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
06.03.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 10 |
2023
Automotive payments fintech bezahl.de NX Technologies raises €11 million in Series A funding round
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series A
- Sector: Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments
Investment Raised: EUR 11M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Carcharodon Capital (https://www.carcharodoncapital.com/) Ingo Weber Motive Partners (https://www.motivepartners.com/) Motive Ventures (https://motivepartners.com/motive-ventures/) Rolf Christof Dienst Wessel Management (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wessel-management/company_financials)
27.02.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 9 |
2023
StudentFinance secures $41 million to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2019
- Series A
- Sector: Banking, Education, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 41M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Armilar Venture Partners (https://www.armilar.com/) Ed Vaizey Giant Ventures (https://www.giant.vc/) Iberis Capital (https://iberiscapital.com/) Martin Villig Mustard Seed Maze (https://mustardseed.vc/mustard-seed-maze) Seedcamp (https://www.seedcamp.at/) Tom Blomfield
20.02.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 8 |
2023
Quantum Motion raises £42m in record-breaking round
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Electronics
Investment Raised: GBP 42M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Inkef (https://medium.com/inkef-capital) IP Group (https://www.ipgroupplc.com/) National Security Strategic Investment Fund Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Oxford Science Enterprises (https://www.oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Parkwalk Advisors (https://parkwalkadvisors.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/) Robert Bosch Venture Capital (https://www.rbvc.com/)
13.02.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 7 |
2023
Credit Suisse leads $65 million Series B in digital asset firm Taurus
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: Financial Services
Investment Raised: USD 65M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Arab Bank (Switzerland) (https://www.arabbank.ch/) Cedar Mundi Ventures (http://cedarmundi.com/) Credit Suisse (https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/de.html) Deutsche Bank (https://www.deutsche-bank.de/pk.html) Investis Group (https://www.investisgroup.com/) Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A. (https://www.pictet.com/)
06.02.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 6 |
2023
ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2010
- Private Equity
- Sector: Autonomous Vehicles
Investment Raised: CHF 325M €
CHF 2.38B
Valuation
Investors: Beyond Net Zero (https://beyond-net-zero.com/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/)
30.01.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 5 |
2023
Matchesfashion owner attracts £40m in equity to keep online retailer in shape
- HQ: UK
Founded: 1987
- Private Equity
- Sector: Fashion
Investment Raised: GBP 40M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Apax Partners (https://www.apax.com/)
23.01.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 4 |
2023
France-based PASQAL bags €100M to build quantum computers with atoms and laser
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Information Technology
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Daphni (https://www.daphni.com/) EIC Fund (https://eic.ec.europa.eu/investment-opportunities_en) Eni Next (https://www.eni.com/eninext/en-US/home.html) Quantonation (https://www.quantonation.com/) Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures (https://aramcoventures.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)
16.01.2023
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 3 |
2023
Fintech Anyfin raises €30 million Series C funding to further accelerate expansion across Europe
- HQ: SE
Founded: 2017
- Series C
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: EUR 30M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Augmentum Fintech (https://augmentum.vc/) Capricorn Capital Partners (https://capricorncapital.com/uk/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) FinTech Collective (https://fintech.io/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Quadrille Capital (https://www.quadrillecapital.com/)
05.12.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 50 |
2022
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 24M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Barclays Corporate Banking (https://www.barclayscorporate.com/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) Citi (https://www.citi.com/) Fitch Ventures (https://www.fitch.group/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Lloyds Banking Group Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Talis Capital (https://taliscapital.com/)
28.11.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 49 |
2022
Sweden-based Einride bags €475.5M to accelerate deployment of sustainable freight mobility
- HQ: SE
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Electric Vehicle
Investment Raised: USD 475.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: AMF (http://www.amf-capital.de/start.html) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Norrsken VC (https://www.norrsken.vc/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Polar Structure (https://polarstructure.se/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)
21.11.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 48 |
2022
Crypto market maker Keyrock raises $72 million
- HQ: BE
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Asset Management
Investment Raised: USD 72M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Middlegame Ventures (https://www.middlegamevc.com/) Ripple (https://ripple.com/) SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html)
14.11.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 47 |
2022
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
- Private Equity
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: GBP 30M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: BBVA (https://www.bbva.com/en/) Toscafund (https://www.toscafund.com/)
07.11.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 46 |
2022
Matter Labs, the company behind zkSync, raises $200 million to scale Ethereum
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series C
- Sector: Blockchain
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) Blockchain Capital (https://blockchain.capital/) Dragonfly (https://www.dragonfly.xyz/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Variant (https://variant.fund/)
31.10.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 45 |
2022
Another nail in the photographers’ coffin as PhotoRoom develops $19 million
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2019
- Series A
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 19M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Adjacent (https://adjacent.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Hugging Face (https://huggingface.co/) Meta (https://about.meta.com/)
24.10.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 44 |
2022
Lisbon-based RealFevr scores €10 million to lead football into the NFT era
- HQ: PRT
Founded: 2020
- Seed
- Sector: IT
Investment Raised: EUR 10M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Siegerlandfonds (https://www.siegerlandfonds.de/) Earlybird Venture Capital (http://earlybird.com/)
17.10.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 43 |
2022
Neoplants has raised more than $20 million in funding
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2018
- Seed
- Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: USD 20M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Collaborative Fund (https://collabfund.com/) Entrepreneur First (https://www.joinef.com/) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) Niklas Zennström True Ventures (https://trueventures.com/)
10.10.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 42 |
2022
Munich-based vacation rental company Holidu secures €100M, eyes expansion
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2014
- Series E
- Sector: Travel
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Common Fund (https://www.commonfund.org/) coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) LIOS Ventures (https://lios.vc/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Prime Ventures (https://www.primeventures.com/) Senovo (https://senovo.vc/) Vintage Investment Partners (https://www.vintage-ip.com/)
03.10.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 41 |
2022
Blockchain development platform Tatum nabs $41.5M to untangle Web3
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
- Series A
- Sector: Blockchain
Investment Raised: USD 41.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 3VC (https://three.vc/) Christian Trummer Circle (https://www.circle.com/en/) DEPO Ventures (https://depoventures.com/) Eric Demuth Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) LeadBlock Partners (https://leadblockpartners.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Paul Klanschek Tensor Ventures (https://tensor.ventures/)
26.09.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 40 |
2022
Spanish cybersecurity startup IriusRisk secures €29 million to automate threat modelling
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2015
- Series B
- Sector: Cyber Security
Investment Raised: EUR 29M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/) Bright Pixel (https://brpx.com/) Inveready (https://inveready.com/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) Swanlaab Venture Factory
12.09.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 38 |
2022
Andreessen Horowitz leads London fintech Sequence’s $19m seed round
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2022
- Seed
- Sector: Software
Investment Raised: USD 19M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 9Yards Capital (https://9yards.vc/) Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) Crew Capital (https://crew.vc/) Dig Ventures (https://www.dig.ventures/) Fin Capital (https://fin.capital/) Firstminute Capital (https://www.firstminute.capital/) Passion Capital (https://www.passioncapital.com/) Salesforce Ventures (https://salesforceventures.com/)
05.09.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 37 |
2022
NEUMAN & ESSER and Ballard invest €50m in QUANTRON and establish a Hydrogen Alliance for a 360° H2 Ecosystem
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2019
- Series A
- Sector: Electric Vehicle
Investment Raised: EUR 50M €
EUR 200M
Valuation
Investors: Ballard Power Systems (https://www.ballard.com/) Neuman & Esser (https://www.neuman-esser.de/)
29.08.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 36 |
2022
Planted gets $72M to put whole cuts of vegan chicken on Europe’s menu
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Food and Beverage
Investment Raised: USD 72M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: ACE & Company (https://aceandcompany.com/) Be8 Ventures (https://www.be8.vc/) ETH Zurich Foundation (https://ethz-foundation.ch/) Gullspång Re
22.08.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 35 |
2022
Berlin’s topi raises $45 million in new funding round, reveals hardware-as-a-service platform for retailers and manufacturers
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2021
- Series A
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 45M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/)
15.08.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 34 |
2022
Celonis rakes in $1 billion at $13 billion valuation to combat supply chain challenges
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2011
- Series D
- Sector: Analytics
Investment Raised: USD 1B €
USD 13B
Valuation
Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Activant Capital (https://www.activantcapital.com/) Alta Park Capital (https://www.altaparkcapital.com/) Arena Holdings (https://arenaholdings.com/) Common Fund (https://www.commonfund.org/) Durable Capital Partners (https://www.durablecap.com/) Franklin Templeton (https://www.franklintempleton.at/) Neuberger Berman Group (https://www.nb.com/en/global/who-we-are) Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx) Sator Grove Holdings (https://www.satorgrove.com/) T. Rowe Price (https://www.troweprice.com/corporate/at/en/home.html) TCV (https://www.tcv.com/)
08.08.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 33 |
2022
Luminovo Raises €11M in Seed Funding
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Seed
- Sector: Software
Investment Raised: EUR 11M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Chalfen Ventures (https://www.chalfenventures.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Khadjavi Capital Partners (https://www.khadjavi-capital.com/) La Famiglia (https://www.lafamiglia.vc/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/) Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/)
01.08.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 32 |
2022
Vector Biopharma closes $30M series A round to support new gene therapy vector
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2021
- Series A
- Sector: Life Science
Investment Raised: USD 30M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Versant Ventures (https://www.versantventures.com/)
25.07.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 31 |
2022
Nexeon Raises Over $200m to Fund Battery Materials Manufacturing
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2006
- Series D
- Sector: Electronics
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Daishin Securities (https://eng.daishin.com/group/en/company/intro/overview.html) Gly Capital Management (https://glycm.com/) Ischyros New York (https://www.ischyrosnewyork.com/) Shinhan Investment (http://www.shinhangroup.com/en/introduce/groupIntroduce1_03.jsp)
18.07.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 30 |
2022
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.
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2021
- Seed Round
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 3 Millions €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Amplo (https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplovc/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3Bwtof1xeYRP6FhgpgU2u0yA%3D%3D) Nordstar (https://www.linkedin.com/company/nordstar/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3Bwtof1xeYRP6FhgpgU2u0yA%3D%3D) Martell Hardenberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAdYMogBKF7BJ6R_W_LB-f6Uj-MoL73FFN4) Index Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/index-ventures/) Ribbit Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ribbit-capital/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3BgH1ds%2Fq8TsWJ%2F6AppiK2Dg%3D%3D) Kleiner Perkins.
11.07.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 29 |
2022
Contentsquare Closes $600M Growth Investment Round Led by Sixth Street; Doubles Valuation to $5.6B and Brings Total Funding to $1.4 Billion
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2012
- Series F
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 400M €
USD 5.2B
Valuation
Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) Sixth Street (https://sixthstreet.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)
04.07.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 28 |
2022
Barcelona’s Impress heads toward a $125M Series B round in its bid to digitize orthodontics
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Health Care