30.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Energy Dome raises $11M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/) Barclays (https://www.barclays.de/) Novum Capital Partners and Third Derivative

30.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Digital Nature raises €1.5M in Seed Funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 1,5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Business Angel Mikko Kodisoja & Visa Forsten

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Quell Therapeutics raises $156m in oversubscribed Series B

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 156M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Jeito Capital (https://www.jeito.life/en/home/) Ridgeback Capital Investments (http://www.ridgebackcap.com/) SV Health Investors (https://svhealthinvestors.com/) Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (http://www.fidelity.com) Syncona (https://www.synconaltd.com/) British Patient Capital through its Future Fund.

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Origyn Foundation raises $20M in Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

USD 300M

Valuation

Investors: Bill Ackman’s Table Management Polychain Capital (https://polychain.capital/) Paris Hilton (https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/paris-hilton) Coinko Vectr Ventures (https://vectr.co/) Carter Reum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Reum) Div Turakhia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divyank_Turakhia) GD10 Ventures (https://gd10.ventures/)

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Mainstream Renewable Power raises €90M in Equity Funding

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: EUR 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Aker Horizons (https://www.akerhorizons.com/)

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Thought Machine closes $200 million round, now at a unicorn valuation

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD +1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Nyca Partners (https://www.nyca.com/) with participation from ING Ventures JPMorgan Chase (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/) Standard Chartered Ventures Lloyds Banking Group (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/) British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) SEB (https://sebgroup.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) Backed (https://www.backed.vc/) IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/)

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Vivenu raises $50M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Activant Capital (https://www.activantcapital.com/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) and the San Francisco 49ers.

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

Founded: 2020

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)

28.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Second-hand car auction platform Motorway hits Unicorn status after $190M raise with Index, ICONIQ

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 190M €

USD 810 Million

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com) ICONIQ Growth (https://iconiqgrowth.com/) Latitude (https://www.latitudeim.com/) Unbound (https://un-bound.com/) and BMW iVentures

26.11.2021

Deal |

2021

£21m placing at Cambridge tech firm Checkit

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: GBP 21M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

25.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Munich’s e-commerce logistics provider Everstox raises €20 million

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Acton Capital (https://actoncapital.com/) Capnamic Ventures Flash Ventures (https://fl4sh.vc/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/)

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Two-year-old audio platform Podimo raises $78m from London VCs

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 78M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker (https://augustinusfabrikker.dk/en/) Headline (https://headline.com/) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Saban Ventures

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Celsius (CEL) announces massive $750 million funding for its ecosystem

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 750M €

USD 3.2B

Valuation

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Plug In Digital raises $75 million for indie games publishing

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 75M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bridgepoint (https://www.bridgepoint.eu/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en)

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Ionity announces €700 million investment to enable rapid EV charging network expansion and accelerated growth across Europe

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 700M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at)

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Allica Bank has closed a £110m Series B new cash raise, its largest funding round to date.

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 110M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Warwick Capital LLP (https://www.warwickcap.com/) Atalaya Capital (https://www.atalayacap.com/)

23.11.2021

Deal |

2021

French InsurTech startup Leocare raises big funding round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 116M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ventech (https://www.ventechvc.com/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Daphni (https://daphni.com/)

23.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Chinese fund Orient Hontai controls 80% of Mediapro by injecting 620 million

Founded: 1994

Investment Raised: EUR 620M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Orient Capital (https://www.orientcap.com/)

23.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Bitrise hooks $60M as mobile app development skyrockets

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Fiedler Capital (https://www.fiedler.capital/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) Insight Partners OpenOcean (https://openocean.finance/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Y Combinator Zobito (https://zobito.com/)

23.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Payhawk raises $112m Series B

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 112M €

USD 458M

Valuation

Investors: Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Eleven Ventures Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com/)

23.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Digital mental health firm Ieso lands $53M in Series B round

Founded: 2000

Investment Raised: USD 53M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ananda Impact Ventures (https://ananda.vc/) IP Group Plc Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) Morningside Group (https://morningside.com/) Sony Innovation Fund (https://www.sonyinnovationfund.com/)

22.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Piper consolidates success in the pet market with £33m investment in pet accessories brand Omlet

Founded: 2006

Investment Raised: GBP 33M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Piper Private Equity (https://www.piper.co.uk/)

22.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 48 |

2021

Jobandtalent Secures $500m in Series E Fundraising Round to Accelerate Expansion

Founded: 2009

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/)

22.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Jina AI Announces $30 Million to Build Neural Search Networks for Businesses

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) GGV Capital (https://www.ggvc.com/) Mango Capital (https://www.google.com/search?q=Mango+Capital+vc&sxsrf=AOaemvI8cxCdE6XmiyjD_YR6ynU32aDZWA%3A1638367802855&ei=OoKnYfbRM4uNxc8Po9yJ2AY&ved=0ahUKEwj21pnX48L0AhWLRvEDHSNuAmsQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Mango+Capital+vc&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEMsBMgYIABAWEB46BwgjELADECc6BwgAEEcQsAM6CwguEMcBENEDEMsBOggIABDJAxDLAToFCC4QywFKBAhBGABQ_ARYkAdgsQhoAXACeACAAXCIAZECkgEDMi4xmAEAoAEByAEGwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz) SAP.iO (https://sap.io/) Yunqi Partners (http://www.yunqi.vc/en/)

22.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Verdane partners with SaaS e-commerce platform Centra to support internationalisation and product enhancement

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Verdane (https://verdane.com/)

20.11.2021

Deal of the Month |

November |

2021

Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants

Founded: 2020

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

18.11.2021

Deal |

2021

OTA Insight raises USD 80M Series B funding from Spectrum Equity to bring data-driven decisions to hospitality industry

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Spectrum Equity (https://www.spectrumequity.com/) Highgate Ventures (https://www.highgate.com/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/)

18.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Brainnwave forms co-venture with Hatch following USD 10M Series A investment

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hatch (https://www.hatch.com/)

18.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Packhelp raises USD 45.6M to expand its custom packing biz

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 45.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) PROfounders Capital (https://www.profounderscapital.com/) PortfoLion Capital Partners (https://www.portfolion.hu/) Market One Capital (https://moc.vc/) Inovo Venture Partners (https://inovo.vc/) InfraVia Capital Partners (https://infraviacapital.com/) FJ Labs (https://fjlabs.com/) European Investment Bank (https://www.eib.org/en/index.htm)

18.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Eatron, which makes ‘intelligent automotive software’ raises USD 11M Series A led by MMC

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vinfast (https://vinfastauto.us/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Hirschvogel Automotive Group (https://www.hirschvogel.com/) Aster Capital (https://www.aster.com/)