digitalization of work processes in the craft industry, including invoicing, pricing, construction site documentation, and time tracking.

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