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
31.01.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 6 |
2022
Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Series C
- Sector: Financial Services
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
USD 675M
Valuation
Investors: Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) Ribbit Capital (https://ribbitcap.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)
24.01.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 5 |
2022
Wayflyer hits unicorn status, raising $150m to support eCommerce businesses globally
- HQ: IR
Founded: 2019
- Series B
- Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: USD 150M €
USD 1.45B
Valuation
Investors: Counterpart Advisors (https://counterpartadvisors.com/) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) Madrone Capital Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/madrone-capital-partners) Prosus Ventures (https://www.prosus.com/ventures) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com/) Guillaume Pousaz
17.01.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 4 |
2022
Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon
- HQ: EE
Founded: 2015
- Series C
- Sector: Cyber Security
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
USD 1.4B
Valuation
Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Institutional Venture Partners (https://www.ivp.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)
10.01.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 3 |
2022
Dream Games Raises $255m at $2.75bn Valuation – as Royal Match Becomes One of the World’s Top Grossing Mobile Games
- HQ: TR
Founded: 2019
- Series C
- Sector: Gaming
Investment Raised: USD 255M €
USD 2.75B
Valuation
Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Makers Fund (https://makersfund.com/) funds and accounts managed by BlackRock IVP Kora Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)
03.01.2022
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 2 |
2022
Fintech firm Checkout.com‘s valuation touches $40 bln after latest funding
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2012
- Series D
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 1Billion €
USD 40 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Altimeter Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Franklin Templeton (https://www.franklintempleton.com/) Singapore’s GIC Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx) Oxford Endowment Fund (https://www.ouem.co.uk/the-oxford-endowment-fund/)
20.12.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 52 |
2021
Ready Player Me, a metaverse avatar platform, raises $13M in funding
- HQ: EE
Founded: 2020
- Series A
- Sector: Gaming
Investment Raised: USD 13 M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Taavet+Sten (https://taavetsten.com/) Konvoy Ventures (https://www.konvoy.vc/) NordicNinja (https://nordicninja.vc/) and Tom Preston-Werner
13.12.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 51 |
2021
Swedish startup Voi raises over €101 million to deliver safe and sustainable micromobility for everyone
- HQ: SE
Founded: 2018
- Series D
- Sector: Transport
Investment Raised: EUR 101,8 M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Raine Group (https://raine.com/) VNV Global (https://www.vostoknewventures.com/) Inbox Capital Nordic Ninja (https://nordicninja.vc/) Stena Sessan (https://stenasessan.se/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Ilmarinen Nineyards Equity ICT Capital (https://www.ict-cap.com/) and others
06.12.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 50 |
2021
Infarm raises $200m to support global expansion of vertical farms
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2013
- Series D
- Sector: Agtech
Investment Raised: USD 200M €
USD 800M
Valuation
Investors: Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Bonnier Ventures (https://bonnierventures.com/) Hanaco Venture Capital (https://hanacovc.com/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) Partners in Equity (https://www.pi-equity.com/) Qatar Investment Authority
29.11.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 49 |
2021
Berlin-based online grocery delivery firm Flink secures €664M at €2.52B valuation, eyes international expansion
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: Food Delivery
Investment Raised: EUR 664 M €
EUR 2.52 Billion
Valuation
Investors: DoorDash (https://www.doordash.com/) Mubadala Capital (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital)
22.11.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 48 |
2021
Jobandtalent Secures $500m in Series E Fundraising Round to Accelerate Expansion
- HQ: ES
Founded: 2009
- Series E
- Sector: Marketplace
Investment Raised: USD 500 M €
USD 2.35 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Kinnevik (https://www.kinnevik.com/) SoftBank VisionFund 2. Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Infravia (https://infraviacapital.com/) Kibo (https://kibo-capital.com/) Quadrille (https://www.quadrillecapital.com/)
15.11.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 47 |
2021
IONITY secures €700M from BlackRock, others to expand its EV charging network across Europe
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2017
- Venture Series
- Sector: Automotive
Investment Raised: EUR 700 M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Black Rock
08.11.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 46 |
2021
Ethereum Infrastructure Company ConsenSys raises $200 Million at $3.2 Billion Valuation
- HQ: CH
Founded: 2014
- Venture Series
- Sector: Crypto
Investment Raised: USD 200 M €
USD 3.2 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Marshall Wace (http://www.mwam.com/) Third Point Ventures ParaFi Capital (http://www.parafi.capital) Think Investments Animoca Brands (http://www.animocabrands.com) Coinbase Ventures (https://www.coinbase.com/de/ventures) HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com) Spartan Group Electric Capital (http://electriccapital.com/) Dragonfly Capital Partners Defiance Capital
01.11.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 45 |
2021
Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: USD 125 M €
USD +1 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Redalpine (http://www.redalpine.com) Presight Capital (http://www.presight.vc/) Jebsen Capital Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounderscapital.com) 468 Capital
25.10.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 44 |
2021
German investing start-up Moonfare raises $125m in Series C round
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2016
- Series C
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 125 M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Insight Partners Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (http://www.fisv.com/)
18.10.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 43 |
2021
TIER raises $200 million in Series D round at $2 billion valuation
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
- Series D
- Sector: E-Mobility
Investment Raised: EUR 171,4M €
EUR 1,5 Billion
Valuation
Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (https://visionfund.com/) Mubadala Capital M&G Investments.
11.10.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 42 |
2021
Rossum raises $100m in one of eastern Europe’s largest Series A rounds
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
- Series A
- Sector: AI
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: General Catalyst LocalGlobe Miton Seedcamp Elad Gil (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/elad-gil)
04.10.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 41 |
2021
Elliptic raises USD 60M to accelerate safe adoption of cryptoassets by mainstream financial markets
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2013
- Series C
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 60M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/financing/strategic-capital/) Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) SignalFire (https://signalfire.com/) SBI Group (https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Albion VC (https://www.albion.vc/)
27.09.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 40 |
2021
Neumora raises $500M to target neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative disorders
- HQ: US
Founded: 2019
- Series A
- Sector: BioTech
Investment Raised: USD 500M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: ARCH Venture Partners (https://www.archventure.com/) SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) Waycross Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/waycross-ventures) Surveyor Capital (https://www.citadel.com/investment-strategies/surveyor-capital/) re.Mind Capital Polaris Partners Newpath Management Mubadala Capital
20.09.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 39 |
2021
1NCE raises USD 50 M for global expansion led by investors including SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2017
- Unknown
- Sector: Telecommunications
Investment Raised: USD 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) Deutsche Telekom (https://www.telekom.com/de)
13.09.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 38 |
2021
Fantasy football platform Sorare raises $680 million
- HQ: FR
Founded: 2018
- Series B
- Sector: Fantasy Sports
Investment Raised: USD 680M €
USD 4.3B
Valuation
Investors: SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) IVP (https://www.ivp.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) Futury Capital (https://www.futurycapital.vc/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) D1 Capital Partner (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/d1-capital-partners)
06.09.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 37 |
2021
Amsterdam’s Picnic raises €600M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust to build the most sustainable European grocery delivery company
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2015
- Series D
- Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: EUR 600M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org)
30.08.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 36 |
2021
Homeppl completes seven figure funding round
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
- Seed Round
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: GBP 1M €
GBP 10Million
Valuation
Investors: European Super Angels Club (https://superangels.club/) ParticleX (https://particlex.com/)
23.08.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 35 |
2021
Scalable Capital founder backs crypto wealth app Coinpanion in €1.8m seed round
- HQ: AT
Founded: 2019
- Seed Round
- Sector: Crypto
Investment Raised: EUR 1,8M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: High-Tech Gründerfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/)
16.08.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 34 |
2021
Atheneum nabs $150M to build out its ‘research as a service’ platform for virtual surveys and interviews
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2010
- Series Unknown
- Sector: Business Intelligence / IT
Investment Raised: USD 150M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Vogel Communication Group (https://www.vogel.de/) Michael Brehm (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrehm?originalSubdomain=de) Guidepost Growth Equity (https://guidepostgrowth.com/) Crosslantic Capital (https://www.crosslantic.com/)
09.08.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 33 |
2021
Hamburg-based Sport Alliance secures EUR 60m growth investment from PSG
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2011
- Private Equity Round
- Sector: Software
Investment Raised: EUR 60M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: PSG (https://www.psgequity.com/)
02.08.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 32 |
2021
Largest Equity Funding Round for a European FBA Aggregator Announced as SellerX raises €100 ($118) Million led by L Catterton’s Growth Fund
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
- Series B
- Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: L Catterton (https://www.lcatterton.com/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Felix Capital and 83NORTH
26.07.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 31 |
2021
After raising $54m in a Series B funding round, European online electronics marketplace Refurbed is planning to invest in Ireland.
- HQ: AT
Founded: 2017
- Series B
- Sector: Marektplace
Investment Raised: USD 54M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Evli Growth Partners (https://egp.fi/) Almaz Capital (https://almazcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Bonsai Partners and All Iron Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/all-iron-vc/?originalSubdomain=at) Hermes GPE (https://hermesgpe.com/) C4 Ventures (https://filrougecapital.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIttDqstGc8gIVhKZ3Ch2tuQzkEAAYAiAAEgKLsfD_BwE) SevenVentures (https://www.sevenventures.de/) Alpha Associates (https://alpha-associates.ch/) Monkfish Equity (Trivago Founders) (http://www.monkfish-equity.com/we-are/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Isomer Capital (https://isomercapital.com/)
19.07.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 30 |
2021
Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe
- HQ: DE
Founded: 2016
- Series D
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 224M €
USD 1.65B
Valuation
Investors: BBVA (https://www.bbva.es/personas.html) Decisive Capital Management (https://www.decisive.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Pathway Capital Management (https://pathwaycapital.com/) Vulcan Capital (https://vc4a.com/vulcan-capital/) Yabeo Capital (http://yabeo.de/de/home/)
12.07.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 29 |
2021
Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform
- HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
- Series C
- Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 180M €
Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Temasek (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Sunley House Capital (https://www.adventinternational.com/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/)
05.07.2021
Deal of the Week |
Calendar Week # 28 |
2021
Bunq Raises $228M; Valued at $1.9 Billion
- HQ: NL
Founded: 2012
- Series A
- Sector: FinTech