22 April 2021
French online driving startup Ornikar raises $120m
Founded: 2014 | HQ: FR | Sector: Edtech |Series C
Investment Raised: EUR 100M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Bpifrance, Brighteye Ventures, Elaia, H14, Idinvest Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
22 April 2021
Copenhagen’s CluedIn raises $15 million in Series A round led by Dawn Capital
Founded: 2015 | HQ: DK | Sector: IT / Software |Series A
Investment Raised: USD 15M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Dawn Capital, Nordic Makers, Collibra and Stijn Christiaens
22 April 2021
Audi spinoff Holoride collects $12M in Series A led by Terranet AB
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Automotive | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 10M | Valuation: EUR 20M | Investors: Skynet Trading, TerraNet
22 April 2021
Podcast recording platform Riverside.fm raises $9.5M
Founded: 2019 | HQ: IL | Sector: Media and Entertainment / Software |Series A
Investment Raised: USD 9.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Alexander Köpping, Casey Neistat, Elad Gil, Guy Raz, Marques Brownlee, Seven Seven Six, Zeev Ventures
22 April 2021
Anavo Therapeutics Launches with EUR 20 Million Seed Financing to Create Industry-Leading Pipeline of Allosteric Phosphatase Modulators
Founded: 2020 | HQ: NL | Sector: Biotech |Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 20M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Bioqube Ventures, INKEF Capital, M Ventures, Taiho Ventures
22 April 2021
Amsterdam’s BUX raises €67 million in a funding round led by Prosus Ventures and Tencent
Founded: 2014 | HQ: NL | Sector: FinTech |Series C
Investment Raised: EUR 67M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: ABN AMRO Ventures, Citius, Endeit Capital, HV Capital, Optiver, Prosus Ventures, Tencent, Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures
22 April 2021
PEP-Therapy raises €2.75 million in Series A financing to advance its lead candidate, PEP-010, into the clinic
Founded: 2014 | HQ: FR | Sector: Biotech |Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 2.75M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Bernard Majoie, Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles, Doorway Capital, Italian Angels for Growth, Magna Capital Partners, Seventure Partners
22 April 2021
Stuttgart-based learning platform Knowunity raises €2 million seed funding
Founded: 2020 | HQ: DE | Sector: E-Learning, Edtech |Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 2M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Chris Hitchen, Discovery Ventures, Inventures, Mario Götze, Project A Ventures, Saarbruecker 21, Tiny VC, Verena Pausder
21 April 2021
London-based, Bulgarian founded fintech Payhawk raises $20 million in Series A round
Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech |Series A
Investment Raised: USD 20M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Earlybird Venture Capital, QED Investors
21 April 2021
Dutch startup OneThird raises €1.5M to help reduce food waste globally; here’s how
Founded: 2018 | HQ: NL | Sector: IT |Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 1.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: OostNL, SHIFT Invest
21 April 2021
Today in European Tech: UiPath’s IPO, Trendyol nabs $330 million, BlaBlaCar raises $115 million, new EU rules on use of AI, and more
Founded: 2018 | HQ: BE | Sector: Delievery / Software |Series C
Investment Raised: USD 65M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: DST Global, Jan Hollez, Jelte Vrijhoef, Jerome Laredo, Newion, OMERS Ventures, Redpoint eventures, SmartFin, Zhong Xu
21 April 2021
Perception Point Raises $28M in Series B Funding
Founded: 2015 | HQ: IL | Sector: Cyber Security / IT |Series B
Investment Raised: USD 28M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: NGP Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, Red Dot Capital Partners, State of Mind Ventures
21 April 2021
Proximie Raises $38M in Series B Funding
Founded: 2016 | HQ: UK | Sector: Augmented Reality / Health Care |Series B
Investment Raised: USD 38M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: BECO Capital, Cedar Mundi Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Global Ventures, Maverick Ventures, Questa Capital Management
21 April 2021
Baillie Gifford Backs Crypto With $100 Million in Blockchain.com
Founded: 2011 | HQ: UK | Sector: Cryptocurrency / FinTech |Series C
Investment Raised: USD 100M | Valuation: USD 5.2B (March 21) | Investors: Baillie Gifford
21 April 2021
OneSoil raises $5 million for its farm monitoring tech
Founded: 2017 | HQ: CH | Sector: AI / SaaS |Series A
Investment Raised: USD 5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Almaz Capital, PortfoLion Capital Partners
21 April 2021
Cyrebro raises $15M to expand its security operations platform
Founded: 2013 | HQ: IL | Sector: Cyber Security / Information Technology |Series B
Investment Raised: USD 15M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Incapital, Mangrove Capital Partners, Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, PRYTEK
21 April 2021
This retail tech startup from London pockets £250K to focus on payments
Founded: 2019 | HQ: UK | Sector: Big Data / SaaS / Marketing / Payments |Pre-Seed
Investment Raised: GBP 250k | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: SFC Capital
21 April 2021
Cquestr8 Raises $300K in Seed Funding
Founded: 2020 | HQ: UK | Sector: Clean Energy |Seed
Investment Raised: USD 300k | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Counteract
21 April 2021
Causal Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding
Founded: 2019 | HQ: UK | Sector: Software |Seed
Investment Raised: USD 4.2M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Accel, Coatue, Naval Ravikant, Passion Capital, Varadh Jain, Verissimo Ventures
21 April 2021
Autonomous marine navigation startup Orca AI raises $13million Series A
Founded: 2018 | HQ: IL | Sector: AI |Series A
Investment Raised: USD 13M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: MizMaa Ventures, OCV, Playfair Capital
20 April 2021
European e-scooter and micromobility startup Dott raises $85 million
Founded: 2018 | HQ: NL | Sector: Shared Economy |Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 70M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Aberdeen Standard Investments, EQT Ventures, Estari Group, Expon Capital, Felix Capital, FJ Labs, Invest-NL, McRock Capital, Prosus Ventures, Quadia, Sofina
20 April 2021
FintechOS raises €51m in mission to digitalise incumbent banks and insurers
Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: AI / FinTech / IT / VC |Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 50M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Draper Esprit, Earlybird Digital East (Fund I), Gapminder VC, LAUNCHub Ventures, OTB Ventures
20 April 2021
‘Bowl food’ startup Poke House closes $24M Series B led by Eulero Capital to expand in Europe
Founded: 2018 | HQ: IT | Sector: Food and Beverage |Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 20M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Eulero Capital, FG2 Capital, Milano Investment Partners
20 April 2021
Grip Security raises $6M to improve SaaS security
Founded: 2021 | HQ: IL | Sector: Cyber Security / IT |Seed
Investment Raised: USD 6M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Adi Sharabani, Andy Ellis, George Kurtz, Michael Sutton, Omkhar Arasaratnam, Sameer Sait, Sounil Yu, YL Ventures
20 April 2021
Sense Raises $50m Series B to Accelerate Launch of COVID-19 molecular test on its Veros™ Instrument-Free Product Platform
Founded: 2014 | HQ: UK | Sector: Health Care |Series B
Investment Raised: USD 50M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Jonathan Milner, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Mercia Asset Management
20 April 2021
Tel Aviv-based DataRails raises $18.5 million in Series A round
Founded: 2015 | HQ: IL | Sector: FinTech |Series A
Investment Raised: USD 18.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Innovation Endeavors, Vertex Ventures Israel, Zeev Ventures
20 April 2021
Synendos Therapeutics Expands Series A to CHF 24 million with new investment
Founded: 2019 | HQ: CH | Sector: Health Care |Series A
Investment Raised: CHF 24M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Ysios Capital
20 April 2021
HexagonFab secures £1.9m (USD 2.6m) seed funding to launch the Bolt
Founded: 2017 | HQ: UK | Sector: Biotech |Seed
Investment Raised: GBP 1.9M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Cambridge Enterprise, New Ground Ventures, Parkwalk Advisors, R42 Group, Swiss Health Angels
20 April 2021
‘Pure’ nutritional supplements startup Feel closes $6.2M investment, led by Fuel Ventures
Founded: 2019 | HQ: UK | Sector: Health Care |Series A
Investment Raised: GBP 4.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Fuel Ventures, Igor Ryabenkiy, Richard Longhurst, Sova VC, TMT Investments
20 April 2021
Poland-based Mindgram lands €1.9 million pre-seed funding to improve employee wellbeing across Europe
Founded: 2021 | HQ: PL | Sector: Health Care |Pre-Seed
Investment Raised: PLN 8.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Market One Capital, Pamoja Capital Group
19 April 2021
London-based fintech Zilch raises $80 million in Series B round
Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech |Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 66.7M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Gauss Ventures, M&F Fund
19 April 2021
Munich-based insurtech insureQ raises €5 million in seed round led by Nauta Capital
Founded: 2019 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech / InsurTech |Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Flash Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Nauta Capital
19 April 2021
Healthtech startup Alan raises €185m and becomes a unicorn
Founded: 2016 | HQ: FR | Sector: Health Care |Series D
Investment Raised: EUR 185M | Valuation: EUR 1.4B | Investors: Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group, EXOR N.V., H14, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Temasek Holdings
19 April 2021
Digital Banking Challenger Starling Secures £50M in Capital from Goldman Sachs Growth Equity
Founded: 2014 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech |Series D
Investment Raised: GBP 50M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Goldman Sachs
19 April 2021
Tel Aviv-based Affogata raises $5.5 million in seed round co-led by Mangrove Capital Partners and PICO Venture Partners
Founded: 2015 | HQ: IL | Sector: BI |Seed
Investment Raised: USD 5.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Mangrove Capital Partners, Micha Kaufman, PICO Venture Partners, Wix Capital
19 April 2021
HalalBooking raises $5m in pre-Series B investment
Founded: 2019 | HQ: UK | Sector: Hospitality |Series B
Investment Raised: USD 5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: British Business Bank
19 April 2021
Likeminded secures €3.5 million from Heartcore Capital and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) Seed Fund
Founded: 2014 | HQ: DE | Sector: Health Care |Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 3.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Christian Weiss, Hasso Plattner Ventures, Heartcore Capital