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JobTeaser, the European leader for recruitment and career guidance among students and graduates, raises €50 million in capital, principally with Highland Europe, to expand its careers service to hundreds of thousands more students across the UK and Europe
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The leading european digital insurance partner, secures 8m€ in a new round led by Alven with the participation of Portag3 Venture and existing investor Anthemis
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The startup revolutionizing the world of photography is carrying out a third round of fundraising of $230 million, led by Eurazeo growth and Prime ventures. Alven led the $45million series B in 2018 and the previous $18 million series A round in 2017. Existing investors include Global Founders Capital, Aglaé Ventures, White Star Capital and Idinvest Partners
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One year after its seed round with Kerala and Fast Forward, Georges Tech, the French rising star in automated accounting, raises a 10m€ series A led by Alven, to win the European market
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Heetch, the independent mobility platform for VTC operating in France and French speaking Africa has just raised a $38 million Series B led by Cathay and Total ventures, with participation from existing investors Idinvest Partners / Innov’Allianz, Alven, Felix Capital, and Via-ID
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Carsharing pioneer Getaround today announced the $300 million acquisition of Drivy, the largest and fastest-growing carsharing platform in Europe.
Alven first backed Drivy at Seed stage, in 2012.
Sqreen, the industry’s first provider of Application Security Management (ASM), has closed a $14 million Series A funding round led by Greylock Partners with Y Combinator and previous investors Alven and Point Nine also participating
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TheGuarantors has just completed a $15 million Series B, which makes their total funding amount to $27 million. This new round was funded by Alven, Global Founders Capital, White Star Capital, and Partech. The round also comprised an array of top players from the insurance and real estate industries
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Typology, the new venture of Made.com’s founder, NingLi, announces its official launch with a $10M seed round raised with Alven, Marc Simoncini, Xavier Niel and Firstminute Capital
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Deepomatic has just raised a 6.2m€ series A round with Hi inov Dentressangle as lead investor, and historical investors Alven and former Talend CEO Bertrand Diard
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Pretto, the fintech addressing the new needs of homebuyers, has just raised a 8 million € series A led by Alven and Blackfin, joining historical investor Kernel (Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet).
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Wynd, the retail platform unifying offline and online sales channels, has just raised another 72 million € round led by Natixis, with participation from Sofina, BNF Capital and previous investor Sodexo, to boost its internationalisation strategy
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