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

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

USD 675M

Valuation

Investors: Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) Ribbit Capital (https://ribbitcap.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

28.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Rapid-Delivery Startup Zapp Raises $200 Million for Supply Chain

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 468 Capital (https://www.468cap.com/) Atomico (https://atomico.com/) BroadLight Capital (https://www.broadlightcapital.com/) Burda Principal Investments (https://www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Vorwerk Ventures (https://vorwerkventures.com/) Lewis Hamilton

27.01.2022

Deal |

2022

PortalOne raises $60M as it levels up to launch its hybrid, immersive gaming platform later this year

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Access Industries (https://www.accessindustries.com/) Animoca Brands (https://www.animocabrands.com/) Avenir Growth Capital (https://www.avenirgrowth.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Connect Ventures (https://www.connectventures.co/) Founders Fund (https://foundersfund.com/) Nordstar (https://nordstar.com/) Rogue Venture Partners (https://roguevp.com/) SNÖ– Ventures (https://sno.vc/) Socii Capital (https://sociicapital.com/) Talis Capital (https://www.taliscapital.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) TQ Ventures (https://www.tqventures.com/) Aleksander Leonard Larsen Julius Genachowski Matt Cohler Rishi Garg

26.01.2022

Deal |

2022

E-commerce delivery platform Paack picks up €200 million in SoftBank led round

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Big Sur Ventures (https://www.bigsurventures.vc/en/home) Castel Capital (https://www.castelcapital.com/) Endeavor Catalyst (https://endeavor.org/catalyst/) First Bridge Ventures (https://www.firstbridge.vc/) Fuse Venture Partners (https://fuseventure.partners/) InfraVia Capital Partners (https://infraviacapital.com/) Kibo Ventures Rider Global (https://riderglobal.vc) RPS Ventures (https://www.rpsventures.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Unbound (https://un-bound.com/) Inaki Berenguer

26.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon

Founded: 2015

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/)

26.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Distalmotion Raises $90Million To Accelerate Adoption Of Surgical Robot Dexter

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 415 CAPITAL (https://415capital.com/) Revival Healthcare Capital (https://www.rvlhc.com/)

26.01.2022

Deal |

2022

SKC consortium invests $80m in UK anode startup Nexeon

Founded: 2006

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SKC (https://www.sk-inc.com/en/)

26.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Cowboy raises $80M to take its e-bike business up a gear

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: aldeA Ventures (https://aldea.ventures/) Eothen (https://eothen.com/) Exor Seeds (https://www.exor.com/) Future Positive Capital (https://www.futurepositivecapital.com/) HCVC (https://www.hcvc.co/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Isomer Capital (https://isomercapital.com/) Siam Capital (https://www.siamcapital.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) TriplePoint Capital (https://www.triplepointcapital.com/)

25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Top Russian Colocation Provider IXcellerate Closes Latest Round of Funding to Accelerate Expansion Plans

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 190M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) Russian Direct Investment Fund (https://rdif.ru/Eng_Index/)

25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

AnyVan picks up former Just Eat backer Vitruvian for £125m fundraising

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: GBP 125M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vitruvian Partners (https://www.vitruvianpartners.com/)

25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Leyden Labs Aims $140 Million More at Severe Respiratory Infections

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 140M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bluebird Ventures (https://www.bluebirdvc.com/) Casdin Capital (https://casdincapital.com/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) Invus (https://www.invus.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Brook Byers

25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises $100M from AI Capital, BioNTech, Google

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alpha Intelligence Capital (https://aicapital.ai/) BioNTech (https://biontech.de/) CDIB Capital (https://www.cdibcapital.com/) Chimera Investment (https://www.chimerareit.com/) Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures (https://deutschebahnventures.de/) Group 42 (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/group-42/recent_investments) Google

25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Wandelbots raises another $84 million to teach robots without code

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 84M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Atlantic Labs EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund (https://m12.vc/) Next47 (https://next47.com/) Paua Ventures (https://www.pauaventures.com/)

25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Crypto payments firm BCB Group raises $60m

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BACKED VC (https://www.backed.vc/) Blockchain.com (https://www.blockchain.com/) Circle (https://www.circle.com/en/) Cowa Ventures (https://cowa.ai/ventures/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Foundation Capital (https://foundationcapital.com/) L1 Digital (https://l1.digital/) LAUNCHub Ventures (https://launchub.com/) Menai Financial Group (https://menai.io/) Nexo (https://nexo.io/) North Island Ventures (https://www.northisland.ventures/) Pantera Capital (https://panteracapital.com/) PayU (https://payu.in/) Profluent Ventures (https://www.profluenttrading.com/) Rockaway Blockchain Fund (https://rbf.capital/) tokentus investment AG (https://tokentus.com/) Wintermute Trading (https://www.wintermute.com/)

24.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Deliverect Raises $150 Million in Series D Funding, as it Reaches 100 Million Orders Processed

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

USD 1.25B

Valuation

Investors: Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) Newion (https://www.newion.com/) OMERS Ventures (https://www.omersventures.com/) Redpoint eventures (https://www.redpoint.com/) SmartFin (https://smartfinvc.com/)

24.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 5 |

2022

Wayflyer hits unicorn status, raising $150m to support eCommerce businesses globally

Founded: 2019

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

24.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Germany Announces €200 Million in New Funding for Education Cannot Wait on International Day of Education

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Germany

20.01.2022

Deal of the Month |

January |

2022

Fintech firm Checkout.com‘s valuation touches $40 bln after latest funding

Founded: 2012

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/)

20.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Mention Me Raises $25M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/)

20.01.2022

Deal |

2022

EMnify Raises $57M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 57M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: One Peak

19.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Pneumagen Raises £3.8M in Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: £ 3.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Thairm Bio (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/thairm-bio) Scottish Enterprise (https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/)

18.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Dream Games Raises $255m at $2.75bn Valuation – as Royal Match Becomes One of the World’s Top Grossing Mobile Games

Founded: 2019

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/)

18.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Spendesk becomes fifth French unicorn of 2022, secures €100M funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

EUR 1B

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) eFounders (https://www.efounders.com/)

18.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Ori Biotech raises over $100 million in Series B funding to launch innovative cell and gene therapy manufacturing platform

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Novalis LifeSciences Puhua Capital Chimera Abu Dhabi Amadeus Capital Partners (https://www.amadeuscapital.com/) Delin Ventures (https://www.delinventures.com/) Northpond Ventures Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/)

18.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Baobab Raises $4.2M in Pre-Seed Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 4.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Project A Ventures (https://www.project-a.com/) La Famiglia Discovery Ventures and several angel investors such Christopher Oster and Marco Adelt (Clark) Michael Riegel (Comtravo) Hanno Fichtner (Gabi) Emilios Markou and Alexis Pantazis (Hellas Direct) Philippe Mota and Jan Beckers (Bit Capital & Ioniq) as well as Martin Kissinger (Lendable)

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

Founded: 2015

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/)

17.01.2022

Deal |

2022

France’s Exotech raises $335 million in Series D round at $2 billion valuation

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 335M €

USD 2B

Valuation

Investors: Goldman Sachs Asset Management (https://www.gsam.com/content/gsam/global/en/homepage.html) 83North Dell Technologies Capital.

17.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Wayve raises $200M Series B led by Eclipse for its AI for autonomous delivery vehicles

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eclipse Ventures (https://eclipse.vc/) D1 Capital Partners Baillie Gifford (https://www.bailliegifford.com/) Moore Strategic Ventures (https://www.moore-ventures.com/) Linse Capital (https://www.linsecapital.com/) Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com) Virgin Compound Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Ocado Group (https://www.ocadogroup.com/) Sir Richard Branson Rosemary Leith Linda Levinson David Richter Pieter Abbeel Yann LeCun

13.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Global Processing Services adds $100 million to the pile, closes round at $400 million

Founded: 2007

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: MissionOG (https://missionog.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)

13.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Flipdish becomes newest Irish tech unicorn with $1.25bn valuation

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1.25B

Valuation

Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/)