DEALS MONITOR
Deal of the Month
At the 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 review of our analysts.
AWARDED DEAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
30.08.2024
Deal of the Month |
August |
2024
Riverlane raises $75 million to meet surging global demand for quantum error correction technology
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Computer, Information Technology, Quantum Computing, Software
Investment Raised: USD 75 M €
USD 325 M
Valuation
Investors: Planet First Partners, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, EDBI, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Altair
18.07.2024
Deal of the Month |
July |
2024
Nearfield Instruments secures €135 million in landmark deep-tech funding round
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Electronics, Machinery Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
Investment Raised: EUR 135M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Walden Catalyst, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING Group
13.06.2024
Deal of the Month |
June |
2024
Mistral AI raises 600 million euros in latest funding round
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2023
- Series B
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Software
Investment Raised: EUR 600M €
EUR 5.2B
Valuation
Investors: SV Angel, ServiceNow Ventures, Sanabil, Samsung Venture Investment, Salesforce Ventures, NVIDIA, Millennium New Horizons, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Latitude, Korelya Capital, IBM Ventures, Headline, Hanwha Asset Management, General Catalyst, Eurazeo, Cisco Systems, Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, Bertelsmann Investments, Belifus Bank, Andreessen Horowitz
31.05.2024
Deal of the Month |
May |
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
01.04.2024
Deal of the Month |
April |
2024
Neurosterix launches with $63M to Advance Allosteric Modulator Therapeutics for Neurological Disorders
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2024
- Series A
Investment Raised: USD 63M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Perceptive Life Sciences Perceptive Advisors Acorn Bioventures
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20.02.2024
Deal of the Month |
February |
2024
Solar panel startup Enviria secures $200m from BlackRock
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Renewable Energy
Investment Raised: USD 200.6M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Blackrock
20.01.2024
Deal of the Month |
January |
2024
Sweden’s H2 Green Steel raises €4.5bn in debt and equity funding
- HQ: SE
Founded: 2020
- Series: Venture Round
- Sector: GreenTech
Investment Raised: EUR 300M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Temasek Holdings Siemens Financial Services Mubea Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund Just Climate Hy24 GIC Andra AP-fonden Altor
20.12.2023
Deal of the Month |
December |
2023
$800m investment to accelerate Octopus Energy’s global clean energy growth
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
- Private Equity
- Sector: Energy Efficiency
Investment Raised: USD 800M €
USD 7.8bn
Valuation
Investors: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Generation Investment Management Origin Energy Tokyo Gas
20.11.2023
Deal of the Month |
November |
2023
European OpenAI Competitor Aleph Alpha Raises $500M
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Investment Raised: 500M USD €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Bosch Ventures Burda Principal Investments Christ & Company Hewlett Packard Enterprise Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence SAP Schwarz Group
20.10.2023
Deal of the Month |
October |
2023
Partners Group to invest up to $1.05bn in Exus
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2015
- Private Equity
- Sector: Asset Management
Investment Raised: USD 1.05 bn €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/)
20.09.2023
Deal of the Month |
September |
2023
Verkor raises 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2020
- Series C
- Sector: Battery
Investment Raised: EUR 2B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund Accenture Ventures Claret Capital Partners ETF Partners Kheng Nam Lee Santander Climate Tech Fund Taavet Hinrikus Trill Impact
20.04.2023
Deal of the Month |
April |
2023
Energy Dome Closes 40 Million Euro Series B Financing Round
- HQ: IT
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: Energy
Investment Raised: EUR 40M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/) Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking (https://www.cib.barclays/solutions/esg-sustainability-transition.html?cid=paidsearch-textads_google_google_business_branded_uk-we_brand_esg_capabilities_1392745704913&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3a2iBhCFARIsAD4jQB1iCEPDfyxQZGXEDk46FCixebALy9HiQW4ywQbM46VDTtQXp8FpurQaAhRZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page) Elemental Excelerator (https://elementalexcelerator.com/) Eni Next (https://www.eni.com/eninext/en-US/home.html) Invitalia (https://www.invitalia.it/) Japan Energy Fund (https://www.japanenergyfund-ventures.com/) Neva SGR (https://www.nevasgr.it/) Novum Capital Partners (https://www.novumcapital.com/en/)
20.03.2023
Deal of the Month |
March |
2023
Amarenco raises €300m and buys out key JV partner
- HQ: IE
Founded: 2013
- Private Equity
- Sector: Renewable Energy
Investment Raised: EUR 300M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Arjun Infrastructure Partners (https://www.arjuninfrastructure.com/)
20.02.2023
Deal of the Month |
February |
2023
ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2010
- Private Equity
- Sector: Autonomous Vehicles
Investment Raised: CHF 325M €
CHF 2.38B
Valuation
Investors: Beyond Net Zero (https://beyond-net-zero.com/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/)
20.12.2022
Deal of the Month |
December |
2022
Acin, the global operational risk control data network, today announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of industry-leading banks, comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 24M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Barclays Corporate Banking (https://www.barclayscorporate.com/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) Citi (https://www.citi.com/) Fitch Ventures (https://www.fitch.group/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Lloyds Banking Group Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Talis Capital (https://taliscapital.com/)
20.11.2022
Deal of the Month |
November |
2022
Sweden-based Einride bags €475.5M to accelerate deployment of sustainable freight mobility
- HQ: SE
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Electric Vehicle
Investment Raised: USD 475.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: AMF (http://www.amf-capital.de/start.html) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Norrsken VC (https://www.norrsken.vc/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Polar Structure (https://polarstructure.se/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)
20.10.2022
Deal of the Month |
October |
2022
Blockchain development platform Tatum nabs $41.5M to untangle Web3
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
- Series A
- Sector: Blockchain
Investment Raised: USD 41.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 3VC (https://three.vc/) Christian Trummer Circle (https://www.circle.com/en/) DEPO Ventures (https://depoventures.com/) Eric Demuth Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) LeadBlock Partners (https://leadblockpartners.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Paul Klanschek Tensor Ventures (https://tensor.ventures/)
20.09.2022
Deal of the Month |
September |
2022
Planted gets $72M to put whole cuts of vegan chicken on Europe’s menu
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Food and Beverage
Investment Raised: USD 72M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: ACE & Company (https://aceandcompany.com/) Be8 Ventures (https://www.be8.vc/) ETH Zurich Foundation (https://ethz-foundation.ch/) Gullspång Re
20.08.2022
Deal of the Month |
August |
2022
Luminovo Raises €11M in Seed Funding
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Seed
- Sector: Software
Investment Raised: EUR 11M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Chalfen Ventures (https://www.chalfenventures.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Khadjavi Capital Partners (https://www.khadjavi-capital.com/) La Famiglia (https://www.lafamiglia.vc/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/) Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/)
20.07.2022
Deal of the Month |
July |
2022
Contentsquare Closes $600M Growth Investment Round Led by Sixth Street; Doubles Valuation to $5.6B and Brings Total Funding to $1.4 Billion
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2012
- Series F
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 400M €
USD 5.2B
Valuation
Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) Sixth Street (https://sixthstreet.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)
20.06.2022
Deal of the Month |
June |
2022
Nfinite raises $100 million series B to extend leadership in immersive 3d e-commerce and e-merchandising categories
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) U.S. Venture Partners (https://www.usvp.com/)
20.05.2022
Deal of the Month |
May |
2022
Car Subscription Platform FINN Raises $110M In Equity and $720M In Debt To Supercharge Its Growth in the U.S. and Europe
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Automotive
Investment Raised: USD 110M €
USD 390M
Valuation
Investors: Climb Ventures (https://climbventures.com/) Greentrail Capital (https://www.greentrailcap.com/) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Keen Venture Partners (https://www.keenventurepartners.com/) Korelya Capital (https://www.korelyacapital.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/) Waterfall Asset Management (https://www.waterfallam.com/) White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/)
20.04.2022
Deal of the Month |
April |
2022
Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2009
- Private Equity
- Sector: CleanTech
Investment Raised: CHF 600M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Baillie Gifford (https://www.bailliegifford.com) BigPoint Holding (https://www.bigpoint.net) Carbon Removal Partners (https://www.carbonremovalpartnership.net) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) John Doerr M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb) Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/) Swiss RE (https://www.swissre.com)
20.03.2022
Deal of the Month |
March |
2022
Berlin’s Leapsome welcomes $60 million in first-ever funding round
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2016
- Series A
- Sector: Human Resources
Investment Raised: USD 60M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc)
20.02.2022
Deal of the Month |
February |
2022
SpliceBio Raises EUR 50M in Oversubscribed Series A Financing to Advance Protein Splicing Platform and Expand Gene Therapy Pipeline
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2012
- Series A
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Asabys Partners (https://asabys.com/) Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com/) UCB Ventures (https://www.ucbventures.com/) Ysios Capital (https://ysioscapital.com/)
20.01.2022
Deal of the Month |
January |
2022
Fintech firm Checkout.com‘s valuation touches $40 bln after latest funding
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2012
- Series D
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 1Billion €
USD 40 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Altimeter Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Franklin Templeton (https://www.franklintempleton.com/) Singapore’s GIC Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx) Oxford Endowment Fund (https://www.ouem.co.uk/the-oxford-endowment-fund/)
20.12.2021
Deal of the Month |
December |
2021
Berlin-based online grocery delivery firm Flink secures €664M at €2.52B valuation, eyes international expansion
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: Food Delivery
Investment Raised: EUR 664 M €
EUR 2.52 Billion
Valuation
Investors: DoorDash (https://www.doordash.com/) Mubadala Capital (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital)
20.11.2021
Deal of the Month |
November |
2021
Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: USD 125 M €
USD +1 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Redalpine (http://www.redalpine.com/) Presight Capital (http://www.presight.vc/) Jebsen Capital Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) 468 Capital
20.10.2021
Deal of the Month |
October |
2021
TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series D
- Sector: Transportation
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
USD 1.5B
Valuation
Investors: White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) RTP Global (https://www.rtp.vc/) Novator (https://novator.co.uk/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Mountain Partners (https://mountain.partners/) M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb)
20.09.2021
Deal of the Month |
September |
2021
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.
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Seed
- Sector: PropTech