– MetroSpeedy is a NYC-based last mile delivery startup.
– Company raised $5M in seed funding.
– The round was led by AddVenture Fund with participation from TMT Investments, TA Ventures, Joint Journey, Fores Investments and Vershina Capital.
– The investment will be used to further develop the company’s technological advancement, additional fulfillment hubs, expansion into new markets, and talent acquisition.

– Impress, a Southern European player in direct-to-consumer orthodontics, has raised a $50m Series A funding round.
– The round was led by CareCapital (a dental division of Hillhouse Capital in Asia), along with Nickleby Capital, UNIQA Ventures and investors including Michael Linse, Valentin Pitarque, Peter Schiff, Elliot Dornbusch and others.
– All existing shareholders, such as TA Ventures and Bynd VC, also participated.
– Impress is an homage to the direct-to-consumer startups in this area in the U.S., such as SmileDirect, and now plans to scale across Europe from its existing bases in Spain, Italy, Portugal, the U.K. and France.

– London-based Jiffy, which aims to deliver fresh groceries and household essentials in around 15 minutes, has raised £2.6m in seed funding.
– Backing the upstart is venture capital fund LVL1 Group, with participation from AddVenture, TA Ventures, Vladimir Kholiaznikov, and angel investors Oskar Hartmann, Alexander Nevinskiy and Dominique Locher.
– The company will use the injection of capital to launch its first stores in London, as early as this month.
– It plans to make the service available in Westminster, Waterloo, Lambeth, Battersea, Clapham Town, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Hackney, Whitechapel, Stepney Green and Leytonstone.