Laverock raises £13.5m to develop unique gene silencing platform
HQ: LT
Founded: 2018
Seed Round
Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: GBP 13.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Calculus Capital (https://calculuscapital.com/) Eli Lilly (https://www.lilly.com/) Eos (https://www.eosventurepartners.com/) Maven Capital Partners (https://www.mavencp.com/) Mercia Fund Managers (https://www.mercia.co.uk/) Tekfen Ventures (https://www.tekfenventures.com/) UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (https://ukinnovationscienceseedfund.co.uk/)
Nord Security strengthens cybersecurity hold with $100m investment
HQ: UK
Founded: 2012
Venture Round
Sector: Cyber Security
Investment Raised: USD 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Burda Principal Investments (https://www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/) Novator (https://novator.co.uk/) Warburg Pincus (https://warburgpincus.com/)
Acesion wins €45m in Series B funding to develop atrial fibrillation therapy
HQ: DK
Founded: 2011
Series B
Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 45M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Alpha Wave Global (https://www.alphawaveglobal.com/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Global BioAccess Fund Novo Holdings (https://novoholdings.dk/)
Investors: A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund (https://www.ayg.es/) Arctic Fund Management BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures (https://energy-ventures.baywa-re.com/) Encavis (https://www.encavis.com/de) Fluence (https://fluenceenergy.com/) RP Global (https://www.rp-global.com/) S&P Global (https://www.spglobal.com/en/) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com/) Telstra Ventures (https://telstraventures.com/) Walder Wyss (https://www.walderwyss.com/)
traceless materials Raises €36.6M in Series A Funding
HQ: UK
Founded: 2020
Series A
Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 36.6M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: b.value AG (https://bvalue.de/) Blue Oceans Partners (https://www.blueocean-partner.de/) GLS Community Bank eG Hamburger Sparkasse AG High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/de/) Planet A Ventures United Bankers (https://unitedbankers.fi/)
Dutch edtech firm Lepaya secures $38M for AI-driven corporate upskilling
HQ: NL
Founded: 2018
Series C
Sector: Education
Investment Raised: USD 38m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Educapital (https://www.educapitalvc.com/) Endeit Capital (https://endeit.com/) LIQUiDITY Group (https://www.liquiditygroup.com/) Mars Growth Capital (https://www.marsgrowth.com/) Mediahuis (https://www.mediahuis.com/en/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)
CMR Surgical raises $165m from existing investors SoftBank and Tencent
HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
Series D
Sector: Health Care
Investment Raised: USD 165m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Ally Bridge Group (https://ally-bridge.com/) Cambridge Innovation Capital (https://www.cic.vc/) Escala Capital (https://escalacapital.com/) LGT group (https://www.lgt.com/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) RPMI Railpen (https://www.railpen.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/) Watrium AS (https://watrium.no/)
Verkor raises 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory
HQ: FR
Founded: 2020
Series C
Sector: Battery
Investment Raised: EUR 2B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund Accenture Ventures Claret Capital Partners ETF Partners Kheng Nam Lee Santander Climate Tech Fund Taavet Hinrikus Trill Impact
Lightspeed leads $27m round for carbon accounting startup Plan A
HQ: DE
Founded: 2017
Series A
Sector: GreenTech
Investment Raised: USD 27m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Demeter (https://demeter-im.com/en/home/) Deutsche Bank (https://www.deutsche-bank.de/pk.html) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Illusian Family Office (https://illusian.org/) Keen Venture Partners (https://www.keenventurepartners.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Opera Tech Ventures (https://operatechventures.com/) Visa (https://cis.visa.com/)
AbolerIS Pharma Announces €27 Million in Series A Financing led by Caixa Capital Risc to Advance its Novel Treatment Paradigm for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
HQ: FR
Founded: 2019
Series A
Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 27.3m €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Caixa Capital Risc (https://www.caixacapitalrisc.es/) Investsud (https://investsud.be/) Newton Biocapital (https://newtonbiocapital.com/) Sambrinvest (https://www.sambrinvest.be/fr/) SFPIM (https://sfpim.be/en/) Sound Bioventures (https://soundbioventures.com/) Turenne Groupe (https://www.turennecapital.com/) Wallonie Entreprendre (https://www.wallonie-entreprendre.be/fr/)
Verkor raises 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory
HQ: FR
Founded: 2020
Series C
Sector: Battery
Investment Raised: EUR 2B €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund (https://www.ayg.es/home) Accenture Ventures (https://www.accenture.com) Claret Capital Partners (https://www.claret-capital.com/) ETF Partners (https://www.etfpartners.capital/) Kheng Nam Lee Santander Climate Tech Fund (https://www.santander.com/en/home) Taavet Hinrikus Trill Impact (https://trillimpact.com/)
