Marketplace startup ecosystem
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DocPlanner
DocPlanner is a Polish-founded healthcare booking and patient engagement platform operating brands such as ZnanyLekarz and MioDottore. The group expanded across Europe and Latin America and in 2017 acquired Germany’s Jameda, strengthening its presence in the DACH market; its TuoTempo brand deepened the practice management stack for larger healthcare providers. DocPlanner is backed by investors including Point Nine Capital, Goldman Sachs Private Capital, and One Peak Partners. The company connects patients with doctors while offering clinics scheduling, CRM, and telehealth tools.
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Doctena
Doctena is a Luxembourg-based healthtech platform that enables patients to book medical appointments online across multiple European countries. The system connects patients with doctors, dentists, and specialists through a unified booking interface while providing healthcare practitioners with schedule management, patient communication, and practice administration tools. Operating across Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria, Doctena has become one of the leading medical appointment platforms in the Benelux region and a key example of how healthtech can scale across fragmented European healthcare systems.
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Eneba
Eneba is an online marketplace for video game keys, downloadable content, gift cards, and in-game currencies, founded in 2018 by Vytis Uogintas and Žygimantas Mikšta in Kaunas. The platform uses proprietary machine learning and fingerprinting technology for fraud prevention and serves over 10 million registered users across Europe. Early investors include Practica Capital, InReach Ventures, and FJ Labs. In 2024 the Lithuanian national development finance institution ILTE issued a €10 million loan to support development of an AI-based mobile games recommendation system.
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Episode 1 Ventures
Episode 1 Ventures is a London-based seed and pre-seed fund founded in 2013 by Simon Murdoch, Damien Lane, and Adrian Lloyd, all experienced entrepreneurs who have built and exited companies. The firm closed its third fund at £76 million in February 2024, bringing total capital managed to over £170 million across three vehicles. Episode 1 focuses on software-driven businesses in AI, infrastructure, health, open-source, and marketplace sectors, writing initial cheques of up to £2 million. The fund has backed 69 companies and achieved a 73% Series A graduation rate — three times the industry average — with notable portfolio companies including Carwow, Huboo, CloudNC, and Robin AI.
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EQT Ventures
EQT Ventures is the VC arm of EQT Group, launched in 2016 in Stockholm with offices in London, Berlin, and San Francisco. Managing over EUR 2.2B, the firm invests EUR 1-25M from seed through Series C in AI, fintech, mobility, and marketplaces. EQT Ventures uses Motherbrain, its proprietary AI deal-sourcing platform, to identify opportunities early. Portfolio includes Einride, Epidemic Sound, Voi, and Wolt. The fund leverages EQT's network of 300+ industrial advisors for strategic support.
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Esas Ventures
Esas Ventures is the venture capital arm of Esas Holding, Turkey's largest family-owned investment group backed by the Şevket Sabancı family, founders of the Sabancı Holding conglomerate. Founded in 2018 and operating from Istanbul with a London presence, the fund has built a portfolio of 38+ companies including four unicorns, with Getir, Deel, and Misfits Market among its most notable exits and holdings. The firm invests primarily at Seed and Series A stages in B2B SaaS, marketplaces, and consumer tech, with a global mandate spanning Turkey, the US, and Europe. Esas Ventures backed Insider through its $500M Series E led by General Atlantic, underscoring its capacity for large follow-on rounds.
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Ewa Chronowska
Ewa Chronowska is a Warsaw-based venture capital investor and entrepreneur who co-founded Next Road Ventures, a Polish early-stage VC backing B2B SaaS and marketplace startups across Europe. She is also founder and CEO of Vestbee, the largest startup-investor matchmaking platform in Central and Eastern Europe, and organises the annual CEE VC Summit — the region's flagship gathering for fund managers and LPs. Recognised as one of Europe's youngest female General Partners, she has backed 15+ companies including TrustMate, Epinote and Sunroof.
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Felipe Navío
Co-founder and co-CEO of Jobandtalent, the staffing-marketplace unicorn he started in 2009. He leads the company alongside co-founder Juan Urdiales, scaling its on-demand workforce platform internationally.
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Fever
Fever is a Madrid-born entertainment discovery platform that curates and produces immersive experiences, from candlelight concerts to secret cinema events, in over 100 cities worldwide. The company uses data-driven demand testing to decide which experiences to produce, reducing risk for venues and creators while surfacing high-quality cultural events for consumers. Fever has become one of Europe's most prominent consumer marketplace unicorns, blending tech-driven curation with live entertainment at scale.
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FishingBooker
FishingBooker is a Belgrade-based online marketplace connecting recreational anglers with fishing guides and charter captains worldwide. The platform allows users to browse, compare, and book fishing trips across thousands of destinations, handling payments, reviews, and communication between guests and guides. With operations spanning the US, Caribbean, Europe, and beyond, FishingBooker has become the world's largest fishing trip booking platform. The company demonstrates how Serbian engineering talent can build globally dominant vertical marketplaces in niche travel segments that larger OTAs have underserved.
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FlexCar
Car-as-a-service subscription platform offering brand-new vehicles for a fixed monthly fee covering insurance, maintenance and road fees, with no down payment. Founded 2018, expanding across Southeast Europe.
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FlixBus
Mobility platform offering intercity bus and train travel founded in Munich in 2011. Operates across Europe and North America (acquired Greyhound in 2021) under parent Flix SE.
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Frédéric Mazzella
Founder and former CEO of BlaBlaCar, the long-distance carpooling platform he started in 2006 and grew into a global ride-sharing leader. A high-profile figure in French tech, he also co-founded the lobby group France Digitale.
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Fresha
London-based beauty and wellness booking platform that provides commission-free subscription software for salons, spas, and independent therapists—covering appointments, payments, marketing, and inventory—with operations in 120+ countries and 100,000+ business partners.
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Gareth Williams
Co-founder and former CEO of Skyscanner, the Edinburgh travel-search company that became one of Scotland's defining tech successes before its acquisition by Ctrip for around £1.4bn.
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GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide is a Berlin-based travel experiences marketplace founded in 2009 by Johannes Reck and Tao Tao. The platform connects travelers with curated tours, activities, and attraction tickets in destinations worldwide, offering everything from skip-the-line museum passes to multi-day excursions. GetYourGuide has raised over $900 million from investors including KKR, SoftBank, and Temasek, reaching a valuation above $2 billion. The company serves tens of millions of travelers annually and has expanded into branded 'Originals' experiences operated under its own quality standards, positioning it as the leading European alternative to Viator in the tours and activities category.
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Glamping Hub
Glamping Hub is a booking platform for glamping and unique outdoor accommodations, launched in 2013 as a resource for sustainable tourism. It lists luxury camping spots and boutique hotels worldwide, including pet-friendly and eco-friendly properties for family vacations, romantic getaways, and solo travel. The company, made up of more than 10 nationalities, operates dual headquarters in Seville, Spain and Denver, Colorado.
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Groover
Groover is a Paris-based music promotion platform that connects independent artists with a network of more than 3,000 curators, labels, radio stations, playlists, and industry pros for paid, guaranteed feedback on their tracks. Co-founders Romain, Rafael, and Dorian met at UC Berkeley and launched Groover in 2018 at the MaMA Music & Convention in Paris, the same year the company joined Techstars. The platform reports more than 600,000 artists, over 5 million pieces of feedback given, 1,500+ label signings, and today runs a 35-person team with offices in Paris and New York.
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Grupa Pracuj (Pracuj.pl)
Grupa Pracuj is the parent of Pracuj.pl, Poland's largest online job marketplace, and a portfolio of HR-tech brands across Central and Eastern Europe (eRecruiter, the:protocol, RocketJobs, and Softgarden in Germany). Founded in 2000 by Maciej Noga and Przemysław Gacek, the group went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2021. It remains the dominant recruitment platform in Poland and a key training ground for many Polish operator-angels.
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Hazal Maraş Tunçer
CEO of Ozon Global Türkiye, leading the marketplace's expansion for Turkish exporters. She is an announced speaker at the IGEXX Istanbul Global E-Export Summit 2026.
