A leadership organisation for meetings management, the World PCO Alliance, has confirmed an agreement with Morressier, a global scientific platform for conferences.
Berlin, Germany, and Washington, D.C., USA (PRWEB) October 21, 2021 Morressier, the leading virtual conference provider and platform for innovation and
Morressier Raises $18M in Series A Funding
Morressier, a Berlin, Germany-based virtual conference and publishing platform for the scientific community, raised $18M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Owl Ventures with participation from existing investors Cherry Ventures and Redalpine. Existing investors in Morressier include industry experts Annette Thomas (The Guardian, Clarivate Analytics), Jan Reichelt (Mendeley, Kopernio), Martin Jagerhorn (AVEDAS), Jan Maier (AVEDAS), and Pote Lee (iGroup).
The company intends to use the funds to
scale its team across all departments, further grow its platform technologies. accelerate its growth and launch new community and analytics features that will increase collaboration and foster an ongoing conversation around conference content.
Morressier wants academic conferences to feel cutting-edge
While a unicorn named Hopin tends to dominate the virtual conferencing space, a new startup just raised millions of dollars by focusing on what it believes is an untapped niche in the same universe: academic conferences.
Morressier, a virtual conference and publishing platform specifically for the scientific community, announced today that it has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Owl Ventures. Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Redalpine Venture Partners also participated in the round.
Founder Sami Benchekroun spent a lot of time at medical and scientific conferences while growing up thanks to his parents, who were both pursuing careers in medicine. Eventually, he began recognizing a pattern between all of the conferences.