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Stravito raises $14.6M to create a ‘Netflix for enterprise market research’
– Stravito, a market research and insights company, raised €12.4m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Endeit Capital and joined by existing investors HenQ, Inventure and Creades.
– To date, Stravito has raised €20.1m.
– The company appointed Elaine Rodrigo, chief insights & analytics officer at Reckitt Benckiser, to its board of directors.
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Yousician raises $28M to make music education more accessible
– Yousician, a music education company, raised $28m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Atomico and joined by existing investors Lifeline Ventures, Draper Esprit, and Inventure.
– It brings Yousician to a valuation of $100m.
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Swedish fintech Zaver raises $5M to bring cardless payments and BNPL to ‘durables’ sector
– Swedish fintech Zaver raised $5m in funding.
– The round was led by Inbox Capital and Inventure.
– Other investors include Fredrik Österberg (founder of Evolution Gaming), Magnus Rausing (angel investor), Joen Bonnier (partner at Atomico), Fabian Hielte and Max Hobohm and Johannes Hobohm (owners of Ernstrom).
– The company is now doubling down on the durables sector (think: automotive, health & beauty, craftmanship, etc.) for both online and offline commerce.
– Zaver wants to accelerate the move away from plastic cards to mobile payments.
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Scoro Raises $16 Million in Series B Funding To Invest In Its End-to-End Work Management Software
– Scoro announced a $16.4m Series B funding round led by Kennet Partners.
– Additional investors include Columbia Lake Partners, Inventure, Livonia Partners and Tera Ventures.
– The investment will fuel continued global expansion and is supported by new French and Spanish versions of the software.
– Scoro’s most recent product launch has been a modernization of the Gantt chart, which had not evolved since its creation at the turn of the 19th Century.
– Kennet Partners’ Managing Director Hillel Zidel also joins the Board of Directors, alongside Dave Kellogg. Martin Fincham continues to lead the Board of Directors as Scoro’s Chairman.