Dealroom, Europe’s top startup research platform, raises €2.75 million Series A | EU-Startups

Well-known research platform Dealroom has this morning announced raising €2.75 million Series A funding, co-led by Shoe Investments and Knight Venture Capital. The Dealroom platform is run using a combination of manual research and automated tools, which incorporate AI, natural language processing, data science and APIs. Polished with expertise from external players like governments, hubs and VCs, Dealroom has created a data management network and interface that provides invaluable insights to anyone working in the industry. “Now that we are well established, we are thrilled to use this funding to make some key hires, expand our data capabilities, forge new partnerships and continue to build communities with local governments and other key players in the ecosystem.” In addition to its daily users, such as founders and VCs looking to compare startups across Europe, Dealroom provides governments and 15 European hubs with fully managed white-labelled solutions to understand, access and communicate intelligence and data about their ecosystem. Diederik Ingen Housz, Managing Partner at Knight Venture Capital, said, “Following our initial investment in December 2017, we watched Dealroom execute on its plans with great precision and were keen to continue supporting the company in its next growth phase,” Ronald van der Heijde, Managing Director at Shoe Investments, also commented, “We have been watching the value Dealroom brings to VCs and corporates looking for the world’s most promising companies, governments who need to make sense of the data about their ecosystem, and founders and entrepreneurs in Europe who need local and private support.