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The Startup CFO The Startup CFO

Fractional CFO services for fast-growing tech companies At The Startup CFO we want to be part of your project. We are specialists in providing financial and strategic support for fast-growing companies. Our 4 business lines (fractional CFO, financing, accounting and legal) focus on the essential needs when launching and scaling a startup. We allow CEOs and management teams to focus on their business thanks to the work of our experienced team, who have worked with +300 startups. We offer a personalized service, promoting continuous improvement of internal processes and helping decision-making for the success of the company. Our services: · …

Type: Incubators & VCs

7 0 7 44
Fifty Years Fifty Years

We back tech founders solving the world's biggest problems. Seed fund supporting entrepreneurs solving the world's biggest problems. There’s a sea change coming in business as big as the shift from desktop to the cloud, or from web to mobile. Fifty Years supports the entrepreneurs heralding in the new economic renaissance. Read our view here: http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/02/impact-is-the-new-mobile/

Type: Startup Activities: it services Technologies: SaaS

41 9 26 24
Creator Fund Creator Fund

Investing in startups on the frontier of what's possible. Europe's leading VC for university founders. Creator Fund is a venture capital firm investing in startups on the frontier of what's possible. We back founders building deep technology businesses out of university innovation. We focus on PhD and academic founders and have teams on-the-ground across 28 university campuses. Our portfolio includes founders creating mutation-proof vaccines, electronic skin for robots, and allowing the human mind to control machines. We invest pre-seed and seed and work closely with our companies to scale and raise follow on rounds. CF has been backed by many …

Type: Incubators & VCs

19 5 13 71
Cherry Ventures Cherry Ventures

Founders first. For companies that last. We built the first wave of European tech. We know what it takes to back the next. With offices in Berlin, London, and Stockholm, Cherry Ventures is Europe's leading early-stage venture firm championing founders who are poised to solve the most critical issues in society, environment and business. Cherry's portfolio of European founders changes customer behaviour, enables enterprises and SMEs, drives impact and sustainability, and empowers developers and creators, having previously led the early-stage rounds of companies like FlixBus, Auto1, Forto, Tacto, Qualifyze, Juni, Moss, Carbo Culture, and more.

Type: Incubators & VCs

62 22 42 39
Cresco Cresco

We are a premier business law firm for entrepreneurs, investors and corporates Cresco is a premier business law firm serving the business and legal needs of entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors and corporates. We combine years of international legal experience with business expertise acquired through extensive in-house experience at leading companies active in a broad range of sectors and industries. The primary focus of Cresco is to assist our clients in achieving their critical business objectives, executing their business strategies and solving their business issues. At Cresco we provide innovative legal services to meet our clients'​ advisory, operational, litigation and transactional needs, …

Type: SMB Activities: legaltech proptech

19 5 17 34
ZipRecruiter ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace, actively connecting people to their next great opportunity. ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace and a NYSE-listed company (ZIP). Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, we actively connect businesses of all sizes and millions of job seekers to make hiring top talent and finding a job faster and easier. Our employees on various teams each bring their exceptional skills and expertise to help boost our mission. We champion our employees to take ownership of their contributions and further their individual career growth, while they contribute to the growth and success of the …

Type: Startup Activities: hrtech Technologies: A.I.

24 6 13 1,539
Global DIY-Summit Global DIY-Summit

The global network for the home improvement industry The Global DIY Summit is the world’s major event where retailers and manufacturers from the home improvement and garden centre industry have the opportunity for an exchange of views of current and future developments within the global market. DIY, Home Improvement, Retailing, Networking, Retail, Manufacturer, Congress, Sponsorship, Smart Home, Big Data, Disruption, Connected Home, Leadership, and Brands

Type: Event

21 4 15 4
Atlantic Labs Atlantic Labs

Backing mission-driven founders. Atlantic Labs is a European first round investor, headquartered in Berlin. We believe entrepreneurs shape the future, and work hard to support ambitious founders throughout their entire entrepreneurial journey. Since 2013, we have led over 150 first round investments – backing category creators such as Soundcloud, GetYourGuide, Clue, Vimcar, Zenjob, Choco and Wandelbots. Emerging technologies excite us as much as startups tackling social challenges. Recent investments have focused on decarbonisation, artificial intelligence, and industrial automation. Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Pre-seed financing

Type: Incubators & VCs

28 12 17 33
RESPOND RESPOND

We support founders from across the globe to accelerate the transition towards a net-zero economy 🌍 🚀 The RESPOND Accelerator is an international startup acceleration program for deep-tech climate startups. We support founders from across the globe to accelerate and scale businesses that contribute to the transition towards a net-zero economy. RESPOND is designed to equip entrepreneurs with a holistic set of skills that go beyond business and technology development. We center our efforts on leadership development, providing entrepreneurs with the space they need to take a long-term, systemic perspective to building businesses that contribute to global sustainability goals. To …

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: cleantech greentech

27 12 20 269
Calm/Storm Calm/Storm

Entrepreneurship is a continuous storm Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and boutique venture capital firm. We focus on talents, not industries. We believe in lifelong learning & personal growth, empowering entrepreneurs with unique access to successful founders. We are a fund built by founders for founders.

Type: Incubators & VCs

25 7 20 38
Frankfurt Forward Frankfurt Forward

We are the independent Matchmaker & Innovation Driver for the startup ecosystem FrankfurtRhineMain. As a project of the Frankfurt Economic Development Agency, we promote the further development of innovation and digitization in Frankfurt through cross-industry networking and knowledge transfer and bring successful startup stories to the stage. Impressum: Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt – Frankfurt Economic Development – GmbH Frankfurt Forward Hanauer Landstraße 126-128 60314 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY E-Mail: info@frankfurt-business.net Internet: http://www.frankfurt-business.net Gesellschaft der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Amtsgericht Frankfurt, HRB 27722 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Stadträtin Stephanie Wüst Geschäftsführer: Ansgar Roese Wirtschaftsförderung, Innovation, Existenzgründung, Standortstärkung, Digitalisierung, Startups, and Matchmaking

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: consulting entrepreneurship

20 1 17 3
ClimateHack ClimateHack

ClimateHack is where impact-driven Founders and Funders come to meet, learn and build together. Join us at a ClimateHack Meetup to connect with your local community. Subscribe to ClimateHack weekly to stay ahead of the curve on the latest funding, partnerships and news in ClimateTech.

Type: Media

36 16 26 28
Creandum Creandum

We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. Creandum is a leading European early-stage venture capital firm backing some of Europe’s most successful tech companies including Spotify, iZettle, Depop, Klarna, Bolt, KRY, Epidemic Sound and Small Giant Games. Creandum has hubs in Stockholm, Berlin, London, and San Francisco.

Type: Incubators & VCs

92 28 71 49
Foyer Group Foyer Group

[Automatic translation follows] Founded in 1922, the Foyer Group has established a leading position in the Luxembourg insurance market. Thanks to its broad expertise, the Foyer Group has mastered various professions: insurance, pension planning and wealth management The range of insurance products covers both Life and Non-Life insurance branches (auto - home - health - savings and retirement). It is aimed at individuals as well as companies. In 1996, Foyer expanded beyond its borders by starting to market life insurance products under the free provision of services in several European countries. This activity is now managed by its subsidiary WEALINS, …

Type: Incubators & VCs

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Tomahawk.VC Tomahawk.VC

Early stage investor in pre-seed and seed FinTech and DeFi ventures #occupythefuture At Tomahawk.VC we are building the world's most transparent venture capital firm because we want to be the founders we always wished we had. We know what it's like to sit on the other side of the deal table and how essential communication is to focus and efficiency. We honour the standards we as founders expect from investors and maintain honesty, clarity, and speed as essential to providing valuable feedback and leveraging our network so that you can spend your time building the blocks for the future. 🔎 …

Type: Incubators & VCs

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Index Ventures Index Ventures

Index helps the most ambitious entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses. Index Ventures partners with exceptional entrepreneurs – those with unique insight who are intrinsically driven to make their vision a reality. We help them turn their bold ideas into global businesses, and through the companies they build, have a long-lasting and positive impact on the world around us. Index-backed businesses are supported by an experienced team of investors, strategists, and an extensive global network built over three decades of startup investing. Working side-by-side through the scale up journey, we forge deep and long-lasting relationships with founders and their …

Type: SMB Activities: fintech Technologies: A.I.

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PROfounders Capital PROfounders Capital

We are an early-stage venture capital fund for founders, backed by founders. We set up PROfounders in 2009 to invest in and support the next wave of entrepreneurs. We believe that investing is more than just a financial commitment – we aim to be partners through the hard times as well as the good times. Our focus is on European companies with disruptive models that leverage technology to transform and improve customer experiences. We invest at early venture phase - when the company is typically raising £/€ 1-3m to scale. We know that capital is a scarce resource. We also …

Type: Incubators & VCs

24 7 10 10
Maki.vc Maki.vc

Making history? We champion the entrepreneurs rewriting the future. Maki.vc is a seed-stage VC firm dedicated to partnering with founders who never conform to category standards. From inception to series A and beyond, we partner with deep tech and brand driven companies obsessed in challenging category norms. venture capital, startups, deeptech, and brands

Type: Incubators & VCs

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Cavalry Ventures Cavalry Ventures

The early-stage fund that exceptional founders deserve. Cavalry Ventures is a Berlin-based pre-seed and seed venture capital investor. Cavalry backs European enterprise and consumer software startups that contribute to a better future. Cavalry is defined by its entrepreneurial DNA. The team is driven by appreciation towards entrepreneurs and their will to turn extraordinary ideas into action. Through a dedicated Platform Team, Cavalry aims to connect its entrepreneurs to investors, engineers, academics, executives, industry experts, and others to create the optimal ecosystem for Cavalry portfolio companies to thrive. Founded in 2016, Cavalry has invested in over 50 companies across multiple funds. …

Type: Incubators & VCs

27 7 19 37
Capnamic Capnamic

Capnamic is an early-stage investor based in Cologne, Berlin and Munich | Backing category leaders from the start Capnamic is a venture capital firm based in Cologne, Berlin and Munich with a focus on early-stage investments in outstanding teams in the German-speaking regions. We back aspiring entrepreneurs as they embark on their journeys. No matter if it’s pre-product, MVP stage or first revenues: we’re the early-stage venture capital firm that provides not just financial backing but the network, experience and guidance to turn outstanding teams into category leaders. The firm’s general partners are Jörg Binnenbrücker, Olaf Jacobi, Christian Knott and …

Type: Incubators & VCs

28 10 14 25
HV Capital HV Capital

Backing those who dare HV Capital is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe. With nine fund generations in 23 years and €2.8 bn in managed assets, HV Capital is one of the continent's most active investors. The investment team has many years of experience in identifying European startups with great potential for success. In addition to international success stories like Zalando, Delivery Hero, Sumup, and Depop, innovation leaders such as Enpal, Flixbus, Sennder, and Isar Aerospace are also part of the portfolio. HV Capital has invested in around 225 internet and technology companies, supporting startups with …

Type: Incubators & VCs

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AQUATY AQUATY

Securitization Technology for Private Market Investments AQUATY is a fully digital securitization platform designed for asset and wealth managers in private markets. We provide Securitization as a Service, enabling efficient, seamless transactions while ensuring full compliance with legal and regulatory standards. Our comprehensive offering includes SPV setup, Feeder Funds, club-deals, and a complete securitization suite for private assets across all types, including venture capital, private equity, real estate, and debt. We also offer consulting services to optimize private market transactions. Headquartered in Münster, Germany, AQUATY is backed by renowned investors, driving innovation in private market securitization. Asset Management, Club Deals, …

Type: Incubators & VCs

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Norrsken Norrsken

We help entrepreneurs solve the world's greatest challenges. Norrsken supports founders with the knowledge, network and capital they need to make saving the world their business. We operate award-winning Norrsken House hubs in Stockholm, Sweden, Barcelona, Spain and Kigali, Rwanda. We manage the Norrsken Accelerator, the world’s leading accelerator program for early-stage impact startups, and we’ve incubated five impact-focused venture capital funds, with 100+ portfolio companies and nearly 1b USD under management. Norrsken is a non-profit, non-religious and non-partisan foundation founded in 2016 by Niklas Adalberth, the co-founder of Klarna. Join in and be part of the solution.

Type: NGO, Think-tanks, Ed, & Culture Activities: fintech it services

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White & Case LLP White & Case LLP

White & Case is a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. White & Case is a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many. We guide our clients through difficult issues, bringing our insight and judgment to each situation. Our innovative approaches create original solutions to our clients’ most complex domestic and multijurisdictional deals and disputes. By thinking on behalf of our …

Type: Large company

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StepStone Group StepStone Group

Worldwide, world-wise: your private markets partner StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices, and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private market portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt, and …

Type: Incubators & VCs

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Grupo Vanti Grupo Vanti

[Automatic translation follows] We are the energy present in the day-to-day life of society with solutions that generate progress and well-being. Our Purpose To be the energy present in the day-to-day life of society with solutions that generate progress and well-being. Our Mission We distribute and market natural gas and other services that generate progress, valuable experiences, promote the development of the sectors and improve the quality of life of the communities in which we operate. Our Vision To be leaders in Colombia in offering diverse energy solutions and sustainable services that are easily accessible, distinguishing ourselves by our responsible …

Type: SMB Activities: cleantech greentech energytech Technologies: Decarbonization

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Balderton Capital Balderton Capital

Balderton is a multistage venture firm with more than two decades of experience supporting Europe’s best founders. Balderton Capital is a multistage venture firm with more than two decades of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO. We have both early and growth funds and invest across the technology sector. Venture Capital, Technology, AI, and Fintech

Type: Incubators & VCs

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Octopus Ventures Octopus Ventures

For the people and ideas that will change the world. Octopus Ventures, part of Octopus Group, is one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe. We’re on a mission to invest in the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. We back entrepreneurs ─ from the first cheque their business receives, right through to IPO. We manage £1.8bn and are investing in more than 200 businesses, focusing on the companies solving three of the world’s biggest problems: those building a sustainable planet, empowering people, and revitalising healthcare. We know what it …

Type: Incubators & VCs

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The Europas The Europas

Ranking the Hottest European Tech Startups Founded in 2009 by Mike Butcher, editor-at-large at Techcrunch, The Europas was originally formed to recognize and celebrate the innovation emerging from Europe’s burgeoning tech startup scene. The Europas 2024 will be held on 11 November 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Today, we are in our sixteenth year identifying of Europe’s most ambitious and successful startups, including Spotify, Transferwise, Soundcloud, Deliveroo, Babylon Health and many others, The Europas has grown into the premier awards for Europe’s hottest tech startups. As the intersection of tech, business and society grows increasingly complex, it is our mission more …

Type: Event Incubators & VCs

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EQT Group EQT Group

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with close to three decades of consistent investment performance across multiple geographies, sectors, and strategies.

Type: Incubators & VCs

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E-world energy & water E-world energy & water

Take part in the leading European trade fair for the energy industry. Save the Date #Eworld25: February 11-13, 2025! Since 2001 E-world energy & water takes place every year in Essen. With 923 exhibitors from 30 countries and around 30,000 trade visitors from 72 countries in 2024, E-world is Europe’s leading trade fair for the energy industry. From global and regional giants to innovative start-ups, E-world offers a unique networking platform within the energy sector under the motto “Solutions for a Sustainable Future”. During the three days of the trade fair an extensive program will take place. At our four …

Type: Event

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Otto Group Otto Group

Globally active retail and services group with around 38,500 employees. Founded in 1949 in Germany, the Otto Group is today a globally operating e-commerce and service group with around 38,500 employees in 30 significant corporate groups, primarily present in the three economic areas of Germany, the rest of Europe, and the USA. Its business activities extend to the Platforms, Brand Concepts, Retailers, Services, and Financial Services segments. In the 2023/24 financial year (29 February), the Otto Group generated revenue of EUR 15 billion. With online sales of around EUR 10.8 billion (2023/24 financial year), the Otto Group is among the …

Type: Large company Activities: retail

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