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Mar 1, 2017
/ News / Pressroom startup PR.co raises 400.000 euro from WoodWing Ventures Pressroom startup PR.co raises 400.000 euro from WoodWing Ventures 2017-03-01 | Lorenz van Gool Share this article: Pressroom startup pr.co has announced a 400.00 euro investment form WoodWing Ventures. The money will be used to increase its marketing & sales efforts in Amsterdam and the UK. During a ‘ relaunch party ‘ earlier this year, the company already announced the launch of new products. The funding also got pr.co the IP of a small machine learning startup – and one of the developers was ‘acqui-hired’, CEO Stefan Fountain told StartupJuncture. PR.co funding It’s the first time the startup has needed external money. Therefore pr.co calls this investment a ‘late seed’. Woodwing Ventures usually invests in early stage companies. “Literally any company needing to market itself, can use pr.co to finely tune their message to the correct audience, automate workflows and improve overall communication efficiency”, said Brian Reaves, lead angel investor – who is also in the supervisory board of the startup. The VC based in Zaandam previously invested in well-known startups like Tiqets , Revue , Sowiso and in a web/mobile batch from Rockstart. Press and PR startups Pr.co is well-known in the Dutch startup scene, mostly because several accelerators offer their services to their startups. “With the investment, pr.co is also able to offer more services to big companies and multinationals”, CEO Stefan Fountain said in the press release . The attention for startup PR is possibly at its peak. The company moves in a crowded market in The Netherlands, with Smart.pr as a well-know competitor and PressPage recently got funded as well. History Pr.co was founded in 2009 as Pressdoc and as a subsidiary from The Next Web. In 2013 the startup was rebranded as ‘pr.co’ and in 2014 a new management structure was added. Now it has cut its ties with The Next Web (but still in the same office – TQ) and now is a standalone company. Image: drawing by Katja Fred , out of the pr.co e-book ‘Purpose’ Tags:
BFly Ventures Investments
2 Investments
BFly Ventures has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was in PR.co as part of their Seed VC on March 3, 2017.
BFly Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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3/1/2017 | Seed VC | PR.co | $0.42M | Yes | 4 | |
12/23/2016 | Seed VC |
Date | 3/1/2017 | 12/23/2016 |
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Round | Seed VC | Seed VC |
Company | PR.co | |
Amount | $0.42M | |
New? | Yes | |
Co-Investors | ||
Sources | 4 |
BFly Ventures Portfolio Exits
1 Portfolio Exit
BFly Ventures has 1 portfolio exit. Their latest portfolio exit was Revue on January 26, 2021.
BFly Ventures Acquisitions
1 Acquisition
BFly Ventures acquired 1 company. Their latest acquisition was Scienta on April 15, 2021.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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4/15/2021 | Acq - Fin | 1 |
Date | 4/15/2021 |
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Companies | |
Valuation | |
Total Funding | |
Note | Acq - Fin |
Sources | 1 |
BFly Ventures Team
1 Team Member
BFly Ventures has 1 team member, including current Chief Executive Officer, Hans Janssen.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Hans Janssen | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
Name | Hans Janssen |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | Chief Executive Officer |
Status | Current |
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