Marketplace startup ecosystem
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Boost Heroes
Boost Heroes is a Milan-based early-stage micro-VC and syndicate founded on 17 July 2015, focusing on seed and early-stage investments across consumer internet, marketplace, impact, and fintech sectors. The firm has made over 57 investments across Europe, North America, and Asia, with portfolio companies including Satispay, Homepal, and GoodBuyAuto. Typical startup valuations at entry range from $1–5 million.
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Boozt
Boozt is a Nordic technology group selling fashion and lifestyle products online through its multi-brand webstore Boozt.com and its Nordic outlet Booztlet.com, offering a curated selection of over 1,600 brands. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a major operational hub in Malmo, Sweden, and it builds its own in-house e-commerce platform and logistics infrastructure to control the customer experience. Boozt reported SEK 8,244 million in revenue in 2024 and serves a base of over 3.5 million active customers across the Nordic region.
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Brigad
Brigad is a French gig-economy marketplace connecting hospitality businesses with self-employed freelance staff such as waiters, chefs, and bartenders for short-term missions. Businesses can post a mission in minutes and only pay for completed work, while freelancers choose their own hours, get paid weekly, and have Brigad handle their contracts, invoices, and tax returns. The platform, active since 2016 in both France and the UK, reports more than 23,000 freelancers, over 12,000 businesses served, and 300,000+ missions accepted. Legally BRIGAD SAS, it is led by president Florent Malbranche.
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Cardeal
Cardeal is a Tbilisi-based auto marketplace and auction platform that digitizes cross-border vehicle sourcing and trade workflows. The product enables buyers to access international car inventories and live bidding, then manage shipping, customs, and delivery from a unified interface. It grew through the 500 Georgia/Eurasia program and serves regional demand across the Caucasus.
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Carlos Blanco
Carlos Blanco is a Spanish serial entrepreneur and one of the country's best-known angel investors, based in Barcelona. He founded Akamon Entertainment, a social gaming company that he sold in one of Spain's most notable exits of 2015, and he co-founded the Nuclio Venture Builder and the Conector startup accelerator. He is Managing Partner at Encomenda Smart Capital and has been recognised with Spain's Best Business Angel award by AEBAN.
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CarOnSale
CarOnSale is a Berlin-based B2B digital marketplace for used-car wholesale trading across Europe. Licensed car dealers and OEMs use the platform to list, appraise, auction, buy, and sell used vehicles to professional buyers. Beyond the auction itself, CarOnSale operates an integrated software ecosystem that bundles ancillary services such as vehicle inspections and reports, logistics and transportation, financing, pricing algorithms with guaranteed pricing, and payment processing, aiming to streamline cross-border transactions between dealers. The company is also Mercedes-Benz's partner for marketing lease returns and demonstration vehicles in Europe.
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Carwow
Carwow is a London-based online car marketplace that lets buyers compare new car deals from a network of dealers and sell their existing car for a fair, free, no-hassle price. The platform covers both new and used vehicles, including electric cars, and shows average savings against manufacturer RRP based on daily dealer pricing. Carwow Ltd is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority for credit broking and insurance distribution activities, and it also operates the leasing business Carwow Leasey.
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Catawiki
Catawiki is Europe's leading curated online auction marketplace, founded in 2008 in the Netherlands and headquartered in Amsterdam. The platform hosts weekly auctions across more than 80 categories including art, jewellery, classic cars, collectibles, and fashion, with each listing vetted by category experts. Catawiki has served millions of buyers and sellers across Europe and raised €150 million in 2021. In 2026 it opened an additional office in Lisbon, Portugal.
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CGTrader
CGTrader is a Vilnius-founded online marketplace for 3D models, connecting a global community of 3D designers with buyers who need stock or custom models for gaming, architecture, product visualization, AR/VR, and e-commerce. The platform hosts millions of 3D assets and also operates an enterprise arm that provides managed 3D modeling services for large retailers and brands building digital product catalogs. Founded in 2011 by Marius Kalytis, CGTrader has raised venture funding and grown into one of the leading 3D content marketplaces globally, with strong traction in the US market.
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ChannelSight
eCommerce intelligence platform that makes brands' products shoppable across retailers via 'Where to Buy' technology, shoppable media and digital shelf analytics. Clients include Philips and Coca-Cola. Founded 2013.
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Cherry Ventures
Cherry Ventures is a Berlin-headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Filip Dames, Christian Meermann, and Daniel Glasner, three serial founders who previously built and exited companies in the Rocket Internet orbit and wanted a fund that operated like an ex-operator first-round partner rather than a traditional generalist. The firm has grown into one of the most consistently visible seed funds in Europe, with over EUR 750 million under management across five generations of funds and a portfolio that includes FlixBus, GetYourGuide, Auto1 Group, Forto, Infarm, Flink, Juni, and Choco. Cherry invests from EUR 500K to EUR 4M at pre-seed and seed across consumer, marketplaces, B2B SaaS, fintech, and climate tech, and opened offices in London, Paris, and Stockholm during the 2021-2023 expansion cycle. It is one of the relatively small group of European seed funds that regularly competes head-to-head with US tier-one firms on European first checks.
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Christian Bertermann
Christian Bertermann is Co-founder & CEO of the used-car marketplace AUTO1 Group. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Christian leads the used-car marketplace AUTO1 Group.
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Colvin
Colvin is a direct-to-consumer flowers and plants marketplace that sources fresh-cut flowers directly from growers and ships them to customers across Spain, Germany and Italy, offering curated bouquets and gifting with shorter supply chains than traditional florists.
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Creative Fabrica
Creative Fabrica is an Amsterdam-based marketplace for digital design assets founded in 2016, offering fonts, graphics, craft designs, and premium content for designers and crafters worldwide. The platform hosts over 20 million listed products from more than 20,000 active designers, and attracts over 40 million monthly page views. The company has expanded into AI-powered creative tools through its Studio AI suite. Peak Capital led the company's Series A in 2021.
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Cyrkl
Cyrkl is a circular-economy marketplace described as “Tinder for industrial waste.” It enables factories to sell scrap materials such as plastics or metals to recyclers instead of landfilling them. The platform improves pricing transparency and accelerates reuse of materials across industrial supply chains. By 2026, Cyrkl is a recognized circular-economy player in CEE with growing cross-border adoption.
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Daphni
Daphni is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Pierre-Eric Leibovici, managing over €500 million in assets under management across three funds. The firm targets seed and Series A investments in European technology startups, writing cheques from €500K to €10M, and distinguishes itself through a community-driven model that engages its network of founders, operators, and investors as active contributors to portfolio companies. Daphni's third fund, Daphni Blue, began its first close at €200 million in March 2025, backed by LPs including Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, Bpifrance, and the European Investment Fund. Notable portfolio companies include Back Market, Swile, and Epic, with three unicorns, one IPO, and 22 acquisitions across the portfolio.
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Daytrip
Daytrip provides door-to-door private car transfers between cities, pairing long-distance travel with local driver-guides. The model serves tourists who want flexible, comfortable intercity travel without the hassle of trains or buses. The company is profitable and has expanded globally, including the US and Asia. By 2026, Daytrip is a recognized Czech travel-tech export.
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Deliveroo
Deliveroo is a London-based food delivery platform founded in 2013 by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski. The company connects consumers with restaurants, grocery stores, and convenience retailers through its app and rider network. Deliveroo went public on the London Stock Exchange in March 2021. The company operates across the UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and has invested heavily in its Editions dark kitchen network and its advertising platform for restaurant partners. Deliveroo competes with Uber Eats and Just Eat in its core markets and serves millions of consumers monthly.
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Delivery Hero
Delivery Hero is a Berlin-based global online food ordering and quick-commerce company founded in 2011 and listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017. The company operates food delivery platforms in more than 70 countries under local brand names and employs over 40,000 people globally. As of May 2026, Delivery Hero has a market capitalisation of approximately €13.7 billion and Uber has increased its stake to 19.5%, though no completed takeover has occurred. Delivery Hero is one of Europe's largest publicly listed tech companies.
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Depop
Depop is a social commerce marketplace for buying and selling secondhand fashion, popular among Gen Z users. Founded in London and acquired by Etsy in 2021 for $1.6 billion, Depop combines social-media-style profiles and feeds with peer-to-peer transactions. The platform has over 30 million registered users and is a leading player in the circular fashion economy.
