A short one!
Issue #14 (01 Aug) – This time only 15 snippets, a link and a meme.
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Programming note: as mentioned the last time I was moving to Berlin this weekend, so I took a short break on the jobs side. Btw, is anyone disrupting moving, hue hue? Jesus, so stressful! 😅
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Strong funding rounds in the UK and Madrid this time.
🇩🇪 Berlin & Germany
bunch, Berlin-based OS for private market investors, raised €7.3M. Careers.
Root Global, Berlin-based food system decarbonisation startup, raised €2.5M. Careers.
Babbel, Berlin-based online language learning service, will extend it’s B2B business in the US. Careers.
Canyon, Koblenz-based bicycle company raised more capital (incl. from LeBron James himself) for the expansion in the US (🇩🇪). Careers.
Good news for German startup scene! In one of the 10 measures government pledged €30B of additional funding for support. 🇩🇪 Full document here, summary of the measures on page 4.
Morgenpost has a cool graphic with a comparison of salaries between Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg. Only professions with over 100 respondents were included. Survey-based average salary in Berlin is 45.858€, but I am not sure if it’s median. 🤷🏻♂️
🇩🇪 Vinted, Lithuanian second-hand clothing platform (formerly known as Kleiderkreisel here) wants to buy Hamburg-based Rebelle. First-hand careers.
🇩🇪 Maybe you should wait by booking Lufthansa flights; pilots agreed to strike (€), but it has not been decided when yet.
🇩🇪 Based on a decision from regional labor court Lieferando delivery employees can form a union (€).
🇩🇪 Data of more than 450k users of Verimi, Berlin-based online ID-wallet, were exposed in a leak.
🇪🇺 Rest of Europe & UK
Octopus Energy, London-based energy tech platfrom, raised $550M. Careers.
Seedtag, Madrid-based cookie-free contextual advertising company, raised $250+M. Careers.
Onto, London-based EV subscription service, raised $60M to first expand to Germany, followed by the rest of Europe. Careers.
Shares, London-based investment app, raised $40M. Careers.
Leap24, Utrecht-based fast charging network company, raised €15M to expand in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. No careers page yet, so have a look at their team.
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😅 Meanwhile
This is a footer 🚚 (moving advice) for you. In case you are moving cities in Germany, it is extremely cheap to send stuff to yourself by DHL. Up to 31.5 kg will cost you 16.50€.