REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
Gan Limited (NASDAQ: GAN), an Irvine, CA-based full-service internet gaming software-as-a-service provider to the real money internet gaming, online sports betting, and simulated gaming industries, acquired Bulgaria and U.K.-based online casino game developer Silverback Gaming.
Glovo, a Spanish on-demand delivery platform, will acquire multiple of Delivery Hero’s group companies in a series of separate acquisition deals, worth a total value of €170m.
Quendoo, a Sofia, Bulgaria-based digital platform that allows property owners to take back control of their property bookings, payments, marketing and availability, raised €750k in funding.
Hyperscience, a NYC-, London, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria-based data entry automation company, raised $80M in Series D financing.
ClaimCompass, a Sofia, Bulgaria passenger rights provider in Europe, which helps travelers get compensated in cases of flight disruptions, completed the acquisition of Service, a provider of a travel app, based out of Los Angeles, which has brought flight compensation to the US market.
Appfire, a Boston, MA-based provider of apps for software development teams, is expanding its product portfolio with the strategic acquisition of Botron Software, a Sofia, Bulgaria-based provider of tools that enable enterprise-level change and configuration management within Jira.
Payhawk, a London, UK-, Berlin, Germany- and Sofia, Bulgaria-based provider of a paperless corporate card that simplifies expenses for businesses, closed a €3m seed funding round.
Yotpo, a NYC-based eCommerce marketing platform with data-driven solutions for reviews, visual UGC, loyalty, referrals, etc., acquired SMSBump, a complete SMS marketing solution designed for eCommerce brands.
NASDAQ First North Premier listed Aspire Global Plc recently acquired GMS Entertainment Limited, owner of the B2B group Pariplay, for approx. €13.1m in cash.
Leanplum, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of mobile engagement solutions, acquired Connecto, a Sofia, Bulgaria-based provider of AI-powered conversational marketing solutions.
Mojio, a connected car cloud platform company, secured CAD$30M in Series B funding.
LAUNCHub Ventures, a Sofia, Bulgaria-based seed stage venture capital firm, closed its second fund, at €18m.
Flipps, a San Francisco, New York and Sofia, Bulgaria-based provider of an app to stream entertainment from a mobile device to TV, raised $2.4M in funding. Backers included Earlybird Venture Capital and existing investors including Tim Draper. The company intends to use the funds to expand its library of premium content. Led by Kosta Jordanov, […]
Imagga, a Sofia, Bulgaria-based cloud platform that helps businesses and individuals organize their images, raised $350k in funding. Backers included LAUNCHub ($260K)and other unnamed private investors ($90k). According to a written statement, a (small) portion of this amount is for buying out of the shares of OpenFund, a previous micro-seed investor in the company. The company intends […]
The EIF has selected Eleven and LAUNCHub to manage a €21m Entrepreneurship Acceleration and Seed Financing Instrument under the JEREMIE Holding Fund. Eleven will manage a €12m acceleration & seed fund with a view to making around 200 investments in innovative young businesses. Investments into individual portfolio companies will typically be in the range of […]