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
05.09.2022
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
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Employee Benefits
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Biotechnology
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2011
- Venture – Series Unknown
- Sector: FinTech
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
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series C
- Sector: Corporate Training
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
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
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
- HQ: HR
Founded: 2009
- Series D
- Sector: Automotive
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
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Automotive
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2020
- Series A
- Sector: FinTech
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2009
- Series C
- Sector: CleanTech
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
- HQ: LT
Founded: 2017
- Series A
- Sector: FinTech
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
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2008
- Venture Round
- Sector: Cyber Security
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
- Series A
- Sector: 3D Technology
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
- Series C
- Sector: FinTech
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
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2009
- Private Equity
- Sector: CleanTech
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
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Artificial Intelligence
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
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2016
- Series A
- Sector: Human Resources
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
- HQ: TU
Founded: 2015
- Series E
- Sector: e-commerce
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
- HQ: NO
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: Apps
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
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: FinTech
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
- HQ: IT
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: Financial Services