Berlin-based restaurant booking platform raises $8 million series B led by Holtzbrinck and DN Capital with ambitions to broaden into a marketing and commerce platform for local businesses.

Quandoo, a Germany-based restaurant reservation platform, has raised $8 million (€5.86m) series B led by venture capital firm DN Capital and Holtzbrinck Ventures, the venture capital firm backed by German media company Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and fund investor HarbourVest.

Seed stage and series A investors include the Sixt family, CRES Columbus Internet Group and Atlantic Capital Partners.

Quandoo will use the financing to accelerate its international expansion and cement its market position, with an objective to become Europe’s…