
Leaf leads €1m round for BlikBook
Leaf Investments has led a €1m funding round for BlikBook, a university online interaction platform, alongside Delta Partners, Forward Investment Partners and Enterprise Ireland.
The fresh funding from the round will allow BlikBook to hire an additional seven staff for its Dublin office. The company also hopes to use the proceeds to grow its tech and business development activity.
The financing takes the total amount raised by BlikBook to €1.5m.
Previous funding
Forward Investment Partners, the venture capital subsidiary of Forward Internet Group, previously invested in BlikBook.
Company
Founded in 2010, BlikBook is headquartered in Dublin with an additional office in London. The company provides a platform that allows interaction between lecturers and students at universities. It enables lecturers to manage student engagement outside of lecturing hours.
People
BlikBook was founded by London Business School and UCL alumni Cheyne Tan, Barnaby Voss, Ben Hall and Deepak Colluru. Tan is the managing director of the business.
Yannick Roux works in corporate development for Forward Investment Partners, while Hugh O'Driscoll is a partner at Leaf.
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