DEALS MONITOR
Deal of the Year
End of each year, the „Deal of the Year“ winner is selected among the deals that were awarded „Deal of the Month“.
The winner is chosen based on the review of our expert jury.
AWARDED DEAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
01.01.2026
Deal of the Year |
2025
Stuttgart’s Q.ANT raises €62M to scale energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series A
- Sector: Manufacturing, Semiconductor
Investment Raised: EUR 62m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, Cherry Ventures
01.01.2025
Deal of the Year |
2024
Wayve lands $1B from SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA to build AI tech for self-driving cars
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Series C
- Sector: Autonomous Vehicles
Investment Raised: USD 1.1B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA
01.01.2024
Deal of the Year |
2023
Verkor raised 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2020
- Series C
- Sector: Battery
Investment Raised: 2000000000 €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Kheng Nam Lee, Taavet Hinrikus
01.01.2023
Deal of the Year |
2022
Climeworks raised CHF 600 million in a private equity round
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2009
- Private Equity
- Sector: CleanTech
Investment Raised: 614000000 €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
01.01.2022
Deal of the Year |
2021
After raising $54m in a Series B funding round, the European online electronics marketplace Refurbed is planning to invest in Ireland.
- HQ: AT
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Marketplace