Pitchero, a platform for amateur and grassroots sports, scores £3.1M Series A

 Pitchero, a U.K. startup that makes it easy for amateur and grassroots sports clubs to build…

Retro Patents turns famous inventions into art you can buy

 A fun little side project-cum-startup from two of the founders of Soundwave, the social music company…

Peanut is a new startup from Deliveroo co-founder and former Badoo deputy CEO

 Peanut — which TechCrunch understands will launch as early as next month — is a new…

Pipedrive, a CRM platform to help SMBs sell more, closes $17M Series B led by Atomico

 Pipedrive, a CRM platform designed to help SMBs sell more, has closed $17 million in Series…

Rocket Internet’s Helpling moves beyond cleaning to offer additional home services

 Helping’s broader vision was always to offer a range of home services. That vision finally comes…

Timekit wants to make it easy to build your own online booking system

 Timekit, a Danish startup that offers a developer-friendly online booking platform, has closed $1.7 million in…

Fraugster, a startup that uses AI to detect payment fraud, raises $5M

 Fraugster, a German and Israeli startup that has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help eliminate…

My 1st Years, a startup that sells personalised gifts for babies and children, raises further £5M

 My 1st Years, a U.K.-based e-commerce startup that offers personalised gifts for babies and children, has…