In June 2010, Horizon Capital acquired a 64% stake in Purcari Wineries, a producer and exporter of wine and brandy based in Moldova. Horizon helped Purcari streamline its product portfolio and relaunch four brands with a more appealing identity, cutting costs, improving gross margins and doubling the average price… Read More
Atmos Ventures and ARIA led a USD6.7m Series A for Nethone, a Poland-based cybersecurity startup focused on preventing fraud in remote channels, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures and Firlej Kastory. Read more… Read More
Almaz Capital led a USD6m round for Latvia-based audio technology startup Sonarworks, with participation from Karma Ventures, Trind Ventures, Proks Capital, Smart Growth VC, Wiser Financial Advisors OÜ and angel investors. Read more… Read More
Insight Partners invested USD32m in LearnWorlds, a Cyprus-based, cloud-enabled platform for creating, selling and promoting online courses. Read more… Read More
BestDoctor, a Russian medical health insurance and medical consultation provider, raised a USD26m Series B from Winter Capital Partners, VNV Global and UNIQA Ventures. Read more… Read More
OTB Ventures reached a USD60m final close for OTB Growth Fund I. The vehicle will make follow-on investments to scale up portfolio companies and will continue to back technology businesses in the CEE region. Read more… Read More
EQT Ventures led a USD7.9m seed round for Single.Earth, an Estonia-based tokenization platform for forests, wetlands and other planetary resources to generate profit for landowners by selling them as carbon and biodiversity credits, with follow-on from Icebreaker.vc. Read more… Read More
Horizon Capital, through its Emerging Europe Growth Fund III, acquired a minority stake in Ukraine-based dollar store retail chain Avrora for an undisclosed amount. Read more… Read More
SoftBank, through its SoftBank Vision Fund 2, agreed to invest USD130m in the form of convertible bonds in Poland-based online footwear and accessories retailer eobuwie. Read more… Read More
Index Ventures led a EUR100m (USD119m) Series C for Czech Republic-based food delivery startup Rohlik, with follow-on from Partech and Quadrille Capital, at a reported EUR1b (USD1.2b) valuation. Rohlik raised a USD230m Series B from Partech, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital and others in March 2021. Read more… Read More
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