Deal of the Month
End of each month, the “Deal of the Month” winner is selected among the deals that were awarded “Deal of the Week”.
The winner is chosen based on the results of a monthly LinkedIn poll.
Awarded Deal Announcements in 2021
April
Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round
Founded: 2009 | HQ: CH | Sector: CleanTech | Private Equity
Investment Raised: CHF 600M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Baillie Gifford, BigPoint Holding, Carbon Removal Partners, GIC, Global Founders Capital, John Doerr, M&G Investments, Partners Group, Swiss RE
March
Berlin’s Leapsome welcomes $60 million in first-ever funding round
Founded: 2016 | HQ: DE | Sector: Human Resources | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 60M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Creandum, Insight Partners, Visionaries Club
February
SpliceBio Raises EUR 50M in Oversubscribed Series A Financing to Advance Protein Splicing Platform and Expand Gene Therapy Pipeline
Founded: 2012 | HQ: ES | Sector: Biotechnology | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 50M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Asabys Partners, Gilde Healthcare, New Enterprise Associates, Novartis Venture Fund, UCB Ventures, Ysios Capital
January
Fintech firm Checkout.com‘s valuation touches $40 bln after latest funding
Founded: 2012 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 1Billion | Valuation (post-money): USD 40 Billion | Investors: Tiger Global Management, Altimeter, Dragoneer, Franklin Templeton, Singapore’s GIC, Qatar Investment Authority, Oxford Endowment Fund
December
Berlin-based online grocery delivery firm Flink secures €664M at €2.52B valuation, eyes international expansion
Founded: 2020| HQ: DE | Sector: Food Delivery | Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 664 M | Valuation (pre-money): EUR 2.52 Billion | Investors: DoorDash, Mubadala Capital
November
Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants
Founded: 2020 | HQ: DE | Sector: E-Commerce | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 125 M | Valuation: USD +1 Billion | Investors: Redalpine, Presight Capital, Jebsen Capital, Global Founders Capital, 468 Capital
October
TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Transportation |Series D
Investment Raised: USD 200M | Valuation: USD 1.5B | Investors: White Star Capital, Speedinvest, SoftBank Vision Fund, RTP Global, Novator, Northzone, Mountain Partners, M&G Investments
September
Successful £1 million funding led by European Super Angels Club (Austria) and ParticleX (Hong Kong) marks Homeppl’s second seven-figure raise in the last 12 months and brings its post-money valuation to £10 million.
Founded: 2017 | HQ: UK | Sector: PropTech | Seed
Investment Raised: GBP 1M | Valuation: Valuation: GBP 8.7M | Investors: Venionaire Capital, Particle X
August
After raising $54m in a Series B funding round, European online electronics marketplace Refurbed is planning to invest in Ireland.
Founded: 2017 | HQ: AT | Sector: Marketplace | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 54M | Valuation: Remain undisclosed | Investors: Evli Growth Partners, Almaz Capital, Speedinvest, Bonsai Partners and All Iron Ventures, Hermes GPE, C4 Ventures, SevenVentures, Alpha Associates, Monkfish Equity (Trivago Founders), Kreos Capital, Isomer Capital
July
Austria’s Blockpit raises €8.4M to bring the necessary transparency to a blockchain-based financial market
Founded: 2017 | HQ: AT | Sector: FinTech | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 8,4M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: MiddleGame Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Force over Mass Capital, Tioga Capital, Avaloq Ventures, European Super Angels Club
June
Vienna’s GoStudent raises $244M at a $1.7B valuation for its online tutor marketplace
Founded: 2016 | HQ: AT | Sector: EdTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 244M | Valuation: USD 1.7B | Investors: DST Global, SoftBank (via its Vision Fund 2), Tencent, Dragoneer, Coatue, Left Lane Capital, DN Capital
May
Trade Republic hits $5.3bn valuation in record-breaking fundraise led by Sequoia
Founded: 2015 | HQ: DE | Sector: Neobrocker | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 900M | Valuation:USD 5,3 Billion | Investors: Sequoia, TCV, Thrive Capital, Accel, Founders Fund, Creandum, Project A
April
Berlin’s Bryter raises $66M to take its no-code tools for enterprises to the US
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 66M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Accel, Tiger Global, Dawn Capital, Notion Capital, Cavalry Ventures
February
Robotic process automation platform UiPath raises $750M at $35B valuation
Founded: 2005 | HQ: RO | Sector: RPA | Series F
Investment Raised: USD 750M | Valuation: USD 35 Billion | Investors: Alkeon Capital, Coatue and other returning investors
January
Checkout.com becomes EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business and fourth largest fintech globally
Founded: 2012 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 450M | Valuation: USD 15 Billion | Investors: Tiger Global Management, Greenoaks Capital and existing investors