DEALS MONITOR
Deal of the Week
Each week our analysts go through the list of recently announced deal 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
05.02.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 6 |
2024
Croatian autonomous vehicle startup Project 3 Mobility raises around $107 million
- HQ: HR
Founded: 2019
- Series A
- Sector: Autonomous Mobility
Investment Raised: USD 107M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: TASARU Mobility Investments
29.01.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 5 |
2024
Enterprise Therapeutics Closes £26 million ($33.1 million) Series B Follow-on Financing
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
- Series B
- Sector: HealthTech
Investment Raised: GBP 26M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Versant Ventures Panakes Partners Novartis Venture Fund IP Group Forbion Capital Partners Epidarex Capital
22.01.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 4 |
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
15.01.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 3 |
2024
Sunday Natural secures investment from CVC Fund VIII
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2013
- Private Equity
- Sector: Health
Investment Raised: EUR 800M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: CVC Fund VIII
08.01.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 2 |
2024
Picnic raises €355M: Edeka and Bill Gates Foundation Trust among investors
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2015
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Food & Beverages
Investment Raised: EUR 355M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Edeka (https://www.edeka.de/) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/)
01.01.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 1 |
2024
Vico Therapeutics Announces $60 million (€54 million) Series B Financing to Advance VO659 Clinical-Stage Program for Rare Neurological Diseases and Expand Pipeline
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Health Care
Investment Raised: EUR 54M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Ackermans & van Haaren Droia Ventures EQT life science Eurazeo Kurma Partners Polaris Partners Pureos Bioventures
25.12.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 52 |
2023
AA backers sell £450m stake to US investor Stonepeak
- HQ: UK
Founded: 1905
- Private Equity
- Sector: Automotive
Investment Raised: GBP 450M €
Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
18.12.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 51 |
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
11.12.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 50 |
2023
London-based fintech SumUp raises €285 million to provide small merchants with the tools to scale their businesses
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2011
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: EUR 285M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Bain Capital Tech Opportunities FIN Capital LIQUiDITY Group Sixth Street
04.12.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 49 |
2023
Scalable Capital closes on €60 million equiity financing round
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2014
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Asset Management
Investment Raised: EUR 60M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Balderton Capital HV Capital
27.11.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 48 |
2023
JPMorgan buys a 10.6% stake in Spanish defence company Indra
- HQ: ES
Founded: 1993
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: IT & Security
Investment Raised: 268M EUR €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us)
20.11.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 47 |
2023
Universal DX Closes $70M Series B Round, Inks Deal With Quest to Provide Colorectal Cancer Test
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2012
- Series B
- Sector: BioPharma
Investment Raised: 70M USD €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: undefined
13.11.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 46 |
2023
CDPQ investing $200 million in Swedish battery company Northvolt
- HQ: SW
Founded: 2016
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Clean Energy
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (https://www.cdpq.com/fr)
06.11.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 45 |
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
30.10.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 44 |
2023
Atom Bank raises £100m in equity funding from existing investors
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: GBP 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (https://dealmatrix.com/dealsmonitor-october-2023/) Infinity Investment Partners (https://www.infinityinvestmentpartners.com/) Toscafund Asset Management (https://www.toscafund.com/)
23.10.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 43 |
2023
Canary Wharf Group raised £400M / Series Unknown from Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar Investment Authority
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2001
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Real Estate
Investment Raised: GBP 300M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar Investment Authority
16.10.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 42 |
2023
Zygon raises $3M in seed funding to create security solutions for the SaaS era
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2017
- Seed
- Sector: Cyber Security
Investment Raised: USD 3M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Axeleo Capital (https://www.axeleo.com/) Kima Ventures (https://www.kimaventures.com/)
09.10.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 41 |
2023
Agomab Raises $100 Million Series C to Advance Fibrosis-focused Pipeline
- HQ: BE
Founded: 2017
- Series C
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: AdBio partners (https://adbio.partners/) Andera Partners (https://www.anderapartners.com/en/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Cormorant Asset Management Dawn Biopharma (https://dawnpharma.com/) EQT life science (https://eqtgroup.com/private-capital/life-sciences/) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/about-fidelity/our-company) Pfizer (https://www.pfizer.de/) Pontifax (https://www.pontifax.com/) Redmile Group (https://redmilegroup.com/) Walleye Capital (https://www.walleyecapital.com/)
02.10.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 40 |
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/)
25.09.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 39 |
2023
Nord Security strengthens cybersecurity hold with $100m investment
- HQ: LT
Founded: 2012
- Series Unknown
- Sector: Cyber Security
Investment Raised: USD 100m €
USD 3bn
Valuation
Investors: Warburg Pincus (https://warburgpincus.com/) Novator Ventures (https://novator.co.uk/) Burda Principal Investments (https://www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/)
18.09.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 38 |
2023
Curve raises GBP 58 million in funding round
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
- Series C
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: GBP 58m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Britannia (https://www.britannia.ventures/) Cercano Management (https://www.cercanolp.com/) Cohen Circle (https://cohencircle.com/) IDC Ventures (https://idcventures.com/) Outward VC (https://outwardvc.com/)
11.09.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 37 |
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
04.09.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 36 |
2023
H2 Green Steel raises €1.5 billion in equity to build the world’s first green steel plant
- HQ: SW
Founded: 2020
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: CleanTech
Investment Raised: EUR 1.5B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Altor (https://altor.com/) AMF (https://www.amf.se/en/) Andra AP-fonden (https://www.ap2.se/en/) Cristina Stenbeck FAM AB (https://www.fam.se/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Hitachi Energy (https://www.hitachienergy.com/) Hy24 (https://hy24partners.com/) IMAS Foundation (https://imasfoundation.org/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.org/) Kinnevik (https://www.kinnevik.com/) Schaeffler Group (https://www.schaeffler.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/) Vargas Holdings (https://vargasholdings.com/)
28.08.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 35 |
2023
Teale, your mental health companion at work, raises $11 million
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2020
- Series A
- Sector: Health Care
Investment Raised: USD 11M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Alter Equity 3P (https://www.alter-equity.com/) Bpifrance Digital Venture (https://www.bpifrance.fr/)
14.08.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 33 |
2023
Exor takes 15% stake in Philips for around €2.6 billion
- HQ: NL
Founded: 1891
- Private Equity
- Sector: Health Care
Investment Raised: EUR 2,6 B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: EXOR N.V. (https://www.exor.com/)
07.08.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 32 |
2023
RFA Raises €30M Funding
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Aerospace
Investment Raised: EUR 30M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/)
19.06.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 25 |
2023
Vyoma Raises €8.5M Seed Funding
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2017
- Seed
- Sector: Aerospace
Investment Raised: EUR 8M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Atlantic Labs (https://atlanticlabs.de/) Happiness Capital (https://www.happinesscapital.com/) Safran Corporate Ventures (https://www.safran-group.com/)
12.06.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 24 |
2023
AI Video Creation Pioneer Synthesia Raises $90 Million Series C Led by Accel
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Series C
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 90M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alex Wang Amjad Masad FirstMark (https://firstmark.com/) Google Ventures (https://www.gv.com/) Kleiner Perkins nVentures (https://nventures.co.uk/contact-us) Olivier Pomel
22.05.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 21 |
2023
Dutch fintech Klearly raises €2.1 million and officially launches its payments app in the Netherlands
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2020
- Pre-Seed
- Sector: Financial Services
Investment Raised: EUR 2M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Antler (https://www.antler.co/) Global PayTech Ventures (https://gptventures.com/)
15.05.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 20 |
2023
3D Spark secures 1,2 Millionen
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2021
- Seed
- Sector: SaaS