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
17.10.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 42 |
2024
OroraTech’s space-based wildfire detection brings in $25M to put more imaging satellites in orbit
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: Information Technology
Investment Raised: EUR 25m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Ananda Impact Ventures, Bayern Kapital, ConActivity KG, Edaphon, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, Findus Venture, Korys
14.10.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 41 |
2024
Purespring Therapeutics raises £80M to develop gene therapies aimed at kidney diseases
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: BioTech
Investment Raised: GBP 80M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Synconca Partners LLP, Sofinnova Partners, Glide Healthcare, Forbion Capital Partners, British Patient Capital
04.10.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 40 |
2024
Sustainable immersion cooling technology secures a cool $55.5M for greener AI factories and datacenters
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2015
- Series C
- Sector: Data Center Automation
Investment Raised: USD 55.5m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Alma Mundi Ventures, M&G Investments, Norrsken VC, Planet First Partners
27.09.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 39 |
2024
Connected fitness tech unicorn EGYM snaps $200M at over $1B valuation
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2011
- Series G
- Sector: Fitness
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
USD 1B
Valuation
Investors: Meritech Capital Partners, L Catterton
20.09.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 38 |
2024
DeepDrive raises $33.5 mln to scale up cheaper, efficient EV motors
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2021
- Series B
- Sector: Automotive
Investment Raised: EUR 30m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: BMW i Ventures, co-pace, Leitmotif
13.09.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 37 |
2024
EQT Leads $102.5 Million Series A Funding Round in Belgian Radioisotope Producer PanTera
- HQ: BE
Founded: 2022
- Series A
- Sector: Health Care
Investment Raised: EUR 93m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: EQT Life Sciences, Eurazeo, Ion Beam Applications, Korys, Kurma Partners, Paladin, PMV, SFPIM
04.09.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 36 |
2024
Reonic raises €13 million to help small installers of green tech like heat pumps and solar panels
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2021
- Series A
- Sector: Renewable Energy, Software, Solar
Investment Raised: EUR 13M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Puzzle Ventures, Point Nine, Northzone
29.08.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 35 |
2024
Amazon and Bezos Expeditions to Back Robot-Maker Swiss-Mile
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2023
- Seed
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Information Technology, Manufacturing, Robotics
Investment Raised: USD 20M €
USD 78M
Valuation
Investors: Linear Capital, HongShan, Bezos Expeditions, Armada Investment AG, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund
23.08.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 34 |
2024
Berlin-based Root raises €8 million to build the climate OS of the food industry
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2022
- Seed
- Sector: Food and Beverage
Investment Raised: EUR 8M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Project A Ventures, Point Nine, Hello World, arc investors
13.08.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 33 |
2024
Plan-S Launches $40 Million Funding Round to Boost Satellite Expansion
- HQ: TR
Founded: 2021
- Venture Round
- Sector: Internet, Satellite Communication, Telecommunications
Investment Raised: USD 40 M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Ziraat Bank
06.08.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 32 |
2025
Riverlane raises $75 million to meet surging global demand for quantum error correction technology
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Computer, Information Technology, Quantum Computing, Software
Investment Raised: USD 75 M €
USD 325 M
Valuation
Investors: Planet First Partners, National Security Strategic Investment Fund, EDBI, Cambridge Innovation Capital, Amadeus Capital Partners, Altair
29.07.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 31 |
2024
Mannheim-based osapiens raises €110.7 million Series B to help companies navigate ESG regulation
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Compliance, SaaS, Software
Investment Raised: EUR 110.7 M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Armira
26.07.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 30 |
2024
Gcore Raises $60 Million in Series A Funding to Drive AI Innovation and Global Expansion
- HQ: LUX
Founded: 2014
- Series A
- Sector: AI, Cloud Data Service
Investment Raised: EUR 60M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Wargaming, HRZ, Constructor Capital
18.07.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 29 |
2024
Nearfield Instruments secures €135 million in landmark deep-tech funding round
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Electronics, Machinery Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
Investment Raised: EUR 135M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Walden Catalyst, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING Group
12.07.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 28 |
2024
SciRhom Secures EUR 63 Million Series A Financing Round to Accelerate iRhom2-targeting Therapies in Autoimmune Diseases
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2016
- Series A
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 63M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Wellington Partners, PhiFund Ventures, MIG Capital, Kurma Partners, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Hadean Ventures, Bayern Kapital, Andera Partners
02.07.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 27 |
2024
DNEG Group raises $200 million from UAE’s United Al Saqer Group
- HQ: UK
Founded: 1998
- Private Equity Round
- Sector: Advertising, Digital Entertainment, Film, Motion Capture
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: United Al Saqer Group
28.06.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 26 |
2024
Rohlik grabs $170M to expand its 15-minute grocery delivery service
- HQ: CZ
Founded: 2014
- Venture Round
- Sector: Delivery, Delivery Service, e-commerce, Food Delivery, Grocery, Grocery Delivery
Investment Raised: EUR 160M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: TCF Capital, Sofina, Quadrille Capital, Index Ventures, European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
21.06.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 25 |
2024
iOnctura Raises EUR80M in Series B Financing
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 80M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: VI Partners, Syncona Partners LLP, Schroders Capital, M Ventures, Inkef, European Innovation Council, 38 Future Health Fund
13.06.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 24 |
2024
Mistral AI raises 600 million euros in latest funding round
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2023
- Series B
- Sector: Generative AI
Investment Raised: EUR 600M €
EUR 5.2B
Valuation
Investors: SV Angel, ServiceNow Ventures, Sanabil, Samsung Venture Investment, Salesforce Ventures, NVIDIA, Millennium New Horizons, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Latitude, Korelya Capital, IBM Ventures, Headline, Hanwha Asset Management, General Catalyst, Eurazeo, Cisco Systems, Bpifrance, BNP Paribas, Bertelsmann Investments, Belifus Bank, Andreessen Horowitz
07.06.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 23 |
2024
Airbus’s Stratospheric Drone Business Aalto HAPS Secures $100 Million From Japanese Investors
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2022
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Satellite Communication
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Space Compass Corporation, NTT DoCoMo, Mizuho Bank, Development Bank of Japan
31.05.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 22 |
2024
World’s first contraceptive app, Natural Cycles, raises $55M
- HQ: SE
Founded: 2013
- Series C
- Sector: Healthcare
Investment Raised: USD 55M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Samsung Ventures, Point72 Ventures, Lauxera Capital Partners, Heartcore Capital, Headline, EQT Ventures, Bonnier Ventures
24.05.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 21 |
2024
Generative AI Translation Startup DeepL Locks Up $300M
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2017
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Investment Raised: USD 300M €
USD 1.7B
Valuation
Investors: Index Ventures, WiL (World Innovation Lab), Teachers' Venture Growth, IVP, ICONIQ Growth, Atomico
17.05.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 20 |
2024
Voice Assistant Builder PolyAI Closes $50 Million Series C; Backers Include Hedosophia, Nvidia and Khosla Ventures
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Series C
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Investment Raised: USD 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Zendesk, Sands Capital Ventures, Passion Capital, Point72 Ventures, NVentures, Khosla Ventures, Hedosophia, Georgian
10.05.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 19 |
2024
Wayve lands $1B from SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA to build AI tech for self-driving cars
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Series C
- Sector: Autonomous Vehicles
Investment Raised: USD 1B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank
29.04.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 18 |
2024
Dutch startup Vitestro $22M for revolutionary autonomous blood drawing device
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2017
- Series A
- Sector: Healthcare
Investment Raised: ER 20M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Sonder Capital NYBC Ventures Inves-NL European Innovation Council
22.04.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 17 |
2024
CN Bio raises $21 million to scale up organ-on-a-chip technology
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2009
- Series B
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: USD 21M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: CN Innovations Bayland Capital
15.04.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 16 |
2024
Finland’s satellite imaging startup ICEYE raises oversubscribed €87M growth funding round
- HQ: FI
Founded: 2014
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: Aerospace
Investment Raised: EUR 87M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Solidium Move Capital Blackwells Capital Christo Georgiev
08.04.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 15 |
2024
Reshape wants to help ‘decode nature’ by automating the ‘visual’ part of lab experiments
- HQ: DK
Founded: 2018
- Series A
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: USD 20M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Y Combinator R7 Partners Per Falholt Nicholas Francis Astanor Ventures ACME Capital 21st.BIO
01.04.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 14 |
2024
Neurosterix launches with $63M to Advance Allosteric Modulator Therapeutics for Neurological Disorders
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2024
- Series A
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: USD 63M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Perceptive Life Sciences Perceptive Advisors Acorn Bioventures
25.03.2024
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 13 |
2024
Robovision raises $42M to accelerate AI-powered industrial automation
- HQ: BE
Founded: 2009
- Series A
- Sector: Agtech