498 results for: companies

  • Europe

    Media for Equity: a closer look

    23 March, 2017

    Media for equity structures enable start-ups to exchange some of their equity for media (usually TV ads). Companies like Zalando and Trivago have been highly successful in benefiting from TV advertising. More…

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    Media for Equity: a closer look
  • Europe

    The U.S. vs. Europe: comparing follow-on investment rates

    7 March, 2017

    Late last year, data firm Mattermark analysed follow-on rates for U.S. startups. Soon after, Dealroom did a similar exercise in Europe as part of Atomico’s State of European Internet report. But…

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    The U.S. vs. Europe: comparing follow-on investment rates
  • Travel

    Momondo acquisition by Priceline: a closer look

    14 February, 2017

    Momondo Group was sold to Priceline, owner of rival Kayak, in a $550 million deal. The two Momondo Group brands, Momondo and Cheapflights, will fall under the Kayak division.

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    Momondo acquisition by Priceline: a closer look
  • Europe

    2017 outlook: four key drivers

    29 January, 2017

    2017 has started strong for European venture capital: €1.3 billion was raised in January alone so far. That’s on track for €4 billion per quarter and €16 billion per year. We know…

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    2017 outlook: four key drivers
  • Europe

    Corporate tech investing boom

    21 January, 2017

    Corporate rounds grew by 74% (!) to 535 rounds in 2016. The combined size of corporate rounds grew by 33% to € 4.9 billion. This includes …

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    Corporate tech investing boom
  • Travel

    £1.4B Skyscanner acquisition: a closer look

    26 November, 2016

    Chinese online travel agent CTrip acquired Skyscanner at a valuation of £1.4B, predominantly in cash. That’s roughly 12x 2015 revenues, 64x 2015 normalised EBITDA. We estimate that on an LTM…

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    £1.4B Skyscanner acquisition: a closer look
  • Europe

    B2B vs. B2C investment activity

    6 November, 2016

    Among the many filters available in Dealroom is client focus: B2B or B2C. Last week, Pawel Chudzinski ‏from Point Nince Capital asked us on Twitter to show investment activity of B2B vs.

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    B2B vs. B2C investment activity
  • Food

    European Food Tech: a Recap

    16 October, 2016

    It’s been two weeks since the IPO of Takeaway.com, the Dutch food delivery logistics service. Europe now has several public and private well-funded food tech companies. This makes researching and…

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    European Food Tech: a Recap
  • Travel

    Trivago gets ready to IPO

    11 September, 2016

    Expedia is moving ahead with exploring an IPO of Trivago, it’s hotel meta-search unit (Reuters), and started rounding up investment banks. Expedia acquired a 62% stake in Trivago…

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    Trivago gets ready to IPO
  • Germany, Western Europe

    Oakley Capital exits Parship Elite Group, making a 150% return

    10 September, 2016

    Sixteen months ago, private equity firm Oakley Capital made a contrarian move by acquiring online matchmaking service Parship from Holtzbrinck Digital. A few weeks later it also acquired Elite Partner, to create Parship…

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    Oakley Capital exits Parship Elite Group, making a 150% return