18 May

Posted at 13:11h in Aula

The chemistry between Aula and henQ probably was predestined even before we ever met: a startup and VC without an office, both working fully remotely, and – as the cherry on top – with Aula being a business that enables remote learning. In that sense, it should not come as a surprise that we are proud to announce our fully remote deal with them.

Although we cannot wait to have our first meal together, we believe that – with the tools available today and a current generation of founders and VC’s – meeting in person is not a requirement to do business.

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30 Jan

Posted at 14:26h in Formulate

Today Formulate, a SaaS company focusing on AI solutions for retail promotions, announces they have closed a late-seed round of 3.7m EUR, led by henQ, with the participation of Industrifonden and J12 Ventures. The funds raised will be invested in international expansion and growing the team.

It began in 2016 with a pile of research papers and a consultancy project focused on analysing a retailer’s sales data. The founders of Formulate soon recognised that the need to improve promotion analysis within retail was huge. Most analyses and forecasts were done on gut-feel alone, without proper tools to manage, analyse, and visualize quantitative results in order to make data-driven decisions. Since then, Formulate has designed, developed, and begun to sell Retail DecisionCloud, a cloud-based AI SaaS solution. Current customers include leading Swedish retailers, such as Coop and Apoteket.

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04 Dec

Posted at 11:41h in Aito

Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) startup Aito announced it’s latest funding round in which it raised €1.6M from B2B software investor henQ and launches the public version of its Predictive Database which combines machine learning and database into one single platform.

That AI is a hot market is not in question. Gartner says AI augmentation will create $2.9 trillion of business value in 2021. But before this can happen, one serious problem should be tackled: most AI projects flat out fail. And most failures in AI projects are because of a lack of skilled staff and unrealistic expectations according to recent IDC research. This is exactly what Aito is fixing.

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11 Sep

Posted at 10:28h in Orderchamp

We are proud to announce that we have invested in Orderchamp, the new venture from the former SEOshop team. Orderchamp has just launched its wholesale marketplace for retailers and suppliers. The marketplace will allow retailers to find unique and exciting products from thousands of creators all in one platform. Both parties benefit from a seamless process and can easily complete a transaction with limited efforts and administration. This will allow both of them to work with more parties. The funding will be used to further develop the platform and to launch Orderchamp in the Netherlands and later on across Europe.

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29 Aug

Posted at 16:19h in Mews

We are happy to announce that Mews Systems, the software startup developing property management solutions for hotels and hostels, today announced its $33 million Series B. This round is led by Battery Ventures and is done together with henQ and the other existing investors. The funds will support Mews’ it’s further international growth, amongst others opening up the US market and a new office in NYC.

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04 Apr

Posted at 08:00h in Stravito

We’re proud to let you know that henQ, from its third fund and together with existing investors Inventure and Creades, will invest up to 5.6 million euro in market intelligence platform Stravito. This late seed round will be used to further expand the company’s mission to improve the use of market intelligence in consumer goods companies.

Yearly more than 58 billion dollar is spent on market research and insights, but using insights and knowledge efficiently is something most global giants struggle with. This is now more relevant than ever with the ever-increasing amounts of data gathered and available to make better decisions in any corporate. In just 18 months, Stravito onboarded seven global consumer goods companies, including French dairy giant Danone.

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