Good Morning! While you were sleeping, the work in the digital scene continued elsewhere.
The top topics:
Schüttflix , a startup for bulk goods, has raised 50 million US dollars in a financing round according to a report by the FAZ . The round was led by the British venture capital fund Draper Esprit. The existing investors Speedinvest, HV Capital, the construction company Strabag and the founders themselves are also investing new money in the startup from Gütersloh. No details have yet been given for the evaluation. The new funds are to be used for expansion abroad. They want to start in Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria in 2022.
The startup, founded in 2018, which transports sand, gravel and crushed stone, is taking is playing a pioneering role in the construction industry with its digitization. The turnover has quadrupled this year to 50 million euros. Schüttflix does not operate its own ballast or gravel works; instead, producers can post their offers on the digital platform. Builders can use the app to place their order, which is then automatically assigned to independent transport companies.
You are reading on the founding scene today : The Turkish startup Scene is on the up. Turkish tech companies are increasingly pushing abroad, especially to Germany. We’ll tell you which ten startups from Turkey have what it takes to become a unicorn. [Mehr bei Gründerszene]
And here are the other headlines of the night:
Warby Parker , Mister Spex’s US counterpart, has made the leap to the Nasdaq via direct listing. The stock closed at $ 54.49 on Wednesday and ended 36 percent above the New York Stock Exchange’s reference price of $ 40 on its debut. This brings the company to a valuation of $ 6.8 billion. That’s more than twice as much as the company’s last private financing round a year ago. [Mehr bei Wall Street Journal und The Information]
Youtube wants to remove incorrect information about all vaccinations and not only about corona vaccines in the future. This affects contributions that contradict statements by the World Health Organization and local authorities on safety, efficiency and ingredients. Youtube said it would no longer be allowed to claim that vaccinations caused cancer, autism, infertility or diabetes, among other things. The accounts that violated the rules particularly strongly would be blocked. On Tuesday, Youtube had already removed two German-language video channels from the Russian state broadcaster RT. [Mehr bei Handelsblatt und Wall Street Journal]
Virgin Galactic may take off from Earth again in the future. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has completed its “accident investigation” into space flight of Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson. Future flights should reserve more airspace and the company promises better communication. The FAA had investigated an incident in which the rocket-powered spacecraft is said to have deviated from its planned flight route. [Mehr bei Wall Street Journal und Techcrunch]
Investments: Fanatics Trading Cards , a US sports trading card business that was founded under the umbrella of the online retailer Fanatics, raised $ 350 million on a valuation of $ 10 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Serie A round was led by Silver Lake, Insight Partners, and entertainment company Endeavor Holdings. Andela , a startup, bringing the company together with remote engineers has raised $ 200 million in Series E funding. The company, which was founded in Nigeria in 2014, claims a valuation of 1.5 billion US dollars. Softbank Vision Fund 2 led the way. Investible , one in Sydney Australian-based early-stage venture firm known for investing in Canva and other top Australian startups has announced a $ 72.3 million climate tech fund. The climate fund wants to take part in seed rounds, 30 percent of which should flow into foreign companies. [Mehr bei Wall Street Journal, The Information und Tech Crunch]
Google wants to revolutionize its search engine with a new AI technology. The company presented applications for the Multitask Unified Model (MUM) at a virtual event from the company headquarters in Mountain View. MUM should be able to interpret information from different data formats such as text, image and sound together. The search engine should think like a human in order to understand what a user means. In the future, more basic information about a search should also be displayed directly. [Mehr bei Handelsblatt und Bloomberg]
Our reading tip on the start-up scene : Cleverly , the new startup of “I make you sexy” founder Fredrik Harkort, is getting millions. With Cleverly, Harkort and his partner Björn Jopen are focusing on a topic that has received a huge boost in times of lockdowns: the digitization of the education system. [Mehr bei Gründerszene]
A nice Thursday!
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