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Summer slowdown? Could've fooled us! 🔥

Speedinvest News
Issue #8 • View online
Speedinvest News
We expected a quiet(er) summer, but it’s been a busy one. Between closing our latest marketplaces and consumer fund, welcoming multiple new companies and celebrating several follow-on funding announcements, we haven’t had much time to relax. But we’re not complaining!
Read all about it below, and keep an eye on LinkedIn in the coming days for even more big portfolio news 😉

We've closed our second €60m+ fund for marketplaces and consumer startups
We've closed our second €60m+ fund for marketplaces and consumer startups
Our first marketplaces and consumer fund already includes one unicorn and six companies valued over $100m. What does the future hold?
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Our Marketplaces & Consumer team has already been busy investing from the fund
New Investments
We’ve joined Left Lane Capital to co-lead the startup’s $23m Series A and further their mission to enable vehicle ownership and entrepreneurship in Africa. Read more from Alvaro Perezcano and Enrique Martínez-Hausmann.
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We’re pleased to join the startup’s $13m Series A, led by CommerzVentures. Through planning assistance, Afilio helps make the hard times in life a little less painful. Tom Lesche brings you more on the market.
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The $2.2m pre-Seed round, led by Speedinvest and joined by multiple angels, will support the development of Sona’s app to help manage tomorrow’s deskless workforce. Yang Tran has more on our blog.
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Portfolio News
Refurbed raises $54m Series B
Refurbed raises $54m Series B
We’re excited to continue to support Refurbed’s mission to make electronics more sustainable with their European marketplace for refurbished devices.
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Team Updates
We're carbon neutral and doubling down on Climate Tech investments
We're carbon neutral and doubling down on Climate Tech investments
Read how our portfolio company, Planetly, helped make it possible and what we’re doing to increase our investments in sustainability-focused startups.
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Investing in Fintech before it was fashionable
Investing in Fintech before it was fashionable
Principal Olga Shikhantsova of our Fintech team joins Voice of Fintech to discuss the booming sector and how important it is for VCs to provide operational support to their startups.
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The latest from our Industrial Tech team
The latest from our Industrial Tech team
Industrial Tech insights in your inbox. Subscribe to the quarterly newsletter for the latest team, portfolio and sector news.
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From our Blog
Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Series A
Acing Your Marketplace Fundraise: Series A
Practical tips to get your Series A marketplace and network effects pitch deck noticed.
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You don’t have to wait to get the latest Speedinvest news, industry insights, tech trends, and resources. Visit our blog for more exclusive content.
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Partner Events
15 September 2021 - 10:00 to 12:00 CEST
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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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