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We're thrilled to announce a new member to the Icebreaker family: Spaceit, the one-stop solution for satellite operations! 🎉 The €1M pre-seed round is joined by UG Investments.

Founded in 2015 by three long-time friends, the Tartu-based Spaceit is on a journey to streamline satellite operations by offering an end-to-end infrastructure for satellite operations and space cybersecurity solutions.

We're excited to have you on board, team Spaceit Ltd.! 🚀

Read more: https://tech.eu/brief/estonian-satellite-operations-and-space-cybersecurity-startup-spaceit-raises-e1-million/

Estonian satellite operations and space cybersecurity startup Spaceit raises €1 million - Tech.eu Estonian spacetech startup Spaceit has raised €1 million in a pre-seed round led by Icebreaker.vc. The Tartu-based firm provides a Mission Control as a Service platform for satellite operations, as well as a host of simulators aimed at beefing up space sector cybersecurity defenses. The funding is...

Single.Earth has closed a $7.9M seed round to launch its marketplace for nature-backed MERIT tokens and for hiring talent. The round was led by EQT Ventures, with participation from existing investors us at Icebreaker as well as Ragnar Sass and Martin Henk, founders of Pipedrive.

Since their launch in January 2021, the company has done an outstanding job in building the awareness and the platform to protect the natural ecosystem around us.

“We are delighted to play a leading role in making nature the investment of the future. Nature conservation is scalable, accessible, and makes sense financially; what’s more, it’s vital to engineer a systematic change,” says Merit Valdsalu, Co-Founder & CEO of Single.Earth

We’re extremely grateful to be part of this remarkable journey and are proud to continue supporting the team in their mission to save the planet.

Congratulations Merit, Andrus and the fantastic team at Single.Earth! 🎉

https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/06/single-earth-to-link-carbon-credits-to-crypto-token-market-raises-7-9m-from-eqt-ventures/

P.s. Registration for the interest to participate in the pre-sales of MERIT tokens has now officially started, read more in comments.

Single.Earth to link carbon credits to crypto token market, raises $7.9M from EQT Ventures – TechCrunch Here’s the theory: Instead of linking carbon and biodiversity credits to the sale of raw materials such as forests, which cause CO2, what if you linked them to crypto tokens, and thus kept these CO2-producing materials in the ground? That’s the theory behind Single.Earth, which has now raised a ...

WHAT A WAY TO START THE NEW WEEK! 💥 Tesseract has raised a $25M Series A funding round to strengthen institutional digital asset lending offering.

This is the first funding round in Europe focusing on the sector and is led by Augmentum Fintech, a London-based leader in FinTech investments. Other participants in the round include BlackFin Capital Partners, Concentric, DN Capital, Jabre Capital Partners, LeadBlock Partners, Sapphire Ventures and us at Icebreaker. Industry participants of the round include Coinbase, Wintermute, and Woorton.

We first invested in Tesseract back in 2018 when the company was two co-founders in an idea-stage. It has been great to accompany the team on their journey since that and we're proud to continue supporting them going forward!

Massive congratulations team Tesseract for achieving this huge milestone!

https://tesseractinvestment.com/series-a/

Tesseract, institutional crypto lender, raises $25M in Series A Tesseract Raises $25 million in Series A Funding to Strengthen Institutional Digital Asset Lending Offering. Heavily oversubscribed round is led by Augmentum Fintech, with participation from other high-profile investors. Tesseract provides digital asset lending solutions to institutional clients, su...

📣 JOIN OUR TEAM! 📣

We’re looking for a Head of Software to take charge and drive the development of our internal tools to the next level; someone who shares our vision of leveraging software to transform how venture investments are found and analyzed.

Read more and apply through the link below! Or if you know someone who could be a great addition to our team, please spread the word.

➡️ https://icebreakervc.recruitee.com/o/head-of-software

Today is a big day for us as we can finally share some exciting news: We are happy to announce the final closing of our second fund at €100M as well as the first and final closing of our new Opportunity Fund at €20M! 💥

With the newly added funds we plan to:
- Continue investing €150-€800k in domain experts with strong tech capabilities
- Maintain the same investment focus; no stage is too early for us to invest in
- Strive to support founders from the moment they start thinking about founding a company
- Keep meeting strong, amazing teams with deep insights into the problems they aim to solve
- Use the €20M Opportunity fund to continue investing in our Fund I portfolio companies

We’re looking forward to continue supporting early-stage teams in Finland, Sweden and Estonia!

Read more: https://tech.eu/brief/helsinki-based-icebreaker-raises-e120-million-in-fresh-funds/

Helsinki-based Icebreaker raises €120 million in fresh funds - Tech.eu Helsinki’s Icebreaker has closed its second fund at €100 and raised a separate €20 million that will be used to continue investments in existing portfolio companies. This marks the final closed of the Icebreaker Fund II, almost a year to date since their first close (at €50 million). Icebrea...