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2C Ventures and Startup Wise Guys back Esgrid’s €900K pre-seed funding

EstVCA members - 2C Ventures and Startup Wise Guys - back Esgrid’s move into supplier management, bringing total pre-seed funding to €900K.

EXIT: Startup Wise Guys portfolio company Adact has been acquired by Optimove

Startup Wise Guys SaaS portfolio company Adact has successfully exited through an acquisition by Optimove, a global leader in AI-driven marketing innovation. This acquisition marks their 22 portfolio exit.

CyLock Raises €500K to Advance Cybersecurity Solutions with EVA

Startup Wise Guys are thrilled to announce that CyLock, a standout startup from their portfolio, has successfully raised a significant funding round of €500,000. Leading the investment round was Scientifica, with additional support from CDP Venture Capital SGR, Startup Wise Guys, and Exor Ventures. This new funding builds on the €320,000 previously raised through the Cyber Xcelerator, part of the National Network of Accelerators by CDP Venture Capital SGR, Zest Group, Innova Venture, and several business angels.

Startup Wise Guys portfolio company Loyi secures €425,000 investment

Loyi, a pioneering brand under Enefty Technologies and a standout portfolio company of Startup Wise Guys from second Web3 acceleration program, has secured a significant €425,000 investment from DG Nexolution. This funding is set to revolutionize customer loyalty programs using Web3 technology and gamification, bringing innovative blockchain-based solutions to Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken.

Startup Wise Guys portfolio company Jeff App has raised $2 million late-seed round

Startup Wise Guys portfolio company, Latvia-based Jeff App, has raised $2 million in late-seed financing round. Led by Presto Ventures, with strong support from J12 and notable business angels, this funding will fuel Jeff App’s ambitious expansion into India and other emerging Asian markets.

Estonian SensusQ raises €3.8M for defence intelligence software

Estonian defence tech SensusQ has secured €3.8M from US-based New North Ventures and angel investors. SensusQ is the portfolio company of our members Specialist VC and Startup Wise Guys.

Startup Wise Guys invests in the pre-seed €500k funding round of Estonian startup Esgrid

Tallinn-based startup Esgrid has secured €500,000 Pre-Seed funding to build accessible value chain sustainability management tools, noting enterprise and financial sector clients among its customer base. Investors in the round were Lemonade Stand, EstBAN, Startup Wise Guys and Little Green Fund with notable participation from key former employees Wise, including Alvar Lumberg, Kairi Pauskar, and the founders of Klaus, Kair Käsper and Martin Kõiva.

Estonian Rendin raises nearly €2M from Tera Ventures and Startup Wise Guys

Home rental platform Rendin announced the closing of nearly €2 million round led by Tera Ventures, with participation from Startup Wise Guys.

Startup Wise Guys and Specialist VC invest in Lithuania's AskToSell's AI sales agents

25 January 2024

Vilnius-based AI platform AskToSell has raised a €100,000 pre-seed round to build its sales automation platform which deploys ‘superhuman-like’ autonomous AI sales agents in a bid to help SMBs scale without burning up all their runway on sales team and customer acquisition costs.

Scorestars raises €725K to expand their fan engagement platform to new markets

09 January 2024

Scorestars, the basketball fan engagement platform, today announces that it has raised €725K in aSeed round led by Trind VC, Startup Wise Guys, 3 Comma Capital, and Estonian angel investors.

SWG and Specialist VC participate in AskToSell's €100k pre-seed funding round 22 September 2023

SWG's portfolio company GoRamp raises $3 Million in seed round 24 July 2023

Startup Wise Guys raises €25M to invest in "overlooked" global markets 17 February 2023

Specialist VC leads and SWG participates in the 1.7M EUR investment round to VOOL 06 February 2023

A significant part of the 2022 investments of Startup Wise Guys', one of the world’s top accelerators, went to Estonian and Ukrainian companies 01 February 2023

NEW MEMBER: Startup Wise Guys joins EstVCA 26 January 2023