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 

30.06.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 26 |

2025

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Zama Raises $57M In Series B To Bring End-to-End Encryption To Public Blockchains

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 57m €

USD 1.1b

Valuation

Investors: Blockchange Ventures, GSR, Julien Bouteloup, Pantera Capital

24.06.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

2025

Ostrom raised €20M to accelerate Germany’s smart energy revolution

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 20m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 468 Capital, Adjacent, Eneco Ventures, J12, SE Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Übermorgen Ventures

17.06.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 24 |

2025

Spanish startup Multiverse Computing raises €189 million to scale technology that compresses LLMs by up to 95%

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 189m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bullhound Capital, Capital Riesgo de Euskadi – Grupo SPRI, CDP Venture Capital, Forgepoint Capital International, HP Tech Ventures, Quantonation, Santander Climate VC, SETT, Toshiba Corporation

10.06.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 23 |

2025

German investech Scalable Capital bags $175m funding round

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 155m €

EUR 1.3b

Valuation

Investors: Balderton Capital, HV Capital, Noteus Partners, Sofina, Tencent

02.06.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 22 |

2025

GlycoEra raises USD 130 Million Series B to advance targeted autoimmune therapies

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 130m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 5AM Ventures, Agent Capital, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Catalio Capital Management, LifeArc Ventures, MP Healthcare Venture Management, Novo Holdings, Qatar Investment Authority, Roche Venture Fund, Sixty Degree Capital, Sofinnova Partners

22.05.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 21 |

2025

German scale-up Flip secures €25 million to expand new AI-powered capabilities for deskless workers

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 28m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: HV Capital, LEA Partners, Notion Capital, Roland Berger

16.05.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2025

AI brain behind your Slack threads: London-based Granola, led by Google alumni, raises $43M

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 43m €

USD 207m

Valuation

Investors: Amjad Masad, Charlie Songhurst, Des Traynor, Guillermo Rauch, Karim Atiyeh, Karri Saarinen, Laura Modiano, Lenny Rachitsky, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nat Friedman, NFDG Ventures, Nilan Peiris, Noah Weiss, Romain Huet, Spark Capital, Tobias Lütke, Zach Lloyd

05.05.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 18 |

2025

SafeHeal Closes Oversubscribed €35 Million Series C Equity Financing

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Solar Eclipse, Sofinnova Partners, M&L Healthcare Investments, Gideon Strategic Partners

25.04.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2025

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Noxtua secures €80.7M to build Europe’s First sovereign Legal AI

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 80.7m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Verlag C.H.BECK, Northern Data Group, Dentons, CMS

18.04.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 16 |

2025

Nyobolt secures $30M to prove 5-Minute EV Charging is Real

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Takasago Industry, Scania Invest, LocalGlobe, IQ Capital

11.04.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 15 |

2025

Enpal secures €110M equity led by TPG: 3 things to know about German solar energy unicorn

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 110m €

EUR 2.1b

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund, TPG

04.04.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 14 |

2025

Google-backed AI drug discovery startup raises $600 million

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 600m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alphabet, Google Ventures, Thrive Capital

27.03.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 13 |

2025

AMBOSS closes €240M financing round and expands its position as the leading co-pilot for physicians worldwide

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 240m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: KIRKBI, Lightrock, M&G Investments

21.03.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 12 |

2025

Next-generation Revenue Intelligence Software Buynomics Secures $30M Million in Series B Funding to Expand AI-driven Commercial Operating System

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 30m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ana's Ventures, DvH Ventures, Forestay Capital, Insight Partners, Seedcamp, Tomahawk.VC, VI Partners

14.03.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 11 |

2025

VC VentureX Announces Strategic Investment in ZENMEV, Advancing MEV-Based DeFi Innovation

Founded: 2024

Investment Raised: USD 140m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: VC VentureX

07.03.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 10 |

2025

Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 32m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Credit Mutuel Impact, Lowercarbon Capital

27.02.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 9 |

2025

Reneo secures €600 million capital platform for the decarbonisation of Germany’s residential real estate

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: EUR 600m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bauwens Digital, Eurazeo, Fabian Heilemann, Ferry Heilemann, Foundamental, Goldbeck, Lakestar, Stefan Wiskemann

19.02.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 8 |

2025

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Luminance Raises $75 Million in Series C Funding Round Led by Point72 Private Investments

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: GBP 59m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Forestay Capital, March Capital, National Grid Partners (NGP), Point72 Ventures, RPS Ventures, Schroders Capital, Slaughter and May

12.02.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 7 |

2025

New unicorn from Ireland: Next-gen AI automation startup Tines raises $125M at $1.1B valuation

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 125m €

USD 1.1b

Valuation

Investors: Accel, Activant Capital, Addition, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Felicis, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, SoftBank Vision Fund

05.02.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 6 |

2025

FTAPI receives 65 million euros

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: EUR 65m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Armira, Tikehau Capital

29.01.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 5 |

2025

iPRONICS Raises € 20M in Series A to Advance Optical Networking for Next-Gen AI Data Centers

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 20m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amadeus Capital Partners, Bosch Ventures, Criteria Venture Tech, Fine Structure Venture, Triatomic Capital

22.01.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 4 |

2025

NEURA Robotics Secures €120 Million in Series B Funding to Propel Cognitive and Humanoid Robotics Vision

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 120m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlueCrest Capital Mangament, C4 Ventures, Delta Electronics Capital, HV Capital, InterAlpen Partners, L-Bank, Lingotto, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Vsquared Ventures

15.01.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 3 |

2025

Bioptimus raises $41M to develop a ‘GPT for biology’

Founded: 2024

Investment Raised: USD 41m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cathay Innovation

13.01.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 2 |

2025

CeQur secures $120 million to scale diabetes management solutions

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: USD 120m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

06.01.2025

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 1 |

2025

Apheris raises $20.8M to power world’s leading life sciences data networks

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 20.8m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: eCapital, Heal Capital, Octopus Ventures, OTB Ventures

27.12.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 52 |

2024

UnrealKingdoms Secures $17 Million for NFT Gaming Platform Development

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: USD 17m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

20.12.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 51 |

2024

Amprion GmbH Amprion GmbH successfully completes €850 million capital increase

Founded: 2003

Investment Raised: EUR 850m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: RWE

13.12.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 50 |

2024

Nscale raises $155M for AI-ready data centres and GPU infrastructure

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 155M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sandton Capital Partners, Kestrel 0x1, Florence Capital, Bluesky Capital

06.12.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 49 |

2024

miDiagnostics Raises €30M in Series D Funding

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alychlo, Pamica AB, Thermo Fisher Scientific, VMF Invest

22.11.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 47 |

2024

Munich-based The Exploration Company secures over €150 million to further develop their reusable spacecraft

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 150m €

EUR 300m

Valuation

Investors: Balderton Capital, Bayern Kapital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bpifrance, Cherry Ventures, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, EQT Ventures, NGP Capital, Omnes Capital, Plural Platform, Promus Ventures, Red River West