Deb Stowe | September 30, 2023 | Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals, People on the Move
London-based fashion marketplace Depop posted an 8% increase in revenue to £53.4 million ($65.1 million U.S.) in 2022 versus 2021. Its operating loss stood at...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 29, 2023 | Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Coconala, one of the world’s leading freelance-marketplace operator, and a newly-established VC firm of Mizuho Financial Group, have signed an agreement to form a...
Ben Salisbury | September 29, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Global HR company Erudit, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Conexo Ventures, according to a statement from the company. Erudit, founded in...
Andrzej Sowula | September 29, 2023 | Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Allegro, the leader in b-to-c and e-commerce marketplaces and the No. 2 in c-to-c classifieds in Poland, saw revenue increase by 8.5%, while consolidated adjusted...
AIM Group | September 28, 2023 | Automotive, Financials / Deals
Japan-based used-car company Big Motor Co. Ltd. has reduced its stake in Idom Inc., Reuters report. Tokyo-listed Idom was founded in 1994 and has hundreds of...
Ben Salisbury | September 28, 2023 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
U.K.-based property portal Zoopla increased its revenue by 19.0% year on year (y-o-y) to £87.3 million ($106 million U.S.) in 2022, according to regulatory...
Ignacio Landivar | September 28, 2023 | Financials / Deals
Switzerland-based media giant Ringier has acquired Axel Springer’s stake in their joint venture (JV) Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz (RASCH) for an undisclosed sum,...
Ignacio Landivar | September 28, 2023 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Proptech startup Bambus has raised an undisclosed “seven-figure sum” in a funding round led by Calm/Storm, i5invest, Tenity Group, David Savasci,...
Deb Stowe | September 27, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Belgium-based media company MediaHuis Group has announced an investment in Switzerland-based recruitment software company CareerFairy. Mediahuis is the lead...
Davide Rasconi | September 27, 2023 | Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Adevinta Italy’s general marketplace Subito has integrated TrustPilot, the Denmark-based consumer review website, in a bid to strengthen user trust. Subito.it also...
Damian Shore | September 27, 2023 | Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Updated on 29 Sep with additional information on Blackstone’s borrowing plans Investment banks and direct-lending funds are competing to lend up to €4.0...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 27, 2023 | Automotive, Financials / Deals
Auto marketplace EnCar.com has filed a review application with the Korean Stock Exchange (KRX) as the first step to explore the possibility of initial public...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 26, 2023 | Marketplaces, Niche Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Turkey-based refurbished electronics marketplace EasyCep has launched in Azerbaijan in collaboration with local b-to-b ICT service provider Azerconnect. Azerbaijan...
Ben Salisbury | September 26, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
U.K.-based employee financial wellbeing startup Mintago has raised £3.9 million ($4.7 million U.S.) in a series A funding round led by Black Lion Ventures. Its...
Ben Salisbury | September 26, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Baltimore-based recruitment platform Catalyte has closed a $1.5 million funding round led by Green Street Impact Partners, according to a statement from Catalyte....
Lars Herlin | September 26, 2023 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Sweden-based real estate brokerage chain Svensk Fastighetsförmedling has become a minority shareholder in local proptech startup House:ID. Financial terms were not...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 26, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Japan-based freelancer marketplace operator CrowdWorks Inc. has acquired temp staffing and placement business, YU-CRE, to make it a subsidiary. CrowdWorks didn’t...
Ben Salisbury | September 26, 2023 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Pennsylvania-based proptech company Cecilian Partners has raised $11 million in its first funding round led by Resolve Growth Partners. The company was founded in...
Davide Rasconi | September 26, 2023 | Real Estate, PropTech & IBuying, Financials / Deals
Revenue at Italy-based IBuying company Casavo reached €300 million ($318 million U.S.) in 2022, but it recorded an EBITDA loss of €53 million ($56.1 million),...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 26, 2023 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals
China-based real estate marketplace Fang.com (OTC: SFUNY) has constituted a three-member committee to evaluate and consider the ‘going private’ proposal from its...
Lars Herlin | September 26, 2023 | Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Two Scandinavia-based investment funds with holdings in Adevinta have criticized Norway-based Schibsted's apparent eagerness to accept a takeover bid, Sweden-based...
Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | September 22, 2023 | Automotive, Financials / Deals
According to media reports, Big Motor Co. Ltd. intends to sell the 5.7% stake in Idom that it acquired in 2018, but the latter has denied this in a statement. Both...
Ignacio Landivar | September 22, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Berlin-based venture capital company Allygatr, a specialist recruitment-technology investor, has invested in Austria-based TalentLobby --- formerly DigiTalents...
AIM Group | September 21, 2023 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Updated 22 Sep with information on share-price movements and additional background information Adevinta is up for grabs. The multinational marketplace company,...
Ben Salisbury | September 21, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Employee-experience provider Simpplr has acquired generative AI-based virtual employee assistant Socrates.ai, according to a news release. Financial terms were not...
Ben Salisbury | September 21, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
U.S.-based SaaS provider JustWorks is to acquire global employer of record (EOR) provider Via, according to a statement from the former. The terms of the deal have...
Ben Salisbury | September 21, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Cloud-based HRTech platform HiBob has secured a further $150 million in new funding from a round led by Farallon Capital, according to a statement from HiBob....
Nik Flegont | September 21, 2023 | Real Estate, Financials / Deals, People on the Move
Cian PLC, a Cyprus-registered, Russia-based real estate marketplace, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of SmartDeal (Praktika Uspekha LLC). This...
Jacopo Natali | September 21, 2023 | Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Singapore-based Carousell Media Group has signed a partnership with data collaboration website LiveRamp. Carousell will incorporate LiveRamp’s software, including...
Ignacio Landivar | September 21, 2023 | HRTech, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
Berlin-based PowerUs, a career platform for skilled blue-collar workers such as electricians and plant mechanics, has raised €24.0 million ($25.7 million U.S.) in...
