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Co-Founders Mariano Kostelec, Marta Palmeiro, Miguel Santo Amaro, and Sergio Pereira Raised a Total of $6.6 Million for Their 2019 Fintech Start-Up StudentFinance

May 30, 2021
 |  Categories: project funding

Table of Contents What does StudentFinance do? StudentFinance was founded into 2019, although the official launch was not until early 2020. As of May 2021, the company is avidly hiring new people since there is only around 1-10 employees not counting the founding members. Now the big kicker is that even though this Fintech vc firm is incredibly new, 17 investors have already showed interest and ended up funding the $6.6 Million total to launch StudentFinance even further. The lead investors were Giant Ventures and Armilar Venture Capital. What does StudentFinance do? On StudentFinance’s website there are 3 separate sections […]

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Moonfire Ventures Early Start-up Funding Round of $60 Millon Shows Promise Thanks to Mattias Ljungman

May 12, 2021
 |  Categories: project funding

Mattias Ljungman who was the former co-founder of Atomico, ended up becoming the founder of Moonfire Ventures… that is after he left Atomico. Which puts Moonfire Ventures founding year at December 2019. With this still being a relatively very new vc firm, Moonfire recently had an announcement shared that the $60 Million of their first seed fund will combine remote investing with Big Data.  But partners Mike Arpaia and Candice Lo are helping to build this firm from the bottom up and it shows how well they can shake up the sleepy European vc market. Moonfire Ventures currently has 5 […]

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Types of Venture Capital Funding – Which One is Right for You?

August 13, 2019
 |  Categories: investors, investors wanted, project funding, venture capital, venture capital firms

First, a short definition of venture capital is needed. Venture Capital is money invested by a funding partner to a new, growing or troubled business. The decision to invest is taken knowing the risks involved, but also the potential future profits. There are several types of venture capital, classified based on the stage of the business seeking for investment. The three main types of working capital are early-stage funding, growth funding, and acquisition/buyout funding. After six stages of financing being completed, one can consider the venture capital funding procedure is completed. These stages are: Seed Money If you do not […]

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Looking for Investors for Your Startup?

August 11, 2019
 |  Categories: investors, investors wanted, looking for investors, project funding, venture capital firms

Top 5 Key-Questions Venture Capital Firms Will Ask You Many entrepreneurs look to secure venture capital in order to grow their business. As tempting and easy as it may sound, this path is not a walk in the park. Unless you are well informed and prepared. Figures shown in a Harvard Business Review study show that in US only 1% of startups are financed by venture capital. So, why does that happen? Because it is not enough to have a smart idea, a few sales and be passionate about it. A strong business plan is needed, commitment and good knowledge […]

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Venture Capital Funded Startup Deliveroo Exits German Market

July 13, 2019
 |  Categories: investors wanted, looking for investors, project funding, venture capital, venture capital firms

Today, 12 August, UK food delivery app Deliveroo announced to pull out from Germany on 16 August. It currently collaborates with 2000 restaurants and more than 1100 self – employed delivery riders, havin 100 employees in the country. The venture capital funded Deliveroo entered the German market four years ago facing fierce competition such as the Dutch Takeaway.com. The London-based company did not state a specific reason for its withdrawal, although it is specified they do not rule out coming back to Germany in the future. For the time being, their efforts focus to grow operations in other markets, in […]

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