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This week: the race for flying taxis, Europe's unrelenting fintech charge, the power of the Dealroom API, and we're hiring!

| View in browser SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 Morning. It's 5 years this week since the first commit of the Dealroom front-end 🎈 All-electric aircraft are taking off Investment is flying into the development of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft.   This year Joby Aviation have raised $590M, Volocoper $87M and Skydrive $37M just this month as they announced they're "close to making flying cars a reality". This week Lilium announced a partnership with Düsseldorf and Cologne Bonn Airports having recently raised $275M, and Uber's getting in the game too.   Discover the startups focusing on all-electric aircrafts - hover over for insights. 🚁 Discover the startups   Europe's fintech unicorns keep charging Europe's got a shiny new decacorn in Klarna (making them Snoop Dogg's 2nd portfolio decacorn after Robinhood), and last week Amsterdam payment startup Mollie passed the $1 billion mark. 🦄   For all of fintech's phenomenal success so far, 20 of the 49 European unicorns are still unrealised, and European fintechs have collectively raised €5.6B in 2020. See the fintech unicorns   Why would you want less data? You might know about the Dealroom platform, but did you know it runs off the same API available to you?   Top-tier venture capital firms and multinationals rely on Dealroom’s API, the most extensive API in the market. This year we've tripled down on data. Request API access   Also 🤗 Join our team! We've hiring a Growth Marketer, Graphic Design Intern and BI Data Engineer.   📈 DYK, you can send us your data for enrichment. Get in touch.   🇳🇱  The Dutch Startup Association is running a Diversity and Inclusion survey for the Dutch startup ecosystem. It's live here. Like this Weekly Newsletter?  You'll love the Daily Newsletter! Stay informed on rounds & exits that happen and hot startups we detected in our Daily Newsletter. Receive new companies that match your saved searches. Activate it for free by visiting your account settings. To get pro-tips about creating and refining searches, and set up useful notifications, download Dealroom's quickstart-guide. Dealroom.co, Cornelis Dirkszstraat 27-2, 1056 TP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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