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 2022
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