{"id":639,"date":"2020-03-02T14:18:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T13:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/?p=639"},"modified":"2020-03-02T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T13:26:41","slug":"viselio-lands-e2-8m-in-funding-for-expansion-software-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/viselio-lands-e2-8m-in-funding-for-expansion-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Viselio lands \u20ac2.8M in funding for expansion, software development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Automated visa service provider <a title=\"Viselio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viselio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viselio<\/a> has raised 3 million Swiss francs (about \u20ac2.8 million) to expand into new markets.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>EquityPitcher is leading the Series A all-equity round, with participation from Howzat Partners, existing backer Innuvik Ventures and other angel investors. The Switzerland-based startup, which previously raised $800,000 in 2018, simplifies visa application processes with software.<\/p>\n<p>Since its launch in 2017, Viselio has expanded to seven European markets and now offers visa procurement for 83 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Niklas Zeller, founder and managing director, says: \u201cThat leading startup investors believe in our team and the business idea of Viselio absolutely vindicates the path we have chosen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased that we will soon be able to offer and expand our services in more countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to getting into new markets, the company says the funding will be used for development and integration of its software into various accounting systems.<\/p>\n<p>The deal includes the addition of two new administrative board members: Rolf Schafroth (formerly on the executive committee of Kuoni Reisen) and Sascha Horrig of EquityPitcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViselio solves a real, existing problem that currently still makes the booking of journeys unnecessarily complicated,\u201d says Horrig.<\/p>\n<p>F<b class=\"b5\">urther informatio<\/b><strong>n at: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phocuswire.com\/viselio-2m-series-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>www.phocuswire.com\/viselio-2m-series-a<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automated visa service provider Viselio has raised 3 million Swiss francs (about \u20ac2.8 million) to expand into new markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.md-ventures.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}