⚡️ With €200m committed to the CEE region, Earlybird's Digital East Fund is the go-to source to support early-stage ventures in Emerging Europe.💥
Discover
@csertoglu
& team's view on our companies in the latest reporting from
@MikeButcher
in
@TechCrunch
:
This is what happens when humans & robots work in sync to disrupt the future of work. We’re so proud to ring the bell today and officially enter the
@NYSE
family - .
#UiPathIPO
#RPA
Congrats to
@sidars
and team! This USD 1.8bn deal proves that great tech companies can be founded anywhere. Fortunate and proud to have been on
@PeakCom
´s side for almost a decade. More on (German):
#VC
#Exit
#Startup
#EBVCgang
Congrats to
@ms_atici
on his promotion to Partner! 🎉
For anyone interacting w/ our Digital East Fund, chances are they've met Mehmet in the process.
Read why we take an apprenticeship approach to
#vc
and discover Mehmet's unique path & contributions:
2022 was memorable! 🎢
We ran the numbers 📊 :
82 investments 💸
81 people on teams 👋
33 Earlybird's View articles ✍️
3 Unicorns🦄
2 new offices 📍
1 mission to support European startups! ❤️🔥
👀 Year in Review w/ highlights across the family of funds:
Congrats to Daniel Dines and the
@UiPath
team! Today’s Series E funding values UiPath at USD 10.2bn and makes the company Earlybird’s first decacorn. Fortunate and proud to be on UiPath’s side since 2015. More on
#Decacorn
#EBVCgang
Largest equity financing round in the FinTech sector in Germany to date for our portfolio company
@n26
- happy to support them in realizing their vision of making banking smart, simple and transparent!
#EarlybirdVC
#n26
#banking
London Calling!🇬🇧 Announcing a London office to support the UK tech ecosystem as a pan-European VC.
🙌🏽Founders: tap into a 🌍 network of investors & partners to scale ops faster, leveraging 25-years of European venture investing.
👀
@Sensorpunk
@TechEU
:
Earlybird Digital East is thrilled to co-lead the $11m Seed Round of
@getmidas
Midas is a mobile investing app that lets retail investors trade US and Turkish stocks with a modern experience.
Welcome onboard
@EgemEraslan
!
cc:
@ms_atici
👀
@tech_eu
:
Super excited to announce the closing of Earlybird Digital West Fund VII – fueling European startups to achieve even more!🔥🚀
We're committed to innovation made in
#Europe
and grateful to our portfolio, investors, collaborators, team & community.🦄🦄
🔗📰👇🏽
@TechCrunch
,
@faznet
In recognition of
#IWD2022
, we offer a behind-the-scenes look at Earlybird.
We spoke with 6 EBVC women from various teams at our Berlin office.
👀Read about their expertise, motivation, leadership & professional growth that combined, help power a VC.
👉🏽Digital West team update:
🎉Welcome Paul Klemm, Dr. Andre Retterath & Vincenzo Narciso to the Partnership!
🌍Fabian Heilemann becomes Venture Partner; fully focuses on Impact Investing.
💸First closing Growth Opps Fund for later stage investments.
👀
👀The 2023 Year in Review from our Family of Funds:
💸 52 investments for game-changing companies
⛴️ 26 years in VC; we’ve weathered a few storms
🎓 22 startups in Vision Lab Incubator & Impact fund 📈 85 Earlybirds supporting portfolio companies
🙌
💥Congrats Earlybird Digital East portfolio company
@Binalyze
on a $10m Seed round! Binalyze is the leading Enterprise Forensics platform enabling enterprises to mount effective compromise assessment & incident responses.
👀
@tech_eu
@ms_atici
@openoceanvc
2021 was major. In our annual recap, hear from teams across Earlybird's family of funds on
#portfolio
highlights, key learnings, and future trends.🙌🏽
👀 what 77
#investments
, a 🦄, an IPO, top rounds & new initiatives look like.
➡️Head over to our blog:
It was a great pleasure to welcome the Venture Ladies at our office last week!
#VentureLadies
is a network for women in the startup and VC ecosystem to empower each other. Thank you all for coming, it was a truly inspiring breakfast event!
#EBVCteam
#FemaleFounders
#VC
#Startups
Earlybird Digital East proudly announces
@binalyze
’s $19m Series A
As cyber threats rise, there is a pressing need for Binalyze’s Digital Forensics and Incident Response platform for investigations w/ greater speed & automation
Congrats
@EmreTinaztepe
& team!
👀
@sensorpunk
We are excited to announce the promotion of our valued colleague Tim Rehder to Partner. Since Tim joined Earlybird in 2018, he successfully expanded our footprint in the
#Fintech
sector. Very proud to have one of Europe's first
#crypto
-experts with us
#EarlybirdVC
Congrats to
@bitwala
for raising the biggest ever equity funding for a German
#blockchain
startup! The crypto-first banking service closed a €13 million Series A to accelerate growth and offer B2B accounts. Good read (German):
#EarlybirdPortfolio
#crypto
🚀We're electrified and proud to support
#eVTOL
pioneer
@Lilium
in their latest capital raise, bringing a total amount of $192 million.
👉 For more information check 👉 Find some coverage in the comments below.
Welcome to the
#EBVCgang
team
#Lilium
!⭐
"The conflict between convenience & privacy can, in fact, be solved through technology."
Discover
@LeifLundbaek
's views as CEO of
@XaynHQ
who launched a search alternative app last week.
Get the latest C-Level Insights:
#privacytech
#AI
#EBVCgang
#GoXayn
"Now is the point where it will be decided whether Europe creates or buys
#AI
in the
#future
."
-
@JonasAndrulis
of
@Aleph__Alpha
@Handelsblatt
shares the company's focus & language models benchmark results, showing Aleph Alpha's tech is competitive.
👀🇩🇪
The German AI Startup Landscape 2022 by
@utumx
is out!
Have a comprehensive overview of 304 most promising German AI startups. Among a range of AI experts, our Principal
@AndreRetterath
joined the board from Earlybird's side to evaluate the startups.
👀
Congrats to
@upstash
, a standout member of the Earlybird Digital East portfolio, on securing a $10 M Series A funding round!
A remarkable
#startup
achievement & underscores Earlybird Digital East team's ongoing commitment to supporting early-stage companies.
@csertoglu
#GenAI
We are excited to announce that we raised $10M led by A16Z (
@a16z
) 🚀
What does this mean for you?
◆ Upstash products will be faster, more stable, and more powerful
◆ With new products, Upstash will cover all developer needs end-to-end
◆ Better customer support backed by
@EvrenUcok
and his wife
@demetsmutlu
provided the initial capital to get Sidar Sahin and his team
@Peak
started. They also brought the opportunity to us. Read about the potential of the emerging European markets and our Digital East Fund here by
@csertoglu
Fantastic to see this London exchange between Earlybird Digital East partner
@csertoglu
,
#EcosystemGiants
series creator
@tdoncheva1
, founders and aspiring VCs! Great discussion and stay tuned for insights to share…🙌🏼
Partner
@csertoglu
reflects on
@UiPath
's historic fairy tale:
@danieldines
& team's drive is indicative of what fuels champions out of Emerging Europe. 🔥
Discover the
#startup
history that led up to the largest
#IPO
of a Europe-born technology company. 💥
🎯Having the right
#startup
team in place seems more crucial than ever.
At a recent
#EBVCgang
gathering, we heard from
#founders
& C-levels across the Earlybird family of funds.
Benefit from their collective tips on hiring talent & thanks for attending:
There is a huge opportunity for people analytics platforms that unlock people data to empower organizations in making informed HR decisions.
Read Earlybird Partner
@ms_atici
's post on how
@Orgnostic
is set to become a forerunner in the HR tech stack:
As enterprises go digital, cyberattacks escalate. Earlybird Digital East announces the seed round of Enterprise Forensics provider,
@binalyze
. Cybersecurity expertise, fast evidence collection & automated data analysis make a disruptor, says
@ms_atici
👀 :
"How can I break into VC?” Here's a complete guide.💥
In a new article, discover:
✔️ 4 proven ways to break into
#VC
✔️ Benchmarks to highlight your edge
✔️ How to nail the VC
#intern
interview
✔️ What a VC intern does & learns
✔️ Exclusive
#HR
tips
👀
🧬We’re delighted to announce the closing of our latest EUR 173M
#healthcare
#fund
!
Earlybird
#Health
backs tech-agnostic, patient-centric healthcare innovations, from Series A to C, advancing patient
#outcomes
globally.
✍️⬇️
Our 6-month Vision Lab program kicks off TODAY w/ 9
#startups
in the 1st cohort! 🎉
We are excited to welcome them. Big thanks to all the partners helping 🚀 this program for
#tech
#diversity
&
#entrepreneurship
in
#Germany
!
Stay tuned & read more: 👀 👇🏽
We're excited to lead the €3m seed funding round of Payhawk! The
#fintech
startup is offering a platform that enables CFOs and business owners to manage the entire spending lifecycle end-to-end. More on
#EBVCgang
#Startups
#VC
"A product without customers is a hobby." In our latest C-Level Insights, meet
#CTO
of
@NuriBanking
,
@vidyamani
. 💥
Discover her approach to engineering leadership, team culture & an international journey to
#Berlin
.🧀
👀 Read an interview on our blog ⤵️
😎VC firms of 25+ yrs are a special breed. Given industry shifts, glad to be among them. On July 4th, we celebrated our 26th b-day via a summer party.
🥂Partners Hendrik, Cem, Roland, Thom & Christian spoke about directions, teams & founders.
🙌Thanks for celebrating with us!
"ESOP serve as a valuable strategic factor to consider for Entrepreneurs and VCs alike!“ says
@EarlybirdVC
Partner Fabian Heilemann while discussing about compensations and incentives for c-level employees in
#startups
with
@emvanboven
of
@n26
and
@seb_pacher
of Kienbaum!
Wow! That's 2 for 2 tonight in London, and this one means the world to us...
Thank you
@RealDealsEU
for awarding Earlybird as
#VC
House of the Year with a 'deal of the decade.' 🙏🏽
We strive to back the best and appreciate this award. Congrats to all our fellow nominees! 👏🏽🔥🚀
Pumped to announce
@aiven_io
's Series C, led by
@Atomico
. Congrats to the 🦀 team! Aiven's platform let's u fast launch fully-managed,
#opensource
, multi
#cloud
#data
infrastructure.
Gain insights on a product-led growth strategy & inclusive
#leadership
:
We're happy to welcome
@curioio
to the
#EBVCgang
!
With this Series A, Curio's premium audio app brings curated news & expert
#journalism
to even more ears. Read why Curio makes everyone wiser while empowering publishers and building the future of
#media
:
❄️Earlybird teammates head to
@SlushHQ
, the leading
#startup
event of the year!
🗓️From Nov. 30th-Dec. 1st, the startup ecosystem converges on
#Helsinki
to gather actionable advice in a series of networking events.
🛋️ Meet us via the investor lounge & matching tool.
#Slush2023
Proud to share that we together with
@BainAlerts
and other partners are launching the non-profit program “
#VisionLab
”. It supports immigrant founders in Germany to turn their ideas into reality. More on: , ,
#Startups
#ScalingChances
⚡️BIG news from
@Aiven_io
: They just raised $210M in Series D, paving the way to be the global category leader in sustainable
#cloud
#data
infrastructure.
Congrats to this
#EBVCgang
team!
Proud to back 🦀 since Series A.
With
@Pauuu44
👀
@technology
:
Congrats to the
@socialbakers
team!
Proud to have invested in you since 2011 and thrilled to see an integrated platform for marketing and customer care come to life. You'll always be a part of the
#EBVCgang
.
Get the news here:
#exit
#vc
#SocialMedia
🎉 Congrats
@PayableHQ
on a $6M seed to build modern infrastructure for moving money!
🛠 Their platform streamlines payment operations & automates biz bank transfers for the internet economy.
🙌🏽
@DanielYubi
@TimRehder
@CRV
+ many 😇's.
👀
@EU_Startups
:
💥Shopping is about to change:
@trytilt
connects like-minded shoppers with new value-driven brands, retailers & creators in futuristic way.
🎉 Congrats Co-founders Abhi & Neil on a $3M Seed round!
cc
@PaulinaLutz
,
@TimRehder
👀
@Siftedeu
's
@Amy_EOBrien
:
👏🏽
@Aleph__Alpha
works on a "new generation of AI" enabling machines to react flexibly to situations not predefined by humans – no longer needing to be "taken by the hand by humans" but is capable of "freely & intelligently understanding the world we live in."
👀
@AndreRetterath