Hive Technologies has raised a €28.2 million Series A extension at an increased valuation. The funding round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Tiger Global, Picus Capital, alfa8, and included €10 million in venture debt from Atempo Growth. The company has expanded its operations across Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK, and strengthened its leadership team with new key appointments. CEO Oskar Ziegler highlighted the potential to improve commerce operations with this investment.

It’s no secret that Germany has one of the most vital startup scenes in Europe; and according to our research on startup cities, which took a close look at startup and funding activities across all major hubs in Europe, Berlin is actually Europe’s 2nd biggest startup hub. This week, we took a closer look at the German startup scene with the goal to introduce you to 10 of the most promising early-stage startups to watch in 2023 and beyond.Due to the large amount of exciting startups in Germany, it’s been hard to narrow this list down to just 10 candidates. But we did it. All the companies we’re presenting you below entered the market between 2020 and 2022 and each one of them looks exceptionally promising!Enter: Berlin-based Enter set out to make sustainable and personalized architecture accessible to everyone by simplifying the design, energy assessments, permitting, and cost evaluations for smaller construction projects. The fast-growing startup offer an online building application service that takes advantage of digital processes and efficient team structure to streamline the entire design, planning, and permitting process. Founded in 2020 it currently has a team of around 50 employees and has been able to secure a total of over €10 million in VC funding so far.deeploi: Berlin-based deeploi has a mission to become the top IT OS for smart companies

Just in time for the busy Q4 with Black Week and the holiday sales, Hive Logistics has expanded to Spain.