For ecommerce startups it’s hard to exist without some serious money. Luckily there are investors who are always looking to put their money into interesting and promising companies, hoping to get more money out of them than they put in. On this page you’ll find articles we wrote about funding.
Goodiebox, a beauty box subscription service from Denmark, has raised 5.7 million euros in a Series A funding round. Among the investors are new and existing parties, including InQvation and the Danish Growth Fund. Continue reading
Sorted, a delivery software startup from the United Kingdom, has raised 17 million euros in a funding round that was led by Praetura Ventures and NVM Private Equity. This follows after a year of 400 percent revenue growth. Continue reading
Checkout.com, a London-based provider of online payment solutions has raised 230 million dollar (206 million euros). It’s Europe’s largest fintech Series A round ever. It’s the first time the payment solutions provider is taking funding from outside investors. Continue reading
ManoMano, an online do-it-yourself marketplace from France, has raised 110 million euros in a funding round from Eurazeo, Aglaé Venture, and Bpifrance, as well as existing investors CM-CIC, Partech, Piton, and General Atlantic. Continue reading
Packhelp, a startup from Poland that allows users to design their packaging, has raised 8.8 million euros in a Series A round. White Star Capital led the investment, while existing investors participated. With the money, Packhelp wants to boost its growth in Europe. Continue reading
International review website Trustpilot has raised 55 million dollar – about 48.5 million euros – during a Series E investment round, led by Sunley House. With the fresh capital, Trustpilot wants to strengthen its position as market leader in several countries by investing in marketing, personnel and its technology platform. Continue reading
Klarna has launched its own financing program for SME retailers in Europe. The new initiative is called Boost and is aimed to further support retailers in accelerating their growth. The company promises the application process will be simple and straightforward. Continue reading
German startup Lesara has filed for insolvency at its headquarters in Berlin. For many, this comes as a surprise, as the online store grew very fast and just opened a new logistics center. Also, the fashion and lifestyle retailer raised tens of millions of euros in funding over the last five years. Continue reading
Enterprise Ireland, a government organization aimed to let Irish enterprises grow, has opened a ecommerce fund to accelerate the online offering of retailers in Ireland and to increase their competitiveness. The 1.25 million euros fund opened last Wednesday and will remain open for six weeks. Continue reading
German fashion retailer Lesara has raised another 30 million euros from investors. The online fashion discounter has now raised a total of 90 million euros during the last few years. With the fresh funding, Lesara wants to further grow the company in Europe. Continue reading
21Buttons, a social-commerce fashion app from Spain, has raised almost 15 million euros in a Series B round led by Idinvest Partners. With the fresh capital, 21Buttons wants to invent in talent traction for tech and product profiles, and user acquisition. Continue reading
Made.com has raised 40 million pounds, a little more than 45 million euros, of equity in its latest round of funding. The furniture retailer wants to use this money to boost its growth and to further expand its online and offline business across Europe. Continue reading
NA-KD, a Swedish fashion retailer, has raised 45 million dollar (36.8 million euros) in Series B funding. NA-KD wants to use the money to accelerate the company’s growth and to further expand its business globally. The Swedish startup has plans to launch 9 localized websites in the coming months. Continue reading
Photoslurp, a Spanish visual commerce platform, just received an investment of 750,000 euros. The funding round was led by Spanish VC firm Inveready Technology Investment Group and joined by Bankinter VC, Caixa Capital Risc and ICF. Photoslurp wants to use this money to further expand in Europe. Continue reading
Lightspeed, which provides services to (online) retailers and restaurants, has closed a 166 million dollar (€141 million) investment. The series D round was led by institutional investor CDPQ, which invested about 115 million euros. Part of the money will go to its European office, where the R&D division will grow significantly. Continue reading