Firsty raises $5.4M (€5.1M)

Company: Firsty
Round: Seed
Amount: $5.4M (€5.1M)
Investors: Speedinvest (lead), Dutch Founders Fund, Marcel Smits
Announced: November 19, 2024

What happened

Firsty raised €5.1 million (about $5.4 million) in seed funding led by Speedinvest, with Dutch Founders Fund, Marcel Smits, and former executives from KPN, Mollie, Booking.com, Uber, Vodafone, and Adyen participating, to scale its free global eSIM service.

Why it matters

A seed round stacked with operators from Adyen, Booking, and Vodafone gave Firsty's freemium connectivity model serious execution credibility — months before its Asia expansion round.

eSIM

Freemium

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Source: Firsty

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