31.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paris-based Malt raises €80 million to strengthen its freelance consulting marketplace

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en/) GS Growth (https://www.goldmansachs.com/gsgrowth)

31.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Salamanca-based hotel revenue management platform Beonprice raises €2 million in Series A round

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)

31.05.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 23 |

2021

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger bags $380M funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 380M €

USD 1,5 Billion

Valuation

Investors: 10T Holdings (https://10tfund.com/) Alliance Entreprendre (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alliance-entreprendre) Animoca Brands (https://www.animocabrands.com/) Ascendant Capital (https://ascendantcapital.com/) CapHorn Invest (https://caphorn.vc/) Cardinal Capital Partners Cathay Innovation (https://cathayinnovation.com/) CITA Investissement (http://www.cita-invest.com/) Crypto.com Capital (https://crypto.com/capital) Crédit Agricole Centre Loire (https://www.credit-agricole.fr/ca-centreloire/particulier.html) Cygni Capital Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Draper Associates (https://draper.vc/) Draper Dragon (http://draperdragon.com/home-en) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) FirstMark (https://firstmarkservices.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Groupe Arnault (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/groupe-arnault) iAngels (https://www.iangels.com/) Inherent Group (https://www.inherentgroup.com/) Korelya Capital (https://www.korelyacapital.com/) Libertus Capital (https://www.libertuscapital.com/) MACSF (https://www.macsf.fr/) Marcy Venture Partners Rosemoor Capital Management LLC (https://www.rosemoorcapital.com/) Scott Galloway Tekne Capital (https://www.teknecap.com/) The Maze Group (https://themazegroup.com/) Uphold (https://uphold.com/en-us) Warburg Serres Investments (https://www.warburgserres.com/) Wicklow Capital (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wicklow-capital)

27.05.2021

Deal |

2021

The Briefing: Acorns Going Public Via SPAC, FIGS Begins Trading, Ada Health Raises $90M, And More

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 74M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Inteligo (https://inteligo.pl/) Leaps by Bayer (https://leaps.bayer.com/) Mutschler Ventures AG (https://www.mutschler-ventures.com/) Samsung Catalyst Fund (https://samsungcatalyst.com/) Vitruvian Partners (http://www.vitruvianpartners.com/)

27.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Wayflyer raises $76M to provide ‘revenue-based’ financing to e-commerce merchants

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 76M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/)

27.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Pulmocide Raises $92 million in a Series C Financing to Fund Registration Program for PC945

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 92M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Adjuvant Capital (https://adjuvantcapital.com/) Asahi Kasei Pharma (https://www.asahikasei-pharma.co.jp/en/) F-Prime Capital (http://www.fprimecapital.com/) IP Group Plc (http://www.ipgroupplc.com/) Jeito Capital (https://www.jeito.life/) Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC (https://www.jnjinnovation.com/jjdc) Longwood Fund (http://www.longwoodfund.com/) SR One (http://www.srone.com/) SV Health Investors (http://svhealthinvestors.com/)

27.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Securities Crowdfunding Platform SeedBlink Seeks € 3 million in Series A Funding to Expand Across Europe

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 3M €

12 million

Valuation

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

27.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Agicap raises $100 million for its cashflow management service

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 82M €

EUR 415M

Valuation

Investors: BlackFin Capital Partners (http://www.blackfin.com/) Greenoaks Capital (http://www.greenoakscap.com/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/)

26.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Tractive Raises $35 Million as It Brings World’s Most Trusted GPS Tracker for Dogs and Cats to the U.S.

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Attila Balogh Guidepost Growth Equity (https://guidepostgrowth.com/)

26.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paysend Raises $125M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 88M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hermes GPE (http://www.hermesgpe.com/) InfraVia Capital Partners (https://infraviacapital.com/) One Peak Partners (http://www.onepeakpartners.com/) Plug and Play (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/)

26.05.2021

Deal |

2021

DataDome raises $35M to defend ecommerce from bot attacks

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Elephant (http://elephantvc.com/) Isai (https://www.isai.fr/)

26.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin-based procurement proptech Cosuno raises $15 million in Series A round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 12.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Apic Investments Carsten Thoma Cherry Ventures (http://www.cherry.vc/) Christian Bertermann David Nothacker Hakan Koc Johannes Reck Julius Koehler Nicolaus Schefenacker PERI (https://www.peri.com/) Spark Capital (http://www.sparkcapital.com/)

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Tessian Raises $65M in Series C Funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 65M €

USD 500M

Valuation

Investors: Accel (http://www.accel.com/) Balderton Capital (http://www.balderton.com/) Latitude March Capital (http://www.marchcp.com/) Schroder Adveq (https://www.schroderadveq.com/) Sequoia Capital (http://www.sequoiacap.com/)

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

SoftBank-backed Contentsquare Valued At $2.8B Following $500M Series E

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 500M €

USD 2B

Valuation

Investors: BlackRock Private Equity Partners (https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-gb/strategies/alternative-strategies/fund-of-private-equity-funds) Bpifrance (http://bpifrance.fr/) Canaan Partners (http://www.canaan.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en/) Highland Europe (http://www.highlandeurope.com/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (http://www.kkr.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Lithuanian startup Interactio secures Baltics’ largest ever Series A

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 24.4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Change Ventures (http://www.changeventures.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Jaan Tallinn Notion Capital (https://notion.vc/) Practica Capital (https://www.practica.vc/) Storm Ventures (http://stormventures.com/) Young Sohn

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

SevDesk raises 50 million euros

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Arena Holdings (http://www.arenaholdings.com/) Carsten Thoma Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounders.vc/) LEA Partners (http://www.leapartners.de/) Wecken & Cie.

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Italy’s Commerce Layer raises $16M led by Coatue for its headless commerce platform

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Benchmark (http://www.benchmark.com/) Coatue (http://coatue.com/) Mango Capital

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paris-based employee savings and retirement plan platform Epsor raises €20 million in Series B round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Augmentum Fintech (https://augmentum.vc/) BlackFin Capital Partners (http://www.blackfin.com/) Gaia Capital Partners (https://tracxn.com/d/private-equity/gaia-capital-partners/__K2RyuHUG_EYCze9WcESLA1DTkB8Vr6EQShUVh-ldzvQ) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/)

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Matera Raises €35M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bpifrance (http://bpifrance.fr/) Burda Principal Investments (http://www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/) Index Ventures (http://www.indexventures.com/) Mubadala Capital

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Wellbeing tech firm thrives on £2.5m funding round

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: GBP 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SyndicateRoom (http://www.syndicateroom.com/) Wealth Club (https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/)

24.05.2021

Deal |

2021

British AI startup Faculty raises $42.5M growth round led by Apax Digital Fund

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: GBP 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Apax Digital (http://www.apax.com/digital)

24.05.2021

Deal |

2021

London fintech Traydstream completes $8 million Series A financing

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AFG Partners (https://www.afgvc.com/) Spearhead Capital

21.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Pea Protein Milk Startup Vly Raises US$7.4M Series A To Drive Growth Across Europe

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 6.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Five Seasons Ventures (https://www.fiveseasons.vc/) Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounders.vc/) Good Seed Ventures (https://goodseedventures.com/)

21.05.2021

Deal |

2021

London’s premium restaurant and hospitality brands e-commerce partner Slerp raises $10 million

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Jigsaw VC (https://www.jigsaw.vc/) TrueSight Ventures (https://www.truesight.vc/) Aldea Ventures (http://aldea.ventures/) Rumi Verjee

20.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Causaly raises $17 million to accelerate medical research, drug discovery and delivery of scientific breakthroughs

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Index Ventures (http://www.indexventures.com/) Marathon (https://marathon.vc/) Pentech (https://pentech.vc/) EBRD (https://www.ebrd.com/home)

20.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin’s collaborative presentation platform Pitch raises $85 million in Series B funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 85M €

USD 515M

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Lakestar (https://www.lakestar.com/) Thrive Capital (https://thrivecap.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

20.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin’s Trade Republic nabs USD 900M led by Sequoia at a USD 5B+ valuation to take its neobroker app across Europe

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 900M €

USD 5.3B

Valuation

Investors: Sequoia (http://www.sequoiacap.com/) TCV (http://www.tcv.com/) Thrive Capital (http://thrivecap.com/) Accel (http://www.accel.com/) Founders Fund (http://www.foundersfund.com/) Creandum (http://www.creandum.com/) Project A (http://www.project-a.com/)

20.05.2021

Deal of the Month |

May |

2021

Trade Republic hits $5.3bn valuation in record-breaking fundraise led by Sequoia

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 900M €

USD 5,3 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Sequoia (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) TCV (https://www.tcv.com/) Thrive Capital (https://thrivecap.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Founders Fund (https://foundersfund.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Project A (https://www.project-a.com/)

20.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Uncapped, which provides upfront revenue to digital companies, raises $80M in funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Lakestar (http://www.lakestar.com/) All Iron Ventures (http://www.alliron.vc/) White Star Capital (https://www.whitestarcapital.com/) Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounders.vc/) Mouro Capital (https://www.mourocapital.com/)

20.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Cervest Raises $30M Series A round to lead new $40 billion Climate Intelligence market

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Draper Esprit (http://www.draperesprit.com/) Astanor Ventures (https://www.astanor.com/) Lowercarbon Capital (https://lowercarboncapital.com/) Future Positive Capital (http://www.futurepositivecapital.com/) and TIME Ventures