28.10.2021

Deal |

2021

SimScale raises EUR 25M for its SaaS engineering simulation platform from Insight Partners, Draper Esprit, others

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) Union Square Ventures (https://www.usv.com/) June Fund (https://june.fund/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/)

28.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Fleksy raises USD 1.6M to fuel its growing white-label keyboard SDK

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 1.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SOSV (https://sosv.com/) Simile Venture Partners (http://simileventure.com/) Inveready (https://inveready.com/)

28.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Novadip raises USD 22M in series B funding for US trial of bone regeneration therapy

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 22M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vives Louvain Technology Fund (https://www.vivesfund.com/en) SRIW Life Sciences (https://www.sriw.be/en/our-team/) New Science Ventures (https://www.newscienceventures.com/) Investsud Fund+ CR-CP Life Science Fund (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cr-cp-life-science-fund)

28.10.2021

Deal |

2021

London-based B2B capital raising online platform HUBX grabs further investment

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 1.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Mandolore Partners (https://www.mandalorepartners.com/) ACF Investors (https://www.acfinvestors.com/)

27.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Consumer research platform Attest raises USD 60M

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Kismet Capital Group (https://www.kismetcap.com/)

27.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Aito raised its largest funding round to date

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 4.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: KBC Focus Fund (https://www.kbcsecurities.com/en.html) Innovation Industries (https://www.innovationindustries.com/) Forward.one Venture Capital (https://www.forward.one/)

27.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Medtech Ostoform gets EUR 3M private equity funding boost

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BGF Ventures (https://www.bgf.co.uk/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Swiss AI-powered spend management platform Yokoy raises USD 26M

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

German biotech startup Exciva secures EUR 9M to address ‘Agitation/Aggression’ in Alzheimer’s disease

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: LBBW VC (https://www.lbbwvc.de/) Cure8 Ventures (https://www.cure8ventures.com/) Andera Partners (https://www.anderapartners.com/en/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

DNA Script Raises USD 165M in Oversubscribed Series C Financing to Accelerate Commercialization of Enzymatic DNA Printing Platform

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 165M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: M Ventures (https://www.m-ventures.com/) Moore Strategic Ventures (https://www.moore-ventures.com/) Life Sciences Partners (https://www.lspvc.com/) Kurma Partners (https://www.kurmapartners.com/en) Illumina Ventures (https://www.illuminaventures.com/) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/about-fidelity/our-company) Farallon Capital Management (https://www.faralloncapital.com/) Danaher Life Science (https://www.danaher.com/our-businesses) Columbia Threadneedle Investments (https://www.columbiathreadneedle.com/en/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Catalio Capital Management (https://www.cataliocapital.com/) Casdin Capital (https://casdincapital.com/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) ArrowMark Partners (https://arrowmarkpartners.com/) Alexandria Venture Investments (https://www.are.com/venture-investments.html) Agilent Technology (https://www.agilent.com/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

‘Most Decentralized Network’ Minima Raises USD 6.5M in Series A Round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 6.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vinny Lingham SMO Capital (https://www.smocapital.net/) GSR (https://www.gsr.io/) DEX Ventures (https://www.dexventures.com/) AGE Crypto Asset Investment Fund (https://age.fund/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Admix Raises USD 25M Towards Metaverse Ad Solutions

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sure Valley Ventures (https://surevalleyventures.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Side Door Ventures (https://sidedoorventures.co/) Rocket Capital (https://www.rocket.capital/) Notion Capital (https://notion.vc/) Kuvi Capital (https://kuvicap.com/) Force Over Mass (https://fomcap.com/) Capital Elefund (https://elefund.com/) DIP Capital (https://www.dip-capital.com/) Colopl Next (https://www.coloplnext.co.jp/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

HERBOLEA Closes EUR 5M Series A Round Led by EU Cannabis Fund OSKARE Capital

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Oskare Capital (https://oskarecapital.com/)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 1.5B

Valuation

Investors: White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) RTP Global (https://www.rtp.vc/) Novator (https://novator.co.uk/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Mountain Partners (https://mountain.partners/) M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises USD 100M on a USD 540M pre-money valuation

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 540M

Valuation

Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/at/) GR Capital (https://gr.capital/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

No code all in one data platform Y42 raises USD 31M

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 31M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: La Famigla (https://lafamiglia.vc/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Data Community Fund (https://www.dcf1.vc/) Atomico (https://atomico.com/)

25.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 44 |

2021

German investing start-up Moonfare raises $125m in Series C round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (http://www.fisv.com/)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Norlase secures USD 10.6M for its voice-controlled medical lasers

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 10.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: West Hill Capital (https://westhillcapital.co.uk/)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Tallano raises EUR 17M to fight against fine particles

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Mirova (https://www.mirova.com/en) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/)

24.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Xorlab finalises EUR 6.1M Series A round

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 6.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Zürcher Kantonal Bank (https://www.zkb-oe.at/) Spicehaus Partners (https://www.spicehaus.com/) Hasler Foundation (https://haslerstiftung.ch/en/welcome-to-the-hasler-foundation/) EquityPitcher Ventures (https://equitypitcher.com/)

21.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Humanising Autonomy raises USD 11M Series A funding to change how machines understand people globally

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Synapse Partners (https://synapsepartners.co/) Guy Hands Global Brain Corporation (https://globalbrains.com/en/) Emelience Partners (https://www.emellience.com/) Anthemis Group (https://www.anthemis.com/) Amplifier Ventures (https://amplifierlab.io/) Aken Capital (https://www.akencapital.com/)

21.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Leucid Bio raises GBP 11.5M in Series A financing to develop next generation of innovative chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapies

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: GBP 11.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vulpes Investment Management Pte LTD (https://vulpesinvest.com/) Sofinnova Partners (https://www.sofinnovapartners.com/) Epidarex Capital (https://epidarex.com/) British Business Bank (https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/) 2invest (https://2invest-ag.com/)

21.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Xergy Group secures GBP 4.25M  funding to help scale up its software offering

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: GBP 4.25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Scottish Enterprise (https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/)

20.10.2021

Deal of the Month |

October |

2021

TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 1.5B

Valuation

Investors: White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) RTP Global (https://www.rtp.vc/) Novator (https://novator.co.uk/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Mountain Partners (https://mountain.partners/) M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Satellite VU views GBP 15M in Series A raise

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: GBP 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stellar Solutions (https://www.stellarsolutions.com/) Seraphim Capital (https://seraphim.vc/) Ridgeline Ventures (https://ridgelinevc.com/) National Science Foundation E2MC Ventures (https://www.e2mc.space/) Draper Espirit (https://draperesprit.com/) A/O PropTech (https://www.aoproptech.com/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Rossum raises USD 100M in one of eastern Europe’s largest Series A rounds

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) MITON (https://www.miton.cz/en/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Elad Gil

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Fintech firm N26 is now worth more than Germany’s second-largest bank

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 900M €

USD 7B

Valuation

Investors: Third Point Ventures (https://www.thirdpointventures.com/) Dragoneer Investment Group (https://dragoneer.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Primer collects USD 50M to help unify payment infrastructures

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

USD 375M

Valuation

Investors: Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) RTP Global (https://www.rtp.vc/) ICONIQ Growth (https://iconiqgrowth.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Wakeo Raises USD 11M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Promus Ventures (http://www.promusventures.com/) 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Managed open source data infrastructure provider Aiven raises $60M

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 160M €

USD 1.9B

Valuation

Investors: World Innovation Lab (https://wilab.com/) Institutional Venture Partners (https://www.ivp.com/) Atomico (https://atomico.com/)