Paris startup Convelio brushes off $35 million to bring disruptive logistics technology in art and antiques
HQ: FR
Founded: 2017
Series B
Sector: Logistics
Investment Raised: USD 35M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Acton Capital (https://actoncapital.com/) Alma Mundi Ventures (https://mundiventures.com/es/) European Investment Fund Forestay Capital (https://www.forestay.vc/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/)
UK’s Thirdfort nabs $20M for tools to help with ID verification, and detect money laundering and payment fraud
HQ: UK
Founded: 2017
Series A
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 20M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Andrew Mullinger (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mullinger) Breega (https://breega.com/) Charles Delingpole (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/delingpole) David Rutter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Rutter) Dev Subrata (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dev-subrata) Edward Bishop (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/edward-bishop-a456113b) Element Ventures (https://elementventures.vc/)
AI music tech startup LifeScore raises €13M led by Octopus Ventures to ‘soundtrack life’
HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
Series A
Sector: Music
Investment Raised: EUR 13M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 4-Good Ventures IDEO (https://www.ideo.com/eu) Metaplanet Holdings Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Warner Music Group (https://www.warnermusic.de/)
London-based startup Shares brings in $40 million to allow friends and family to invest together
HQ: FR
Founded: 2021
Series A
Sector: Financial Services
Investment Raised: USD 40M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) Red Sea Ventures (http://www.redseaventures.com) Singular (https://singular.vc) Valar Ventures (https://valar.com)
Epsilogen Announces Completion of Oversubscribed £30.75 Million Series B Financing
HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
Series B
Sector: BioPharma
Investment Raised: GBP 30.75M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 3B Future Health Fund (https://3bfuturehealth.com) ALSA Ventures (https://www.alsaventures.com) British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk) Caribou Property (https://www.cariboupm.com) Epidarex Capital (https://epidarex.com) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com) Schroders Capital (https://www.schroders.com)
Leiden-based Agtech scaleup In Ovo secures €34M to prevent killing of day-old male chicks
HQ: NL
Founded: 2013
Series B
Sector: Biotechnology
Investment Raised: EUR 34M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: ABN AMRO Fund (https://www.abnamro.com/en/about-abn-amro/product/abnamro-ventures) Demcon (https://demcon.com) European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (https://www.ecbf.vc) Evonik Venture Capital (https://venturing.evonik.com/en) VisVires New Protein (https://www.visviresnewprotein.com)
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has committed a further €260 million to Renewable Power Capital, the pension fund’s UK-based onshore renewables platform
HQ: UK
Founded: 2020
Private Equity
Sector: Energy
Investment Raised: EUR 260M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (https://www.cppinvestments.com)
Depict.ai raises USD17m in Series A led by Tiger Global
HQ: SE
Founded: 2019
Series A
Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: USD 17M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Initialized Capital (https://initialized.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Y Combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/) Carl Rivera Erik Bernhardsson Finbarr Taylor Fredrik Hjelm Johannes Schildt Joshua Browder Nicolas Dessaigne Vidit Aatrey
London-based cybersecurity firm Red Sift raises $54 million
HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
Series B
Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 54M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Oxford Capital Partners (https://oxcp.com/) Sands Capital (https://www.sandscapital.com/)
Scalapay, now a unicorn, raises $497M Series B and enters the checkout market
HQ: IT
Founded: 2019
Series B
Sector: Financial Services
Investment Raised: USD 497M €
USD 787M
Valuation
Investors: Deimos Capital (https://www.deimocapital.com/) Fasanara Capital (https://www.fasanara.com/) Moore Capital (https://www.moorecap.com/login) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Willoughby Capital (https://www.willcapllc.com/) Rakesh Gangwal
Zenjob nabs $50M for its student job matching marketplace
HQ: DE
Founded: 2015
Series D
Sector: Recruiting
Investment Raised: USD 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Acton Capital (https://actoncapital.com/) Aragon Global Management (https://aragonglobal.com/en/home/who-we-are) Atlantic Labs (https://atlanticlabs.de/) AXA Venture Partners (https://www.axavp.com/) Forestay Capital (https://www.forestay.vc/)
Luxembourg-based LEKO Labs raises €18.57M to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable housing; appoints new CEO
HQ: LU
Founded: 2014
Series A
Sector: Information Technology
Investment Raised: EUR 18.57M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: 2150 (https://www.2150.vc/) AMAVI Capital (https://amavi.capital/) Extantia Capital (https://extantia.com/) Freigeist Capital (https://freigeist.com/) Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/climate-innovation-fund) Rise PropTech (https://riseproptech.eu/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/)
London technology provider Weavr completes £29.5m Series A funding
HQ: UK
Founded: 2018
Series A
Sector: Software
Investment Raised: GBP 29.5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Anthemis Group (https://www.anthemis.com/) Force Over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) Latitude (https://latitudeventures.vc/) Mubadala Capital Ventures (https://www.mubadala.com/en) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) UFP Fintech (https://www.utdfirst.com/ufpfintech/)
