Morressier, a Berlin, Germany-based startup which specializes in scholarly communications, raised $16.5M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Molten Ventures with participation from existing investors including Redalpine, Owl Ventures, and Cherry Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds for continued product innovation, scaling its go-to-market activities, including the institutional and corporate market, and to expand partnerships with research integrity vendors.
Led by CEO Sami Benchekroun, Morressier provides societies and publishers with workflows for scholarly communications. The company recently announced its Integrity Manager, designed to protect research integrity at every step of the publishing journey. The company already offers scientific researchers a suite of pre-submission checks to ensure submission completeness, quality, and help comply with industry standards. Integrity tools are also being developed into Journal Manager, a journal submission system under development, with IOP Publishing on board as the first major client. It counts some of players in the scientific ecosystem as customers, including: IOP Publishing, AAAS, ASCE, APS, and Mayo Clinic.
The company also has offices in London and Washington DC.
FinSMEs
24/01/2024