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📢 Europe's 1st EdTech Unicorn 📚

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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
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
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
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  • Lollipop is using AI to reinvent the weekly grocery shopping experience
  • Airbank centralizes all your business bank accounts and financial data
New Funding
Portfolio Updates
Team Updates
Knowledge
Industrial Tech Talks: Climate Tech
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
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
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
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
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
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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