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 

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

Founded: 2019

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

Founded: 2021

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

Founded: 2011

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

Founded: 2020

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

Founded: 2021

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

Founded: 2006

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.

Founded: 2021

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

Founded: 2012

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

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Claret Capital Partners (https://www.claret-capital.com/) LBO France (https://www.lbofrance.com/) Media Digital Ventures (http://www.mediadigitalventures.com/) Nickleby Capital (https://nicklebycapital.com/) Norgine Ventures (https://norgineventures.com/) TA Ventures (https://taventures.vc/) UNIQA Ventures (https://www.uniqaventures.com/)

27.06.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 27 |

2022

YuLife picks up $120M at an $800M valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 120M €

USD 800M

Valuation

Investors: Anthemis Exponential Ventures (https://www.anthemis.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Dai-ichi Life (https://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/english/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Latitude (https://www.latitudeim.com/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) OurCrowd (https://www.ourcrowd.com/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)

20.06.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 26 |

2022

MiroBio raises $97 million in Series B financing

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 97M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Advent Life Sciences (https://www.adventls.com/) Medicxi (https://www.medicxi.com/) Monograph Capital (https://monograph.bio/) OrbiMed (https://www.orbimed.com/) Oxford Sciences Innovation (https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Samsara BioCapital (https://www.samsaracap.com/) SR One (https://www.srone.com/)

13.06.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

2022

SumUp raises $624M at $8.5B valuation, with its payments and business tech now used by 4M SMBs

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 624M €

USD 8.5B

Valuation

Investors: Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (https://www.baincapitaltechopportunities.com/) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Centerbridge Partners LP (https://www.centerbridge.com/) Crestline (https://www.crestlineinvestors.com/) FIN Capital (https://fin.capital/) Sentinel Capital Partners (https://www.sentinelpartners.com/)

06.06.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 24 |

2022

CoachHub Raises $200M Series C, Led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to Democratize Coaching Worldwide

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) RTP Global (https://rtp.vc/) signals Venture Capital (https://signals.vc/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SVB Capital (https://www.svb.com/svb-capital)

30.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 23 |

2022

Nfinite raises $100 million series B to extend leadership in immersive 3d e-commerce and e-merchandising categories

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) U.S. Venture Partners (https://www.usvp.com/)

23.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 22 |

2022

Rimac raises $537 million in new funding round, CEO talks potential IPO

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: EUR 500M €

EUR 1.5B

Valuation

Investors: Goldman Sachs (https://www.goldmansachs.com/) Porsche (https://www.porsche.at/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

16.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 21 |

2022

Car Subscription Platform FINN Raises $110M In Equity and $720M In Debt To Supercharge Its Growth in the U.S. and Europe

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 110M €

USD 390M

Valuation

Investors: Climb Ventures (https://climbventures.com/) Greentrail Capital (https://www.greentrailcap.com/) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Keen Venture Partners (https://www.keenventurepartners.com/) Korelya Capital (https://www.korelyacapital.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/) Waterfall Asset Management (https://www.waterfallam.com/) White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/)

09.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2022

Elwood Technologies Closes $70M Series A co-Led by Goldman Sachs and Dawn Capital

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

USD 430M

Valuation

Investors: Barclays (https://home.barclays/news/2019/2/barclays-uk-ventures--developing-business-models-for-the-future-/) BlockFi (https://blockfi.com/) Chimera Investment (https://www.chimerareit.com/websites/chimera/English/1000/investor-relations.html) CommerzVentures (https://commerzventures.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Flow Traders (https://www.flowtraders.com/) Galaxy Digital (https://www.galaxydigital.io/) Goldman Sachs (https://www.goldmansachs.com/)

02.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 19 |

2022

UK climate tech firm Carbon Clean gets £121m boost from US oil giant

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: GBP 121M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AXA Investment Managers (https://www.axa-im.com/) Cemex Ventures (https://www.cemexventures.com/) Chevron (https://www.chevron.com/) Marubeni (https://www.marubeni.com/en/) Samsung Ventures (https://www.samsungventure.co.kr/english/jsp/investment/sector.jsp) Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (https://aramcoventures.com/) TC Energy (https://www.tcenergy.com/) WAVE Equity Partners (https://waveep.com/)

25.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 18 |

2022

Just six months after raising €9.5M seed round, fintech startup kevin. raises €61.8M Series A led by Accel

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 61.82M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Amit Jhawar Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Global PayTech Ventures (https://gptventures.com/) Harry Stebbings Ilkka Paananen OpenOcean (https://openocean.finance/) OTB Ventures (https://otb.vc/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

18.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2022

SonarSource, the Leading Platform for Clean Code, Raises $412 Million in New Investment

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: USD 412M €

USD 4.3B

Valuation

Investors: Advent International (https://www.adventinternational.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Insight Partners (http://insightpartners.com) Permira (https://www.permira.com/)

11.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 16 |

2022

Gravity Sketch draws $33M for a platform to design, collaborate on and produce 3D objects

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 33M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Forward Partners Kevin Durant Kindred Capital (https://kindredcapital.vc/) Paul Robson Point Nine (https://www.pointnine.com/) Rich Kleiman Soleio Cuervo Will Smith

04.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 15 |

2022

Wagestream Announces $175M Series C to Expand its Financial Wellbeing App to 30 Million U.S. Frontline Workers

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 175M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/global-directory) Fair By Design Fund (https://fairbydesign.com/fair-by-design-fund/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc) Northzone (https://northzone.com) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com) Silicon Valley Bank (https://www.svb.com) Smash Capital (https://smashcap.com) Village Global (https://www.villageglobal.vc) XYZ Venture Capital (https://www.xyz.vc)

28.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 14 |

2022

Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: CHF 600M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Baillie Gifford (https://www.bailliegifford.com) BigPoint Holding (https://www.bigpoint.net) Carbon Removal Partners (https://www.carbonremovalpartnership.net) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) John Doerr M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb) Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/) Swiss RE (https://www.swissre.com)

21.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 13 |

2022

Yokoy, a Spend Management Automation Platform, Welcomes Sequoia Capital-Led $80M Series B

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

USD 420M

Valuation

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com) SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc) Zinal Growth (https://www.zinal.com/)

14.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 12 |

2022

Berlin’s Leapsome welcomes $60 million in first-ever funding round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc)

07.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 11 |

2022

Getir is now worth nearly $12 billion after raising another $768 million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 768M €

USD 11.8B

Valuation

Investors: Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (https://www.adg.ae/) Alpha Wave Global (https://www.alphawaveglobal.com/) Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

28.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 10 |

2022

Norway’s Tibber brings home $100 million in Summa Equity-led round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Eight Roads Ventures Schibsted (https://schibsted.com/) Summa Equity (https://summaequity.com/)

21.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 9 |

2022

Payhawk becomes first-ever Bulgarian unicorn after raising $100M

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Sprints Capital (https://sprintscap.com/) Endeavor Catalyst (https://endeavor.org/) HubSpot Ventures (https://www.hubspot.com/ventures) Jigsaw VC (https://jigsaw.vc/) Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) QED Partners (https://www.qedinvestors.com/) Earlybird Digital East (https://www.moltenventures.com/seed-funds/earlybird)

14.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 8 |

2022

Scalapay, now a unicorn, raises $497M Series B and enters the checkout market

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 497M €

USD 787M

Valuation

Investors: Deimos Capital (https://www.deimocapital.com/) Fasanara Capital (https://www.fasanara.com/) Moore Capital (https://www.moorecap.com/login) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Willoughby Capital (https://www.willcapllc.com/) Rakesh Gangwal

07.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 7 |

2022

SpliceBio Raises EUR 50M in Oversubscribed Series A Financing to Advance Protein Splicing Platform and Expand Gene Therapy Pipeline

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Asabys Partners (https://asabys.com/) Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com/) UCB Ventures (https://www.ucbventures.com/) Ysios Capital (https://ysioscapital.com/)