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Dutchyard invests in Uncover HomepageLawyersSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture Capital

Dutchyard invests in Uncover

Uncover Legal, a pioneer in AI applications for the legal sector, has attracted a significant investment from Dutchyard. This capital injection will support Uncover Legal's ambitious growth plans and underscores its confidence in the future of AI within the legal sector. Uncover Legal has positioned itself as the most progressive AI application for streamlining and improving legal analysis and advice. Dutchyard, founded in 2018 by Dutch entrepreneur Iwert Dijkema, is an innovative investment platform offering exclusive access to unique opportunities in Stocks, Real Estate, Crypto and Venture Capital. Olym advised Uncover Legal on this investment.
Sebastiaan Witkam
12 August 2024
ESquare invests in Smart Servant LawyersSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture Capital

ESquare invests in Smart Servant

ESquare Capital Partners, an entrepreneurial private equity investment platform specialised in technology, has invested in Smart Servant, specialised provider of Service and Cleaning Robotics focused on the hospitality and leisure sector. Smart Servant has quickly positioned itself as the leading specialist in service and cleaning robots for the hospitality and leisure sector committed to making service and cleaning robotics accessible and affordable for companies of all sizes. We advised Smart Servant on this investment.
Sebastiaan Witkam
15 July 2024
Medal raises $13 million HomepageLawyersSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture Capital

Medal raises $13 million

Medal, a startup that is known for its video game clipping product, has raised $13 million at a valuation of $333 million from several investors, including Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Peak6 and Arcadia Investment Partners. The company also unveiled Highlight, a new cross-platform desktop app that acts as a contextual AI assistant for users. The app captures the content on your screen and lets you ask questions to a large language model (LLM) based on that context. We advised Medal in this equity financing round.
Sebastiaan Witkam
15 July 2024
HealthSage: €3M for AI Marcel van de VorstVenture Capital

HealthSage: €3M for AI

HealthSage AI secured €3M in Seed funding led by Peak.Capital to propel healthcare delivery with generative AI. Other investors included Healthy.Capital, Rubio Impact Ventures and several angel investors. The investment is earmarked to augment the team, commercialize solutions, and accelerate customer deployments. HealthSage AI pioneers transformative healthcare solutions, notably the Note-to-FHIR model, empowering healthcare professionals with generative AI tools to seamlessly integrate unstructured data into healthcare systems. We advised the company and its founders.
Marcel Van de Vorst
4 June 2024
Aquabattery secures €6m seed investment LawyersSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture Capital

Aquabattery secures €6m seed investment

Aquabattery, a Dutch climate tech startup developing a saltwater long duration energy storage (LDES) solution, has closed a €6 million seed investment round. The round was led by EIT InnoEnergy and supported by InnovationQuarter, Invest-NL, Init Power, and a group of business angels. Aquabattery is developing a novel flow battery that can store clean electricity in table salt and water for 8 hours or longer. When charged, the battery converts saltwater into acid and base and reverses the process when discharged. The company is preparing to launch its fourth pilot battery in Delft later this autumn. Olym advised Invest-NL and InnovationQuarter on this investment.
Sebastiaan Witkam
16 May 2024
PhotonVentures closes round for its fund at € 75m LawyersSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture CapitalWouter Hofstee

PhotonVentures closes round for its fund at € 75m

PhotonVentures, the deep tech venture capital fund focused on startups and scale-ups developing solutions with photonic chips, has closed its second fundraising round of over €15 million, bringing the fund's total to the targeted €75 million. The fund targets essential applications in data transmission, health diagnostics, and smart sensor systems, while also aligning with major global trends such as AI, AR, and VR. Private and strategic investors, together with the support of BOM (Brabant Development Agency), Oost NL, TNO, and the University of Twente, made this funding round possible. Olym advised Oost NL on this investment.
Sebastiaan Witkam
16 May 2024
Methaplanet raises EUR 6M HomepageLawyersSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture Capital

Methaplanet raises EUR 6M

Methaplanet, an innovative scale-up focused on preparing and optimizing agricultural waste streams to enhance their utilization in biogas plants, has completed a €6M investment round led by ABP, with backing from EIT InnoEnergy and business angels. Methaplanet makes energy pellets from manure that contains a lot of straw, which can be used to produce biogas more efficiently. Olym advised lead investor ABP on this investment round.
Sebastiaan Witkam
16 May 2024
Intrinsic ID acquired by Synopsys HomepageM&AMarcel van de VorstNiels HofkesSebastiaan WitkamTrack RecordVenture Capital

Intrinsic ID acquired by Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) has acquired Intrinsic ID, a leading provider of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) IP used in the design of system-on-chips (SoCs). Intrinsic ID is a spin-out of Royal Philips Electronics. We advised the company and its selling shareholders including Prime Ventures and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.
Marcel Van de Vorst
10 April 2024
MoonPay Joins Forces with Onramper HomepageM&AMarcel van de VorstNiels HofkesTrack RecordVenture CapitalWouter Hofstee

MoonPay Joins Forces with Onramper

We advised Onramper on their strategic transaction with industry leader MoonPay which will democratize access to cryptocurrencies worldwide. Onramper is a leading fiat-to-crypto payments aggregator. The collaboration is set to offer MoonPay's clients a comprehensive solution to optimize conversion rates across various regions.
Marcel Van de Vorst
10 April 2024