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Eco-conscious car subscription platform finn.auto raises $24.2M, with White Star and Zalando founders

The funding comes just under a year since the company launched, after selling just 1,000 car subscriptions. It’s also partnered with...

Exploring the 2020 Mobility Sector

H2 2020 Deep Dive on the Mobility Ecosystem from the Eyes of an International Investor

Car Access Over Car Ownership: Backing finn.auto to Make Mobility Fun and Sustainable

We’re excited to lead finn.auto’s €20m Series A round, the German car subscription platform hoping to change car ownership for good

White Star Capital Announces the First Close of its $30M Digital Asset Fund

The Digital Asset Fund will deploy between $500,000 and $2.0 million in initial investments into 15-20 companies with a core focus...

Freshly Acquired by Nestlé USA for $1.5 billion

Freshly Inc. announced that it has been acquired by Nestlé USA. The deal values Freshly at $1.5bn, including potential earnouts contingent...

Nestlé acquires healthy meal startup Freshly for up to $1.5B

Nestlé USA just announced that it has acquired Freshly for $1.5 billion — $950 million plus potential earnouts of up to...

Exploring The 2020 Foodtech Sector

H2 deep dive on the Foodtech landscape from the eyes of an international investor

Uncapped picks up another $26M to offer revenue-based finance to European entrepreneurs

Uncapped, the London-headquartered and Warsaw-based startup that offers “revenue-based” finance to European businesses so that founders don’t have to give up...

We’re closer to holographic meetings than you think

Now six months into the pandemic, it’s not unusual to have a work meeting, a doctor’s appointment, and a happy hour...

Julie Plouffe Promoted to GP at White Star Capital as Firm Doubles Down on Canada

White Star Capital, a New York-based venture firm that invests in businesses in Europe and North America, is looking to expand...

Expanding White Star Capital’s Canadian presence, General Partnership and Operations

Since White Star Capital opened its first Canadian office in Montreal in 2014, we have invested in 10 Canadian start-ups. Collectively,...

Harbert European Growth Capital Fund II Provides Butternut Box with Debt Capital

Butternut is an international, human-grade, cooked fresh dog food company in Europe.

Hole19 App Reports Over 3.2m Rounds Of Golf Played May To August

Hole19, the company that has developed a multifunctional golf GPS app boasting a community of over 2 million golfers, has reported...

These are top VC deals raised by fast-growing tech startups in Berlin in Q2 2020

Berlin is a hotbed of notable tech startups across industries such as fintech, blockchain, mobility and more.

Diving into the Nordic and Baltic 2020 Venture Capital Landscape

2020 Deep Dive on the Nordic and Baltic Venture Capital Ecosystem

Impact Acquires ACTIVATE Influencer Marketing Platform

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Impact, the global leader in partnership automation, today announced the acquisition of ACTIVATE, a...

Unacast’s Location Platform Turbine is Expanding to Africa: Unacast Signs with Telecommunications Company MTN

Unacast is committed to using our data towards humanitarian efforts to solve global health problems.

Exploring the 2020 Industrial Technology Sector

H1 Deep Dive on the Industrial Technology Sector Landscape

Posh dog food supplier Butternut Box launching new factory with up to 500 jobs

A rapidly growing start-up that makes fresh dog food is planning to relocate to a new factory in central England with...

Sun Life Leads $43 Million Round of Financing in Telehealth Startup Dialogue

Montréal-based telehealth startup Dialogue has raised $43 million CAD led by Canadian life insurance company Sun Life Financial.

Lime, Dott and Tier win Paris scooter permits, delivering Bird a loss in a key market

American micromobility startups Lime and European competitors Dott and Tier Mobility have won permits to operate shared electric scooters in...

Exploring the 2020 Wellbeing Sector

H1 Deep Dive on the Global Wellbeing Sector Landscape

New York City Based Coedition is Raising $7,999,995.00 in New Equity Investment.

New York City, NY — According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, CoEdition is raising $7,999,995.00 in new...

These are the most valued tech startups in France in 2020

The tech startup ecosystem in France is witnessing a spectacular growth, thanks to the fresh pool of aspirational entrepreneurs and investors.

Mapping The Gaming and Esports VC Landscape

In recent years, it has become clear that the gaming industry is entering a new era.

Exploring the 2020 Fintech Sector

H1 Deep Dive on the Fintech Sector from the eyes of an international investor

Electric scooter startup Tier raises $23 million as the coronavirus shakes up transportation in cities

Exploring the 2020 Communication and Collaboration Sector

H1 Deep Dive on the Global Communication and Collaboration Sector Landscape

Vention raises $38M CAD to scale its cloud-based manufacturing automation platform

MONTREAL, June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Vention, the manufacturing automation technology company whose mission is to democratize industrial automation, today announced...

Exploring The 2020 Digital Health Sector

H1 Deep Dive on the Global Digital Health Sector Landscape

Hole19 Launches New Live Scoring Feature

A brand new feature from Hole19 allows you to compete with your friends and other golfers using live scoreboards.

You Can Now Attend VR Meetings—No Headset Required

I SHOOK HANDS with a stranger the other day. Even made a fist bump. Before you get your pitchforks out, this...

Consumer: Past, Present and Future

Nimble start-ups such as Dollar Shave Club, Glossier and Away have tapped into the needs and wants of consumers and created...

How fintech Uncapped is disrupting venture capital by lending to fellow startups at a flat 6% fee

Dahmakan, a Malaysian ‘full-stack’ food delivery startup, raises $18M Series B

Dahmakan, a full-stack food delivery startup based in Malaysia, announced today that it has closed a $18 million Series B.

Tier Mobility acquires Coup’s electric moped scooters

Tier Mobility operates a scooter service, the kick-scooter-with-a-motor kind. And it has acquired assets from Coup, a now-defunct scooter service, the...

Pushing New Borders for Food Delivery

In 2015, White Star Capital invested in the seed round for Freshly, a promising US meal delivery start-up with a mission...

Y Combinator-backed food delivery startup Dahmakan raises $18m series B round

Direct-to-consumer food delivery startup Dahmakan has raised US$18 million in a series B funding round that included participation from new investors...

Tier Mobility, the European e-scooter rentals startup, adds another ~$40M to its Series B

Tier, the European e-scooter rentals startup that operates in 55 cities across 11 countries, has topped up its funding for the...

Diving into South East Asia’s 2020 Venture Capital Landscape

2020 Deep dive on the South East Asian Venture Capital Ecosystem

Diving into Germany’s Venture Capital Landscape in 2020

We are pleased to publish the second edition of our German Venture Capital report and hope you will enjoy reading it.

Announcing Butternut Box’s Series C of over £20m

We are proud to announce that Butternut Box has raised a Series C round of over £20m led by L Catterton,...

L Catterton makes significant investment in dog food delivery brand Butternut Box

L Catterton's investments in the pet food and pet care segments include Ainsworth (the parent company of the Nutrish brand), Iandloveandyou,...

Tier Mobility, the European e-scooter rentals startup, adds new COO and CCO to executive team

Following Tier Mobility’s $60 million Series B late last year, the e-scooter rentals startup has been busy bolstering its C-suite.

Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer...

White Star Capital’s 2019 Year in Review

As 2020 begins, the White Star Capital team wanted to take a moment to look back at the achievements of our...

KeyMe Raises $35M in Funding

KeyMe, a US smart key company, closed a $35m financing round. The round was led by Brentwood Associates.

Diving into the NYC and US East Coast’s 2019 Venture Capital Landscape

2019 Deep dive on the NYC and US East Coast Venture Capital Ecosystem

White Star Capital Report Finds Canadian VC Deal Size Grew, Deal Volume Decreased in 2019

The pace of venture capital investments in Canada has increased this year, surpassing the peak years of 2017 and 2018, according...

Diving into Canada’s 2019 Venture Capital Landscape

2019 Deep dive on the Canadian Venture Capital Ecosystem

Communicate, Collaborate and Work in Augmented Reality

In 2017, we put together an internal market report on AR/VR that captured both our enthusiasm as well as reservation for...

Tier Mobility CEO on electric scooter boom: ‘I’m very surprised at the speed we are going’

Tier Mobility may not have raised the most venture capital in the international electronic scooter wars, but the Berlin-based company could...

Uncapped closes first deals ahead of second fundraise next year

Uncapped, the new alternative lender, is closing its first handful of deals having raised £10m from investors earlier this month.

Uncapped raises £10M to offer ‘revenue-based’ finance to growing businesses

Uncapped, a London-headquartered and Warsaw-based startup that wants to provide “revenue-based” finance to growing European businesses, is officially launching today and...

Tier Mobility GmbH : commits to full carbon neutrality

TIER Mobility, the leading European provider of micro-mobility solutions, announced today that the company commits to full carbon neutrality from January...

White Star Capital’s 2018 Year in Review

As 2019 begins, the White Star Capital team wanted to take a moment to look back at the achievements of our...

European scooter startup Tier says its big advantage over Silicon Valley rivals is a more efficient use of capital and careful scaling

10 European startups using tech to reinvent education

The future of technology is being shaped with the fourth industrial revolution on our doorsteps, and we are seeing our entire...

White Star Capital looking for scale-ups to expand internationally

White Star Capital, the international venture capital fund, is looking for scale-ups in the e-commerce, Software-as-a-Service and online marketplace sectors.

Diving into France’s 2019 Venture Capital Landscape

In this edition of our report on the French start-up ecosystem, we would like to update you on a number of...

Healing Healthcare: Our Investment in Parsley Health

Despite the technological and scientific progress in healthcare over the last few decades, people in the US (and worldwide) on average...

Parsley Health nabs $26 million Series B to launch telemedicine products

Parsley Health, the NY-based service that focuses on the source of a medical issue rather than the symptoms, has today announced...

Berlin’s Tier Mobility scoops up $60M as its scooter-based transportation service passes 10M rides

On the heels of Bird closing a $275 million round to help put itself in pole position in the electric scooter...

White Star Capital is proud to be co-leading Tier’s $60m Series B alongside Mubadala Capital and Goodwater Capital

Last spring we co-led the c. $30m Series A round in Tier Mobility, the fastest growing e-scooter company in the world,...

Red Sift announces $8.8m Series A

Cognitive data platform Red Sift that provides cloud-based email security solutions has announced it has closed a $8.8m investment round from...

These 2 startup founders quit their Goldman Sachs trading jobs to start a dog-food company. They say the bank giant taught them these 5 lessons.

Here Are Linkedin’s Top Canadian Startups of 2019

LinkedIn has shared its list of top Canadian startups for 2019, naming “the hottest Canadian companies to work for right now."

A $44M Series B Drop in the bucket for millennial loyalty

Commerce and marketing are radically changing these days. Consumers are increasingly looking for brands they identify with, while at the same...

Unpacking the UK Venture Capital Landscape

We are very happy to announce the launch of our inaugural annual report, in which we take a look at the...

White Star Capital eyes Asia growth with new Hong Kong office

For western startups looking to enter Asia and Asian startups expanding globally, more funding has become available as investors are increasingly...

Aspen Technology Acquires Mnubo and Sabisu to Deliver Scalable AI-Driven Solutions for the Smart Enterprise

BEDFORD, Mass. —(BUSINESS WIRE) — Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a global leader in asset optimization software, has signed an agreement...

Proud to announce Mnubo’s acquisition by Aspen Tech

We are excited to share that Mnubo announced today its acquisition by Aspen Technology Inc (AspenTech), leader in asset optimization delivering...

Packhelp secures more funding

The packaging industry has been stuck in the past for years.

Why sustainability is the key to success in the mobility space

As consumers devices, e-scooters boast one of the fastest rates of user adoption ever seen in the tech sector. In Paris...

Echo, the medication management app, has been acquired by LloydsPharmacy-owner McKesson

Echo, the U.K. startup that offers an app to help you manage your medication and order repeat prescriptions for delivery, has...

Meero raises $230 million for its on-demand photo platform

Chances are you always look at photos before you order food in your favorite food delivery app, or before you book...

Telehealth Startup Dialogue Raises $40 Million to Fuel European Expansion

Virtual B2B healthcare startup Dialogue has closed a $40 million funding round led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec...

Borrowell Closes $20 Million Series B As It Tops 1 Million Users

Toronto-based FinTech startup Borrowell has closed a $20 million Series B consisting of equity and venture debt, co-led by White Star...

Tier, the Berlin-based e-scooter rental startup, unveils new hardware and announces it’s reached 2M rides

Tier, the Berlin-based e-scooter rental startup that competes with the likes of Voi, Lime, Wind, Circ and a host of others,...

Why it’s still only the beginning for conversational marketing: the story behind our investment in Mindsay

tl;dr: we are excited to announce that White Star Capital is leading the $10m Series A of Mindsay (formerly known as...

French customer care chatbot startup Mindsay raises $10 million

Paris-based customer relations startup Mindsay has landed $10 million in a funding round led by White Star Capital, with participation from...

Doubling down on Butternut Box as a co-lead in their £15m Series B

We are thrilled to announce our continued support for Butternut Box as a co-lead in their £15m Series B, alongside new...

London start-up Butternut Box raises £15 million to fuel expansion

Butternut Box, a London start-up that makes and delivers home-cooked dog food to people’s doors, has raised £15 million in fresh...

London-based dog food startup Butternut Box raises £15 million

The UK-founded fresh dog food startup Butternut Box has landed £15 million in a funding round led by Five Seasons Ventures...

KeyMe raises $50 million for AI-powered kiosks that duplicate keys in seconds

Normally, duplicating a key would require an expensive trip to a professional locksmith, but KeyMe is trying to change the paradigm...

Backing Packhelp to democratise custom packaging

TL;DR: We’re excited to lead the $10m Series A round into Packhelp, the European B2B marketplace for custom packaging, and announce...

Packhelp Secures $10M in Series A Funding

Packhelp, a Warsaw, Poland-based personalized packaging startup, raised $10m in Series A funding.

Insurance startup TheGuarantors closes $15M Series B as it expands offerings

TheGuarantors, a startup that insures New York renters who don’t meet landlord requirements, has closed on Series B funding.

TheGuarantors Grab $15M in Series B

NEW YORK, NY, Insurtech provider for the real estate rental industry, today announced the successful completion of Series B funding totaling...

Aire raises $11M Series B to give credit scoring an ‘upgrade’

Aire, the U.K. startup that wants to give the credit scoring system a 21st century “upgrade,” has raised $11 million in...

How Spatial and augmented reality could change work

Spatial is a collaborative prototype environment where people can appear to be in the same room even if they are thousands...

Flash, the stealthy e-scooter and ‘micro-mobility’ startup from Delivery Hero founder, raises €55M Series A

Flash, the stealthy mobility startup from Delivery Hero and Team Europe founder Lukasz Gadowski, is de-cloaking today, with news that the...

Hot Off The Assembly Line: Announcing Bain Capital Ventures’ Investment In Vention

We are honored to announce an investment in the future of machine design with our $13 million Series A investment in...

Montreal’s Vention Closes $17 Million Series A, Adds AI to Custom Manufacturing Platform

Montreal-based digital manufacturing startup Vention announced the close of a $17 million CAD Series A round today, led by Bain Capital...

Spatial raises $8 million to bring augmented reality to your office life

Legitimate augmented reality use cases are hard to come by.

Tier, the Berlin-based scooter rental startup, raises €25M as European e-scooter market heats up

Tier, one of a number of electric scooter rental startups based in Berlin, has raised a chunky €25 million in Series...

E-Scooter Startup Tier Mobility Raises €2M in Funding

Tier Mobility, a Berlin, Germany-based e-scooter startup, raised €2m in funding. Backers included Speedinvest x and Point Nine Capital.

The hottest startups in Berlin

The German capital was one of Europe’s first technology hubs but it's still going strong.

Meero raises $45 million for its on-demand photography service

Have you ever wondered why photos on Airbnb, UberEats and your favorite hotel platform always look so good?

White Star Capital announces second fund of US$180 million to continue helping transatlantic companies to internationalise

4th June 2018 — London, New York, Montreal, Paris and Tokyo: White Star Capital, a global venture capital fund with offices...

White Star Capital raises new $180M fund to help startups go international

Global venture capital firm White Star Capital has closed a second fund of $180 million, money it plans to invest in...

France’s Klaxoon raises $50 million for international expansion of its teamwork platform

Klaxoon today announced a $50 million round of funding, which the French company hopes will allow it to capitalize on the...

Former Internet darling Digg has been acquired by an ad-tech company

Digg, the former Internet darling that often draws comparisons to popular social news aggregator Reddit, shut down its RSS platform –...

German insurance ‘robo-advisor’ Clark scores $29 million Series B

Clark, one of a plethora of so-called ‘insurtech’ startups offering something akin to a digital insurance brokerage all delivered through a...

Investing in European InsurTech with CLARK, Germany’s largest digital broker

In early 2016, we made our first investment in the InsurTech space by backing TheGuarantors, a New York based online insurance...

Backing Butternut Box to create the next leader in the pet care market

The care of dogs for owners is a highly emotional one, and leads to a macro trend of the humanization of...

Dialogue Raises $12 Million to Push Employee Healthcare Service Across Canada

Montreal-based Dialogue has closed $12 million in Series A funding as it looks to fuel its growth.

White Star Capital Leads Unacast’s $17.5m Round to Continue Building the Real World Graph®

There are some who think that when VCs tell entrepreneurs “your startup is too early for us, not enough traction, but...

Backing Dialogue to change how health services are delivered and ensure a better continuity of care for patients

Dialogue is an easy to use mobile and desktop application through which employees can quickly chat with healthcare professionals before ever...

Unacast bags $17.5M to do more with location data

Location tracking can seem pretty creepy if you’re the consumer being watched. But there’s big and growing business in tracking human...

Drop Closes $25.8 Million Series A, Repatriates Former Airbnb Exec

Toronto-based Drop announced today that it has closed a $25.8 million CAD Series A round ($21 million USD), led by New...

German insurance giant Munich Re leads financing for Montreal startup

Frederic Bastien, CEO and one of the co-founders of Mnubo Inc.

White Star Continuing to Back Drop and our First EIR Derrick Fung

It is a joy to support Drop in their $21m newest round of financing and to share the successful journey of...

Mnubo Raises $16.5M in Series B Funding

Mnubo, a Montreal, Canada-based Internet of Things (IoT) Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, raised $16.5m in Series B financing.

White Star Capital’s 2017 Year in Review

As the New Year ramps up, the White Star Capital team wanted to take a moment to look back at the...

Products are being made differently and that’s why we’re backing Vention

When most people think of innovation, they think of businesses that have changed the way they consume a product or service...

With $3.5 Million Seed Round, Vention Launches Platform That Automates Industrial Design

Montreal-based Vention has announced that it is launching its 3D MachineBuilder to the public for the first time on the heels...

Doubling down on Canada and France: New faces and a promotion

When we first launched White Star Capital over four years ago, one of our founding tenets was that an opportunity existed...

The Guarantors Raises €10.07M in Series A Funding

The Guarantors, a NYC-based insurtech startup focused on the real estate industry, raised €10.07M (approx. $11.7M) in Series A funding.

When lifetime value is for life, or why we’re backing Echo’s Series A

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) estimates that over half of all adults take a prescription medication.

Drop, First Truly Flexible Mobile Rewards Program, Launches in US, Closes $5.5M Seed Round

TORONTO — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Drop, a millennial-focused rewards program, today announced the launch of its platform in the US market...

Backing Meero: Because all marketplaces need beautiful imagery

On demand services and the sharing economy are disrupting how traditional markets operate. From transportation and lodging, to food, delivery, and...

KeyMe Raises $25M to Fuel Continued Massive Expansion

NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — KeyMe, a New York City-based startup that is revolutionizing the locksmith industry, has closed...

Meero Raises €15M in Series A Funding

Meero, a Paris, France-based platform that gives access to professional photography at an affordable price, raised €15M in Series A funding.

Aire Raises $5M in Series A Funding

Aire, a London, UK-based AI-powered credit scoring startup, raised $5m in Series A funding.

Investing in Borrowell to make consumer credit fast, fair and friendly

In a world where you can order fresh food to your doorstep at the click of a button, collect loyalty points...

Borrowell Raises $57M in Debt and Equity Financing

Borrowell, a Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based financial technology company, secured CAD$12m in Series A funding and $45m in new credit facilities.

Butternut Box raises £1M for its algorithm-driven natural dog food startup

You’ve probably heard of HelloFresh-style businesses where you are given tailored ingredients for your meals.

Canada unveils as an AI powerhouse

As a firm, White Star Capital has been active investor in the Canadian startup ecosystem, as individual members of the team,...

Nestlé leads $77M round for healthy meal startup Freshly

Freshly has raised a big funding round from a big name — the U.S. division of food and beverage giant Nestlé.

Deliver on Plan A, keep in mind Plan B, but ensure you work on Plan Z: the exit!

When we back an entrepreneur, we do so because the whole White Star Capital team has gained conviction that the founder’s...

Vention Raises Pre-Seed Round of Funding

Vention, a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based provider of a machine builder platform, raised a pre-seed round of funding.

The 2016 White Star Capital Holiday Gift and Giving Guide

As 2016 comes to a close, many of us will be thinking about gifts to buy for our family and friends.

The tale of our investment in Red Sift and when visions align

In mid -2009 I was introduced to a fast-speaking technologist in London. Rahul Powar had been the initial Chief Technical Architect...

Red Sift Raises $2m in Funding

Red Sift, a London, UK-based SaaS-based data startup, raised $2m in funding. The round was led by White Star Capital and...

Red Sift, a startup from ex-Shazam technical architect, wants to make your data work for you

Red Sift, a new London startup from two ex-Shazamers, is building an ambitious cloud-based and developer platform that wants to enable...

Insurance Tech Benefits Landlords and Tenants in our Backing of TheGuarantors

Insurance Tech as a sector has seen a surge in funding of 42% YoY in H1 2016 compared to the same...

Aire: how data and algorithms are helping to modernize credit scoring

If you have ever moved to a new country, started your first job after school, or decided to take an entrepreneurial...

Klaxoon Raises €5M in Venture Capital

Klaxoon, a Rennes, France-based interactive platform for collecting ideas within a group via every device, raised €5m in venture capital.

The building blocks of the Canadian tech ecosystem (and why we’re bullish!)

When we started White Star Capital, one of our focus areas was to be active investors in well-developed tech hubs which...

Europe’s hottest startups 2016: Lisbon

This is the first year the Portuguese capital has been included in WIRED's list.

Dice snags $6M to win more fans for its frustration-free ticketing platform

London-based ticketing startup Dice, which sells mobile tickets without booking fees and with a current focus on millennials wanting to discover...

Salesfloor Raises Series A Funding Round

Salesfloor, a Montreal, Canada-based retail technology platform that enables customers to shop online with their local store and sales associates, raised...

People Powered e-commerce and our investment into Salesfloor

Worldwide retail sales crossed $22 trillion in 2015, with digital sales only contributing 7.4% of the total.

Dollar Shave Club Sells to Unilever for $1 Billion

SAN FRANCISCO — It began with dinner in New York between Michael Dubin, the founder of the popular grooming start-up Dollar...

Healthy meal delivery startup Freshly raises $21M

Freshly is announcing that it has raised $21 million in Series B funding.

Accion Venture Lab to Empower Additional Creditworthy Consumers through Investment in Aire

LONDON, April 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Financial inclusion pioneer Accion announced today that it will help more creditworthy households responsibly access...

Aire Receives Investment from Accion

Aire, a London, UK-based credit scoring startup, raised a funding round of undisclosed amount.

ADTZ Acquires Glow Digital Media & Creates ADGLOW

ADTZ , a social media advertising firm in Southern Europe and Latin America, has acquired Glow Digital Media, a London-based paid...

Glow Media and ADTZ combine forces to become ADGLOW

In July, 2014, White Star Capital announced it’s investment into Glow Media, a London-based social advertising platform and one of Facebook’s...

Power Financial dives into Borrowell

Financial technology developer Borrowell has secured $6.4m from investors including Power Financial Corporation.

Borrowell Raises $6.4 Million in Operating and Loan Capital from Power Financial, Equitable Bank

Lending platform Borrowell announced today that it has received $6.4 million in operating and loan capital from Equitable Bank, Hedgewood, and...

Bloglovin’ Embraces Influencer Marketing With Sverve Acquisition

Bloglovin’ is announcing the acquisition of marketing startup Sverve, a move that should the expand monetization options for writers using the...

On the Search for Companies that see Data as a Competitive Advantage

At White Star Capital we are openly interested in companies that see data as a competitive advantage. We want to back...

White Star Capital Closes First Venture Capital Fund at $70M

White Star Capital, a transatlantic venture capital firm with offices in London, New York and Montreal, closed its first institutional fund...

White Star Capital Closes $70M For Its First Institutional Transatlantic Fund

White Star Capital, which bides it’s time between London, New York and Montreal, has been active in the market for a...

Freshly Raises $7M in Series A Funding

Freshly, a New York City, NY-based gourmet meal delivery service, raised $7m in Series A funding.

Our investment in the flavours, nutritious value & convenience of Freshly

We are delighted to announce that we are investing in Freshly, a company that brings a special approach to capturing part...

Mnubo Raises $6m in Series A Financing

Mnubo, a Montreal, Canada-based Internet of Things (IoT) data analytics startup, raised $6m in Series A financing round.

Investing in mnubo to capitalize on the proliferation of sensors and connected objects

Connected objects and devices are expected to grow at a rapid pace in the coming years. Industry research firm ABI Research...

Living Up to Our Founding Tenets at White Star Capital

Venture Capital funds, like other commercial entities, have shareholders and customers.

Unacast scores $1.6M to become the main tracker of every store you visit

The Internet made distance irrelevant. Now, sensors in physical stores are helping to make proximity relevant, and startup Unacast is announcing...

Gymtrack Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round From Real Ventures & White Star Capital

Last October, Gymtrack co-CEO Pablo Srugo, wrote about the benefits of being accepted to 500 Startups, stating that after three months...

Glow Raises $7M Series A From Notion Capital And White Star

It was only in January last year that UK startup Glow Digital Media, a social advertising platform that sells services to...

Aiming To Be The Coinbase of Europe, Sweden’s Safello Raises Investment Cash

Billing itself as the “Coinbase of Europe” Sweden based Bitcoin company Safello has raised a $600,000 investment round lead by Bitcoin...