Porsche Ventures has backed the bicycle insurance provider as part of an extended funding round.
"The increasing digitization and variety of sustainable mobility offers leads to the need for an innovative and customer-centric offer in the field of digital insurance. With the investment in Laka, we are pleased to support a strong team that is addressing the global insurance market with a unique, highly adaptable and digital business model, which focuses above all on the customer experience."
— Patrick Huke, Head of Porsche Ventures, Europe & Israel
The equity campaign attracted participation from eToro, The Holt Xchange, and Terance Butler Holdings.
"The democratisation of financial information is the result of a global demand to access better education and deeper financial insights for a broader audience. We have been impressed with the team’s mission at CityFALCON and pleased to further support them in this seed round"
Gresham House Ventures has backed Fu3e with £3.5m to support product development and sales expansion.
"When first approached by Gresham House Ventures, we knew that we had immediate synergy and were aligned on the potential of fu3e. as a real market disruptor. The value that the Gresham House Ventures team brings through funding and scaling expertise will accelerate fu3e.’s ability to increase industry awareness and expand market share. This comes at a pivotal time for an industry that is increasingly moving towards digitisation and rethinking and adapting the way employees work. Now, professionals are embedding technology into their decision-making, redefining skills, talent processes and practices to help them prepare for the future."
The Dublin-based startup secured backing from Molten Ventures, First Round Capital, LocalGlobe, Tribal VC, and Middlegame Ventures.
"We’ve been highly impressed with how the team have built out a global platform that makes carefully crafted, sustainably-sourced and beautiful gifts more accessible to people and companies across the globe. Jonathan, Ciara, Mark, and the team approach the business in the same way they do gifting — with immense thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and a focus on how to make a difference."
The oversubscribed seed round will support staff recruitment and design work for a commercial plant in Scotland.
"Our technology takes a low-value forestry co-product and turns it into essential chemical building blocks, with all manner of applications across the chemical industry and beyond, delivering significant environmental and economic benefits. This investment will enable us to push on and commercialise the technology, and is a fantastic show of support for what we believe to be a world-changing innovation."
