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 2024

February

Enviria Logo

Solar panel startup Enviria secures $200m from BlackRock

Founded: 2017 | HQ: DE | Sector: Renewable Energy | Series B

Investment Raised: USD 200.6M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Blackrock

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January

H2 Green Steel

Founded: 2020 | HQ: SE | Sector: GreenTech | Series: Venture Round

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

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Awarded Deal Announcements in 2023

December

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$800m investment to accelerate Octopus Energy’s global clean energy growth

Founded: 2015 | HQ: UK | Sector: Energy Efficiency | Private Equity

Investment Raised: USD 800M | Valuation: USD 7.8bn | Investors: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Generation Investment Management, Origin Energy, Tokyo Gas

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November

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European OpenAI Competitor Aleph Alpha Raises $500M

Founded: 2019 | HQ: DE | Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Series B

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

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October

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Partners Group to invest up to $1.05bn in Exus

Founded: 2015 | HQ: ES | Sector: Asset Management | Private Equity

Investment Raised: USD 1.05 bn | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Partners Group

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September

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Verkor raises 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory

Founded: 2020 | HQ: FR | Sector: Battery |Series C

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

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April

Energy Dome

Energy Dome Closes 40 Million Euro Series B Financing Round

Founded: 2020 | HQ: IT | Sector: Energy | Series B

Investment Raised: EUR 40M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: 360 CapitalBarclays Sustainable and Impact BankingCDP Venture CapitalElemental ExceleratorEni NextInvitaliaJapan Energy FundNeva SGRNovum Capital Partners

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March

Amarenco

Amarenco raises €300m and buys out key JV partner

Founded: 2013 | HQ: IE | Sector: Renewable Energy | Private Equity

Investment Raised: EUR 300M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Arjun Infrastructure Partners

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February

ABB

ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement

Founded: 2010 | HQ: CH | Sector: Autonomous Vehicles | Private Equity

Investment Raised: CHF 325M | Valuation: CHF 2.38B | Investors: Beyond Net ZeroGICJust ClimatePorsche Automobil Holding

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Awarded Deal Announcements in 2022

December

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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

Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series B

Investment Raised: USD 24M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Barclays Corporate BankingBNP ParibasCitiFitch VenturesJP Morgan, Lloyds Banking GroupNotion CapitalTalis Capital

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November

Einride

Sweden-based Einride bags €475.5M to accelerate deployment of sustainable freight mobility

Founded: 2016 | HQ: SE | Sector: Electric Vehicle | Series C

Investment Raised: USD 475.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors:  AMFEQT VenturesNorrsken VCNorthzonePolar StructureTemasek Holdings

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October

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Blockchain development platform Tatum nabs $41.5M to untangle Web3

Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: Blockchain | Series A

Investment Raised: USD 41.5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors:  3VC, Christian Trummer, CircleDEPO Ventures, Eric Demuth, Evolution Equity PartnersLeadBlock PartnersOctopus Ventures, Paul Klanschek, Tensor Ventures

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September

Planted gets $72M to put whole cuts of vegan chicken on Europe’s menu

Founded: 2019 | HQ: CH | Sector: Food and Beverage | Series B

Investment Raised: USD 72M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: ACE & Company, Be8 Ventures, ETH Zurich Foundation, Gullspång Re:food, L Catterton, Movendo Capital, TEV Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures, Yann Sommer

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August

Luminovo Raises €11M in Seed Funding

Founded: 2020 | HQ: DE | Sector: Software | Seed

Investment Raised: EUR 11M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Chalfen Ventures, Cherry Ventures, Khadjavi Capital Partners, La Famiglia, Tencent, Verve Ventures

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July

Contentsquare Closes $600M Growth Investment Round Led by Sixth Street; Doubles Valuation to $5.6B and Brings Total Funding to $1.4 Billion

Founded: 2012 | HQ: FR | Sector: Artificial Intelligence | Series F

Investment Raised: USD 400M | Valuation: USD 5.2B | Investors: BlackRock, Bpifrance, Canaan Partners, Eurazeo, Highland Europe, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, LionTree, Sixth Street, SoftBank Vision Fund

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June

Nfinite raises $100 million series B to extend leadership in immersive 3d e-commerce and e-merchandising categories

Founded: 2017 | HQ: FR | Sector: Artificial Intelligence | Series B

Investment Raised: USD 100M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Insight Partners, U.S. Venture Partners

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May

Car Subscription Platform FINN Raises $110M In Equity and $720M In Debt To Supercharge Its Growth in the U.S. and Europe

Founded: 2019 | HQ: DE | Sector: Automotive | Series B

Investment Raised: USD 110M | Valuation: USD 390M | Investors: Climb Ventures, Greentrail Capital, Heartcore Capital, HV Capital, Keen Venture Partners, Korelya Capital, Picus Capital, UVC Partners, Waterfall Asset Management, White Star Capital

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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

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March

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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

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February

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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 PartnersGilde HealthcareNew Enterprise AssociatesNovartis Venture FundUCB VenturesYsios Capital

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January

checkout.com

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, DragoneerFranklin Templeton, Singapore’s GIC, Qatar Investment AuthorityOxford Endowment Fund

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Awarded Deal Announcements in 2021

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: DoorDashMubadala Capital

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November

RAZOR GROUP

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: RedalpinePresight Capital, Jebsen CapitalGlobal Founders Capital, 468 Capital

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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 CapitalSpeedinvestSoftBank Vision FundRTP GlobalNovatorNorthzoneMountain PartnersM&G Investments

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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 CapitalParticle X

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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 PartnersAlmaz CapitalSpeedinvestBonsai Partners and All Iron VenturesHermes GPEC4 VenturesSevenVenturesAlpha AssociatesMonkfish Equity (Trivago Founders)Kreos CapitalIsomer Capital

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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 VenturesFabric VenturesForce over Mass CapitalTioga CapitalAvaloq VenturesEuropean Super Angels Club 

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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 GlobalSoftBank (via its Vision Fund 2), TencentDragoneerCoatueLeft Lane CapitalDN Capital

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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

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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:  AccelTiger Global, Dawn Capital, Notion Capital, Cavalry Ventures

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March

Klarna confirms new $31B valuation

Founded: 2005 | HQ: SE | Sector: FinTech | Private Investment Round

Investment Raised: USD 1B | Valuation: USD 31 Billion | Investors: Combination of new and existing investors

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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

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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

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