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📢 Europe's 1st EdTech Unicorn 📚

#7・ Jul 18, 2021

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Before you set your vacation OOO…

We’re halfway through 2021 (what?!?!) and European tech is hotter than ever, hitting a new funding high of $30.6bn in Q2'21, says CBinsights.

Riding the EdTech wave, GoStudent becomes Europe’s first EdTech unicorn - and the 4th unicorn from our portfolio!

Details on their Series C and the future of the EdTech sector in France, our Fintech portfolio continuing to cash in ($142m for neobanks), the untapped potential of Digital Health in CEE, and much more below 👇

GoStudent is Europe’s 1st billion-dollar education startup

Vienna-based online tutoring startup, GoStudent, has raised $244 million in an investment round that values the firm at $1.67 billion.

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The Future of EdTech in France

GoStudent isn’t an anomaly. EdTech is booming across Europe in the wake of COVID-19. What does the future hold for the sector in France? We asked industry experts to weigh in. Watch their full conversation (in French) on YouTube.

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News

New Investments

Porotech has created a new class of micro-LED semiconductor
Toqio is realizing the potential of embedded finance
Lollipop is using AI to reinvent the weekly grocery shopping experience
Airbank centralizes all your business bank accounts and financial data

New Funding

Tide secures $100m in Series C funding led by Apax Digital Fund
FairMoney raises $42m Series B led by Tiger Global
Byrd raises $19m to expand Amazon-style fulfillment and logistics
Fernride raises €7.1m to scale human-monitored autonomous mobility
Agro.Club raises $5m Series A to expand Fintech in agriculture

Portfolio Updates

With its $650m Series C, wefox was the 5th largest deal of Q2'21
Kodit.io makes Tracxn’s list of real estate tech soonicorns
Dronamics teams up with Hellmann to smooth supply chains
Airbank listed as one of June’s hottest European investments
Tulipshare is leveraging the power of shareholders for positive change

Team Updates

Oliver Holle talks with Börsen-Zeitung about the growth of Speedinvest and how we’re breeding European unicorns (DE)
Markus Lang joins brutkasten (video/DE) to chat about our long-term partnership with GoStudent and VC trends
Andreas Schwarzenbrunner is featured in Sifted’s Construction Tech report and shares seven sustainability startups we’d like to see pitched
Olga Shikhantsova talks payments startups to watch in Europe
Deepali Nangia profiled as a trailblazing female angel investor

Knowledge

Industrial Tech Talks: Climate Tech

Speedinvest hosts an Industrial Tech Talk on the future of Climate Tech and what VCs are looking for. Read key takeaways and watch the full conversation.

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Digital Health in Europe: The Untapped Potential of CEE

As part of Speedinvest’s series on Digital Health in Europe, we examine the largely untapped potential of the CEE region.

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Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Seed

Practical tips for how to get your Seed marketplace and network effects business pitch deck noticed.

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Events

7 September: Everything About Debunking the Income Statement

In this session presented by our partners at Female Founders, Joyce Mackenzie Liu will share how to use customer-centric, data-led business intelligence when it comes to go-to-market decisions - exchanging instinct for data as a basis for financial decisions. Click to read more and register!

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Careers in Tech

Portfolio & Speedinvest Jobs Board

Speedinvest and our portfolio of startups are always hiring exceptional talent! Browse open jobs to find your next career move.

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Spotlight Open Positions

Opal: Founding UI/UX Designer (d/f/m) - remote
Seqera Labs: Principal Software Engineer (d/f/m) - remote/Barcelona
Bikemap: Head of Backend Development (d/f/m) - Vienna

See you next month!

Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €450m AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Our focused investment teams partner with founders building Consumer Tech, Deep Tech, Digital Health, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Marketplaces, and SaaS startups.

Each of our portfolio companies also has full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of their journeys.

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