Deal of the Week
Each week our analysts go through the list of recently announced deals and select the most outstanding one to be awarded “Deal of the Week”.
The selection criteria are focused on the “whole picture” of the announced deal, such as raised investment, type of investment round, investors and further perspective of company development.
Awarded Deal Announcements in 2023
Calendar Week #38
Curve raises GBP 58 million in funding round
Founded: 2015 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: GBP 58m | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Britannia, Cercano Management, Cohen Circle, IDC Ventures, Outward VC
Calendar Week #37
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
Calendar Week #36
H2 Green Steel raises €1.5 billion in equity to build the world’s first green steel plant
Founded: 2020 | HQ: SW | Sector: CleanTech | Venture – Series Unknown
Investment Raised: EUR 1.5B | Valuation: undefined | Investors: Altor, AMF, Andra AP-fonden, Cristina Stenbeck, FAM AB, GIC, Hitachi Energy, Hy24, IMAS Foundation, Just Climate, Kinnevik, Schaeffler Group, Temasek Holdings, Vargas Holdings
Calendar Week #35
Teale, your mental health companion at work, raises $11 million
Founded: 2020 | HQ: FR | Sector: Health Care | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 11M | Valuation: undefined | Investors: Alter Equity 3P, Bpifrance Digital Venture
Calendar Week #32
RFA Raises €30M Funding
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Aerospace | Venture – Series Unknown
Investment Raised: EUR 30M | Valuation: undefined | Investors: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Calendar Week #25
Vyoma Raises €8.5M Seed Funding
Founded: 2017 | HQ: DE | Sector: Aerospace |Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 8M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Atlantic Labs, Happiness Capital, Safran Corporate Ventures
Calendar Week #24
AI Video Creation Pioneer Synthesia Raises $90 Million Series C Led by Accel
Founded: 2017 | HQ: UK | Sector: Artificial Intelligence |Series C
Investment Raised: USD 90M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Accel, Alex Wang, Amjad Masad, FirstMark, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, nVentures, Olivier Pomel
Calendar Week #21
Dutch fintech Klearly raises €2.1 million and officially launches its payments app in the Netherlands
Founded: 2020 | HQ: NL | Sector: Financial Services | Pre-Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 2M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Antler, Global PayTech Ventures
Calendar Week #19
wefox Secures $55m in Equity Raised from Existing and New Investors as a Closing of the Series D
Founded: 2015 | HQ: DE | Sector: InsurTech | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 55M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Squarepoint Capital
Calendar Week #18
JOLT Energy receives €150 million investment from InfraRed to start building urban ultra-fast charging network
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Electronics |Funding Round
Investment Raised: EUR 150M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: InfraRed Capital Partners
Calendar Week #17
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 Capital, Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking, CDP Venture Capital, Elemental Excelerator, Eni Next, Invitalia, Japan Energy Fund, Neva SGR, Novum Capital Partners
Calendar Week #16
Solar Utility Sunvigo raises EUR 20 million
Founded: 2017 | HQ: DE | Sector: Renewable Energy | Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 20M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Eneco Ventures, Future Energy Ventures, High-Tech Grunderfonds, Sparta Capital, Triodos Investment Management, Übermorgen Ventures
Calendar Week #15
Quantica adds €14 million to further push its 3D printing tech
Founded: 2019 | HQ: DE | Sector: 3D Printing | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 14M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: byFounders, Scale Capital
Calendar Week #14
4.screen Raises €21M in Series A Funding
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Automotive | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 21M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: BayBG Venture Capital, Bram Schot, Continental, FRIBA Investment, Matthias Müller, S4S Ventures, Summiteer
Calendar Week #13
Crypto Wallet Company Ledger Announces $108M in Extended Series C Funding
Founded: 2014 | HQ: FR | Sector: Cyber Security | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 108M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: 10T Holdings, CapHorn Invest, Cathay Innovation, Cite Gestion, Digital Finance Group (DFG), Korelya Capital, Molten Ventures, Morgan Creek Capital Management, True Global Ventures (TGV), VaynerFund
Calendar Week #12
Germany-based DeepDrive bags €15M to develop ‘revolutionary’ drive units for Evs
Founded: 2021 | HQ: DE | Sector: Automotive | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 15M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Bayern Kapital, BMW i Ventures, co-pace, Peter Mertens, UVC Partners
Calendar Week #11
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
Calendar Week #10
Automotive payments fintech bezahl.de NX Technologies raises €11 million in Series A funding round
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 11M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Carcharodon Capital, Ingo Weber, Motive Partners, Motive Ventures, Rolf Christof Dienst, Wessel Management
Calendar Week #09
StudentFinance secures $41 million to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs
Founded: 2019 | HQ: ES | Sector: Banking, Education, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 41M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Armilar Venture Partners, Ed Vaizey, Giant Ventures, Iberis Capital, Martin Villig, Mustard Seed Maze, Seedcamp, Tom Blomfield
Calendar Week #08
Quantum Motion raises £42m in record-breaking round
Founded: 2017 | HQ: UK | Sector: Electronics | Series B
Investment Raised: GBP 42M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: British Patient Capital, Inkef, IP Group, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, Octopus Ventures, Oxford Science Enterprises, Parkwalk Advisors, Porsche Automobil Holding, Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Calendar Week #07
Credit Suisse leads $65 million Series B in digital asset firm Taurus
Founded: 2018 | HQ: CH | Sector: Financial Services | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 65M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Arab Bank (Switzerland), Cedar Mundi Ventures, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Investis Group, Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A.
Calendar Week #06
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 Zero, GIC, Just Climate, Porsche Automobil Holding
Calendar Week #05
Matchesfashion owner attracts £40m in equity to keep online retailer in shape
Founded: 1987 | HQ: UK | Sector: Fashion | Private Equity
Investment Raised: GBP 40M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Apax Partners
Calendar Week #04
France-based PASQAL bags €100M to build quantum computers with atoms and laser
Founded: 2019 | HQ: FR | Sector: Information Technology | Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 100M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Bpifrance, Daphni, EIC Fund, Eni Next, Quantonation, Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures, Temasek Holdings
Calendar Week #03
Fintech Anyfin raises €30 million Series C funding to further accelerate expansion across Europe
Founded: 2017 | HQ: SE | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: EUR 30M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Accel, Augmentum Fintech, Capricorn Capital Partners, Citi Ventures, EQT Ventures, FinTech Collective, Northzone, Quadrille Capital
Awarded Deal Announcements in 2022
Calendar Week #50
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 Banking, BNP Paribas, Citi, Fitch Ventures, JP Morgan, Lloyds Banking Group, Notion Capital, Talis Capital
Calendar Week #49
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: AMF, EQT Ventures, Norrsken VC, Northzone, Polar Structure, Temasek Holdings
Calendar Week #48
Crypto market maker Keyrock raises $72 million
Founded: 2017 | HQ: BE | Sector: Asset Management | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 72M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Middlegame Ventures, Ripple, SIX FinTech Ventures
Calendar Week #47
Atom Bank has pushed back its flotation by at least two years after tapping backers for another £30 million, giving it a post-deal valuation of £460 million
Calendar Week #46
Matter Labs, the company behind zkSync, raises $200 million to scale Ethereum
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Blockchain | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 200M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Blockchain Capital, Dragonfly, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Variant
Calendar Week #45
Another nail in the photographers’ coffin as PhotoRoom develops $19 million
Founded: 2019 | HQ: FR | Sector: Artificial Intelligence | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 19M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Adjacent, Balderton Capital, Hugging Face, Meta
Calendar Week #44
Lisbon-based RealFevr scores €10 million to lead football into the NFT era
Founded: 2020 | HQ: PRT | Sector: IT| Seed
Investment Raised: EUR 10M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Siegerlandfonds, Earlybird Venture Capital
Calendar Week #43
Neoplants has raised more than $20 million in funding
Founded: 2018 | HQ: FR| Sector: Biotechnology | Seed
Investment Raised: USD 20M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Collaborative Fund, Entrepreneur First, Heartcore Capital, Niklas Zennström, True Ventures
Calendar Week #42
Munich-based vacation rental company Holidu secures €100M, eyes expansion
Founded: 2014 | HQ: DE | Sector: Travel| Series E
Investment Raised: EUR 100M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: 83North, Common Fund, coparion, EQT Ventures, HV Capital, LIOS Ventures, Northzone, Possible Ventures, Prime Ventures, Senovo, Vintage Investment Partners
Calendar Week #41
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, Circle, DEPO Ventures, Eric Demuth, Evolution Equity Partners, LeadBlock Partners, Octopus Ventures, Paul Klanschek, Tensor Ventures
Calendar Week #40
Spanish cybersecurity startup IriusRisk secures €29 million to automate threat modelling
Founded: 2015 | HQ: ES | Sector: Cyber Security | Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 29M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: 360 Capital, Bright Pixel, Inveready, Paladin Capital Group, Swanlaab Venture Factory
Calendar Week #38
Andreessen Horowitz leads London fintech Sequence’s $19m seed round
Founded: 2022 | HQ: UK | Sector: Software | Seed
Investment Raised: USD 19M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: 9Yards Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Crew Capital, Dig Ventures, Fin Capital, Firstminute Capital, Passion Capital, Salesforce Ventures
Calendar Week #37
NEUMAN & ESSER and Ballard invest €50m in QUANTRON and establish a Hydrogen Alliance for a 360° H2 Ecosystem
Founded: 2019 | HQ: DE | Sector: Electric Vehicle | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 50M | Valuation: EUR 200M | Investors: Ballard Power Systems, Neuman & Esser
Calendar Week #36
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
Calendar Week #35
Berlin’s topi raises $45 million in new funding round, reveals hardware-as-a-service platform for retailers and manufacturers
Founded: 2021 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 45M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Creandum, Index Ventures
Calendar Week #34
Celonis rakes in $1 billion at $13 billion valuation to combat supply chain challenges
Founded: 2011 | HQ: DE | Sector: Analytics | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 1B | Valuation: USD 13B | Investors: 83North, Accel, Activant Capital, Alta Park Capital, Arena Holdings, Common Fund, Durable Capital Partners, Franklin Templeton, Neuberger Berman Group, Qatar Investment Authority, Sator Grove Holdings, T. Rowe Price, TCV
Calendar Week #33
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
Calendar Week #32
Vector Biopharma closes $30M series A round to support new gene therapy vector
Founded: 2021 | HQ: CH | Sector: Life Science | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 30M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Versant Ventures
Calendar Week #31
Nexeon Raises Over $200m to Fund Battery Materials Manufacturing
Founded: 2006 | HQ: UK | Sector: Electronics | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 200M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Daishin Securities, Gly Capital Management, Ischyros New York, Shinhan Investment
Calendar Week #30
Atlantic Money, a London-based low-cost money transfer service, has secured an additional injection of $3M seed capital to accelerate its growth having recently received its EU licence.
Founded: 2021| HQ: UK| Sector: Fintech | Seed Round
Investment Raised: USD 3 Millions | Valuation:Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Amplo , Nordstar , Martell Hardenberg , Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital , Kleiner Perkins.
Calendar Week #29
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
Calendar Week #28
Barcelona’s Impress heads toward a $125M Series B round in its bid to digitize orthodontics
Founded: 2019 | HQ: Es | Sector: Health Care | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 125M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Claret Capital Partners, LBO France, Media Digital Ventures, Nickleby Capital, Norgine Ventures, TA Ventures, UNIQA Ventures
Calendar Week #27
YuLife picks up $120M at an $800M valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance
Founded: 2016 | HQ: UK | Sector: Employee Benefits | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 120M | Valuation: USD 800M | Investors: Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Creandum, Dai-ichi Life, Eurazeo, Latitude, LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures, Notion Capital, OurCrowd, Target Global
Calendar Week #26
MiroBio raises $97 million in Series B financing
Founded: 2019 | HQ: UK | Sector: Biotechnology | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 97M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Advent Life Sciences, Medicxi, Monograph Capital, OrbiMed, Oxford Sciences Innovation, Samsara BioCapital, SR One
Calendar Week #25
SumUp raises $624M at $8.5B valuation, with its payments and business tech now used by 4M SMBs
Founded: 2011 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Venture – Series Unknown
Investment Raised: USD 624M | Valuation: USD 8.5B | Investors: Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, BlackRock, btov Partners, Centerbridge Partners LP, Crestline, FIN Capital, Sentinel Capital Partners
Calendar Week #24
CoachHub Raises $200M Series C, Led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to Democratize Coaching Worldwide
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: Corporate Training | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 200M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: HV Capital, Molten Ventures, RTP Global, signals Venture Capital, Sofina, SoftBank Vision Fund, Speedinvest, SVB Capital
Calendar Week #23
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
Calendar Week #22
Rimac raises $537 million in new funding round, CEO talks potential IPO
Founded: 2009 | HQ: HR | Sector: Automotive | Series D
Investment Raised: EUR 500M | Valuation: EUR 1.5B | Investors: Goldman Sachs, Porsche, SoftBank Vision Fund
Calendar Week #21
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
Calendar Week #20
Elwood Technologies Closes $70M Series A co-Led by Goldman Sachs and Dawn Capital
Founded: 2020 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 70M | Valuation: USD 430M | Investors: Barclays, BlockFi, Chimera Investment, CommerzVentures, Dawn Capital, Digital Currency Group, Flow Traders, Galaxy Digital, Goldman Sachs
Calendar Week #19
UK climate tech firm Carbon Clean gets £121m boost from US oil giant
Founded: 2009 | HQ: UK | Sector: CleanTech | Series C
Investment Raised: GBP 121M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: AXA Investment Managers, Cemex Ventures, Chevron, Marubeni, Samsung Ventures, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, TC Energy, WAVE Equity Partners
Calendar Week #18
Just six months after raising €9.5M seed round, fintech startup kevin. raises €61.8M Series A led by Accel
Founded: 2017 | HQ: LT | Sector: FinTech | Series A
Investment Raised: EUR 61.82M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Accel, Amit Jhawar, Eurazeo, Global PayTech Ventures, Harry Stebbings, Ilkka Paananen, OpenOcean, OTB Ventures, Speedinvest
Calendar Week #17
SonarSource, the Leading Platform for Clean Code, Raises $412 Million in New Investment
Founded: 2008 | HQ: CH | Sector: Cyber Security | Venture Round
Investment Raised: USD 412M | Valuation: USD 4.3B | Investors: Advent International, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Permira
Calendar Week #16
Gravity Sketch draws $33M for a platform to design, collaborate on and produce 3D objects
Founded: 2014 | HQ: UK | Sector: 3D Technology | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 33M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Accel, Forward Partners, GV, Kevin Durant, Kindred Capital, Paul Robson, Point Nine, Rich Kleiman, Soleio Cuervo, Will Smith
Calendar Week #15
Wagestream Announces $175M Series C to Expand its Financial Wellbeing App to 30 Million U.S. Frontline Workers
Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 175M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Balderton Capital, BlackRock, Fair By Design Fund, LocalGlobe, Northzone, QED Investors, Silicon Valley Bank, Smash Capital, Village Global, XYZ Venture Capital
Calendar Week #14
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
Calendar Week #13
Yokoy, a Spend Management Automation Platform, Welcomes Sequoia Capital-Led $80M Series B
Founded: 2019 | HQ: CH | Sector: Artificial Intelligence | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 80M | Valuation: USD 420M | Investors: Balderton Capital, Left Lane Capital, Sequoia Capital, SIX FinTech Ventures, Speedinvest, Swisscom Ventures, Visionaries Club, Zinal Growth
Calendar Week #12
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
Calendar Week #11
Getir is now worth nearly $12 billion after raising another $768 million
Founded: 2015 | HQ: TU | Sector: E-Commerce | Series E
Investment Raised: USD 768M | Valuation: USD 11.8B | Investors: Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, Alpha Wave Global, Mubadala, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management
Calendar Week #10
Norway’s Tibber brings home $100 million in Summa Equity-led round
Founded: 2016 | HQ: NO | Sector: Apps | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 100M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Balderton Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Schibsted, Summa Equity
Calendar Week #9
Payhawk becomes first-ever Bulgarian unicorn after raising $100M
Founded: 2018 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 100M | Valuation: USD 1B | Investors: Sprints Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, HubSpot Ventures, Jigsaw VC, Greenoaks, QED Partners, Earlybird Digital East
Calendar Week #8
Scalapay, now a unicorn, raises $497M Series B and enters the checkout market
Founded: 2019 | HQ: IT | Sector: Financial Services | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 497M | Valuation: USD 787M | Investors: Deimos Capital, Fasanara Capital, Moore Capital, Tencent, Tiger Global Management, Willoughby Capital, Rakesh Gangwal
Calendar Week #7
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
Calendar Week #6
Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe
Founded: 2020 | HQ: DE | Sector: Financial Services | Series C
Investment Raised: EUR 100M | Valuation: USD 675M | Investors: Greenoaks, Ribbit Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund
Calendar Week #5
Wayflyer hits unicorn status, raising $150m to support eCommerce businesses globally
Founded: 2019 | HQ: IR | Sector: E-Commerce | Series B
Investment Raised: USD 150M | Valuation: USD 1.45B | Investors: Counterpart Advisors, DST Global, JP Morgan, Left Lane Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, Prosus Ventures, QED Investors, Guillaume Pousaz
Calendar Week #4
Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon
Founded: 2015 | HQ: EE | Sector: Cyber Security | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 100M | Valuation: USD 1.4B | Investors: Accel, Alkeon Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Tiger Global Management
Calendar Week #3
Dream Games Raises $255m at $2.75bn Valuation – as Royal Match Becomes One of the World’s Top Grossing Mobile Games
Founded: 2019 | HQ: TR | Sector: Gaming | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 255M | Valuation: USD 2.75B | Investors: Index Ventures, Makers Fund, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, IVP, Kora, Balderton Capital
Calendar Week #2
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
Calendar Week #1
Gousto raises £111m in fresh investment
Founded: 2012 | HQ: UK | Sector: E-Commerce | Venture – Series Unknown
Investment Raised: GBP 111M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund
Awarded Deal Announcements in 2021
Calendar Week #52
Ready Player Me, a metaverse avatar platform, raises $13M in funding
Founded: 2020 | HQ: EE | Sector: Gaming | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 13 M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: Taavet+Sten, Konvoy Ventures, NordicNinja, and Tom Preston-Werner
Calendar Week #51
Swedish startup Voi raises over €101 million to deliver safe and sustainable micromobility for everyone
Founded: 2018 | HQ: SE | Sector: Transport | Series D
Investment Raised: EUR 101,8 M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: Raine Group, VNV Global, Inbox Capital, Nordic Ninja, Stena Sessan, Kreos Capital, Ilmarinen, Nineyards Equity, ICT Capital, and others
Calendar Week #50
Infarm raises $200m to support global expansion of vertical farms
Founded: 2013 | HQ: DE | Sector: AgTech | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 200M | Valuation: USD 800M | Investors: Atomico, Bonnier Ventures, Hanaco Venture Capital, Lightrock, Partners in Equity, Qatar Investment Authority
Calendar Week #49
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
Calendar Week #47
IONITY secures €700M from BlackRock, others to expand its EV charging network across Europe
Founded: 2017 | HQ: DE | Sector: Automotive | Venture Series
Investment Raised: EUR 700 M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: Black Rock,
Calendar Week #46
Ethereum Infrastructure Company ConsenSys raises $200 Million at $3.2 Billion Valuation
Founded: 2014 | HQ: CH | Sector: Crypto | Venture Series
Investment Raised: USD 200 M | Valuation: USD 3.2 Billion | Investors: Marshall Wace, Third Point Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Think Investments, Animoca Brands, Coinbase Ventures, HSBC, Spartan Group, Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Defiance Capital,
Calendar Week #45
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
Calendar Week #44
German investing start-up Moonfare raises $125m in Series C round
Founded: 2016 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 125 M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: Insight Partners, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
Calendar Week #43
TIER raises $200 million in Series D round at $2 billion valuation
Founded: 2018 | HQ: DE | Sector: E-Mobility | Series D
Investment Raised: EUR 171,4M | Valuation: EUR 1,5 Billion | Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Mubadala Capital, M&G Investments.
Calendar Week #42
Rossum raises $100m in one of eastern Europe’s largest Series A rounds
Founded: 2016 | HQ: UK | Sector: AI | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 100M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: General Catalyst, LocalGlobe, Miton, Seedcamp, Elad Gil
Calendar Week #41
Elliptic raises USD 60M to accelerate safe adoption of cryptoassets by mainstream financial markets
Founded: 2013 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech |Series C
Investment Raised: USD 60M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Softbank Vision Fund, SignalFire, SBI Group, Paladin Capital Group, Octopus Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Digital Currency Group, Albion VC
Calendar Week #40
Founded: 2019 | HQ: US | Sector: Biotech | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 500M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: ARCH Venture Partners, SoftBank, Waycross Ventures, Surveyor Capital, re.Mind Capital, Polaris Partners, Newpath Management, Mubadala Capital | Ventures US ,Logos Capital, Invus, F-Prime Capital, Catalio Capital Management, ARCH Venture Partners, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments
Calendar Week #39
1NCE raises USD 50 M for global expansion led by investors including SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom
Founded: 2017 | HQ: DE | Sector: Telecommunications | Unknown
Investment Raised: USD 50M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: SoftBank, Deutsche Telekom
Calendar Week #38
Fantasy football platform Sorare raises $680 million
Founded: 2018 | HQ: FR | Sector: Fantasy Sports |Series B
Investment Raised: USD 680M | Valuation: USD 4.3B | Investors: SoftBank, LionTree, IVP, Headline, H14, Futury Capital, Eurazeo, D1 Capital Partner
Calendar Week #37
Amsterdam’s Picnic raises €600M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust to build the most sustainable European grocery delivery company
Founded: 2015 | HQ: NL | Sector: E-Commerce | Series D
Investment Raised: EUR 600M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Calendar Week #36
Homeppl completes seven figure funding round
Founded: 2017 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Seed Round
Investment Raised: GBP 1M | Valuation: GBP 10Million | Investors: European Super Angels Club, ParticleX
Calendar Week #35
Scalable Capital founder backs crypto wealth app Coinpanion in €1.8m seed round
Founded: 2019 | HQ: AT | Sector: Crypto | Seed Round
Investment Raised: EUR 1,8M | Valuation: Unknown | Investors: High-Tech Gründerfonds
Calendar Week #34
Atheneum nabs $150M to build out its ‘research as a service’ platform for virtual surveys and interviews
Founded: 2010 | HQ: DE | Sector: Business Intelligence / IT | Series Unknown
Investment Raised: USD 150M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Vogel Communication Group, Michael Brehm, Guidepost Growth Equity, Crosslantic Capital
Calendar Week #32
Largest Equity Funding Round for a European FBA Aggregator Announced as SellerX raises €100 ($118) Million led by L Catterton’s Growth Fund
Founded: 2020 | HQ: DE | Sector: E-Commerce | Series B
Investment Raised: EUR 100M | Valuation: Not available | Investors: L Catterton, Sofina, Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital and 83NORTH
Calendar Week #31
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: Marektplace | 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
Calendar Week #30
Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
Founded: 2016 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 224M | Valuation: USD 1.65B | Investors: BBVA, Decisive Capital Management, HV Capital, Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital, Pathway Capital Management, Vulcan Capital, Yabeo Capital
Calendar Week #29
Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform
Founded: 2015 | HQ: UK | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 180M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Temasek, Sunley House Capital, Citi Ventures, Accel, Battery Ventures, Dawn Capital
Calendar Week #28
Bunq Raises $228M; Valued at $1.9 Billion
Founded: 2012 | HQ: NL | Sector: FinTech | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 228M | Valuation: USD 1.9B | Investors: Pollen Street Capital
Calendar Week #27
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
Calendar Week #26
Czech Republic’s new unicorn: Online grocery delivery startup Rohlik raises €100M at €1B valuation
Founded: 2014 | HQ: CZ | Sector: Grocery Delivery | Series C
Investment Raised: EUR 100M | Valuation: EUR 1 Billion | Investors: Index Ventures, Partech, EBRD (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), J&T Banka, Quadrille Capital, R2G
Calendar Week #25
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: EUR 205M | Valuation: EUR 1,4 Billion | Investors: DST Global, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Tencent, Dragoneer, Coatue, Left Lane Capital, DN Capital
Calendar Week #24
Uberall raises $115M and acquires MomentFeed to scale up its location marketing services
Founded: 2012 | HQ: DE | Sector: IT | Private Equity Round
Investment Raised: USD 115M | Valuation: USD 500 Million | Investors: Bregal Milestone, Level Equity, United Internet, Uberall Management
Calendar Week #23
Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger bags $380M funding
Founded: 2013 | HQ: FR | Sector: Cryptocurrency | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 380M | Valuation: USD 1,5 Billion | Investors: 10T Holdings, Alliance Entreprendre, Animoca Brands, Ascendant Capital, CapHorn Invest, Cardinal Capital Partners, Cathay Innovation, CITA Investissement, Crypto.com Capital, Crédit Agricole Centre Loire, Cygni Capital, Digital Currency Group, Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, Draper Esprit, Fabric Ventures, Felix Capital, FirstMark, Global Founders Capital, Groupe Arnault, iAngels, Inherent Group, Korelya Capital, Libertus Capital, MACSF, Marcy Venture Partners, Rosemoor Capital Management LLC, Scott Galloway, Tekne Capital, The Maze Group, Uphold, Warburg Serres Investments, Wicklow Capital
Calendar Week #22
wefox closes $650M in Series C Funding
Founded: 2015 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 650M | Valuation: USD 3 Billion | Investors: ACE & Company, Alma Mundi Ventures, Cascade Ventures, CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund, Decisive Capital Management, EDBI, Eurazeo, FinTLV Ventures, G Squared, GR Capital, Horizons Ventures, Jupiter Fund Management, LGT group, Lightrock, Merian Global Investors, Mountain Partners, Mubadala Capital | Ventures Europe, OMERS Ventures, Partners Group, Salesforce Ventures, Seedcamp, Sound Ventures, Speedinvest, Target Global, Victory Park Capital
Calendar Week #21
Tractive raises $35 Million as it brings world’s most trusted GPS Tracker for dogs and cats to the U.S.
Founded: 2012 | HQ: AT | Sector: IT | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 35M | Valuation: USD 3 Billion | Investors: Guidepost Growth Equity
Calendar Week #20
Berlin’s Trade Republic nabs $900M led by Sequoia at a $5B+ valuation to take its neobroker app across Europe
Founded: 2015 | HQ: DE | Sector: FinTech | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 900M | Valuation: USD 5+ Billion | Investors: Sequoia, TCV, Thrive Capital, Accel, Founders Fund, Creandum, Project A
Calendar Week #19
Huma raises $130 million financing to scale its digital health platform for better care and research
Founded: 2015 | HQ: UK | Sector: Health Care | Series C
Investment Raised: USD 130M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Bayer, Hitachi Ventures, Samsung Next, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Unilever Ventures, HAT Technology & Innovation Fund by HAT, Business Angel: Nikesh Arora (former president of SoftBank) and Michael Diekmann (Chairman of Allianz)
Calendar Week #18
Neuroelectrics gets $17M for new take on electrical therapy for epilepsy, depression
Founded: 2012 | HQ: ES | Sector: AI | Series A
Investment Raised: USD 17,5M | Valuation: Remains Undisclosed | Investors: Morningside, MassChallenge
Calendar Week #17
Brex hits $7.4bn valuation on $425m funding round
Founded: 2017 | HQ: US | Sector: FinTech | Series D
Investment Raised: USD 425M | Valuation: USD 7,4 Billion | Investors: Tiger Global, TCV, GIC, Baillie Gifford, Madrone Capital Partners, Durable Capital Partners LP, Valiant Capital Management, Base10, Y Combinator Continuity, Ribbit Capital, DST Global, Greenoaks Capital, Lone Pine Capital, IVP