Investors: SFINE (http://www.sfine.fr/) Paris Business Angels (http://parisbusinessangels.com/) Normandie Business Angels (http://www.normandieba.com/) Business Angels des Grandes Ecoles and Angels Santé
Investors: Founders Fund (https://foundersfund.com) Khosla Ventures (https://www.khoslaventures.com) Softbank (https://www.softbank.jp/en/) and The Weeknd
London-based Legl lands GBP 5.8M to take its SaaS platform to new markets
HQ: UK
Founded: 2019
Series A
Sector: SaaS
Investment Raised: GBP 5M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: BACKED VC (http://backed.vc/) Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas Samaipata (https://samaipata.vc/) First Round Capital (http://www.firstround.com/) Octopus Ventures (http://www.octopusventures.com/) Al Giles and Hayden Brown
BlockFi lands a $350M Series D at a $3B valuation for its fast-growing crypto-lending platform
HQ: US
Founded: 2017
Series D
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 350M €
USD 3B
Valuation
Investors: Valar Ventures (http://www.valarventures.com/) Tiger Global Management (http://tigerglobal.com/) Third Prime (http://www.thirdprime.vc/) The Venture Collective (https://www.theventurecollective.com/) Susquehanna Government Products Pomp Investments PJC (http://pjc.vc/) ParaFi Capital (https://www.parafi.capital/) Paradigm (http://www.pdgm.com/) Pacific Century Group Morgan Creek Digital (https://www.morgancreekcap.com) Kenetic (https://kenetic.capital/) Jump Capital (http://www.jumpcap.com/) Hudson River Trading (http://www.hudson-trading.com/) Gaingels (http://www.gaingels.com/) DST Global (http://dst-global.com/) CMS Holdings (http://cmsholdings.io/) Castle Island Ventures (http://www.castleisland.vc/) Breyer Capital (http://breyercapital.com/) Bain Capital Ventures (http://baincapitalventures.com/) Akuna Capital (https://akunacapital.com/)
Bill Gates joins $22 million round for Israeli startup H2Pro as its seeks to produce cheap, green hydrogen at scale
HQ: IL
Founded: 2019
Series B
Sector: Renewable Energy
Investment Raised: USD 22M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Sumitomo Corporation (http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/) Li Ka-shing (http://www.lksf.org/) IN Venture Hyundai Motor Company (http://worldwide.hyundai.com/) Bill Gates
Britain’s Zego valued at more than $1bn after fresh funding
HQ: UK
Founded: 2016
Series C
Sector: Finance, Insurance
Investment Raised: USD 150M €
USD 1B+
Valuation
Investors: DST Global (http://www.targetglobal.vc/) General Catalyst (http://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Balderton Capital (http://www.balderton.com/) Taavet Hinrikus Target Global (http://www.targetglobal.vc/)
Danish insect pheromone startup BioPhero lands €14.2 million to replace chemical insecticides
HQ: DK
Founded: 2016
Series A
Sector: Chemical
Investment Raised: EUR 14.2M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Syngenta Ventures (https://www.syngentaventures.com/) Novo Holdings (https://www.novoholdings.dk/) Thomas Grotkjær FMC Ventures and DCVC Bio
Entertainment payroll startup Wrapbook raises $27M round led by a16z
HQ: US
Founded: 2018
Series A
Sector: FinTech, Insuretech
Investment Raised: USD 27M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (http://www.a16z.com/) WndrCo (https://www.wndrco.com/) Uncork Capital (http://www.uncorkcapital.com/) Michael Ovitz and Equal Ventures
Preply raises a $35 million Series B as demand for language learning grows
HQ: UA
Founded: 2012
Series B
Sector: e-commerce, Education
Investment Raised: USD 35M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Owl Ventures (http://www.owlvc.com/) Full In Partners (https://fullinpartners.com/) Przemyslaw Gacek Point Nine (https://fullinpartners.com/) Niklas Ostberg Hoxton Ventures (https://www.hoxtonventures.com/) Rob Kniaz Gary Swart Evli Growth Partners (https://egp.fi/) Educapital David Helgason Arthur Kosten and All Iron Ventures
Investors: Stone Ridge Asset Management (http://stoneridgeam.com/) Soros Fund Management New York Life Insurance (http://www.newyorklife.com/) Morgan Stanley (http://www.morganstanley.com/) MassMutual (https://www.massmutual.com/) FS Investments (https://www.fsinvestments.com/about) FinTech Collective and Bessemer Venture Partners
Investors: SKS PE Daishin Private Equity (https://www.daishin.com/) SKS PE InterVest (http://intervest.co.kr/en) KDB Bank (http://www.kdbbank.eu/) Asset One Kakao Ventures (http://www.medium.com/kakaoventures) LB Investment (http://lbinvestment.com/) Atinum Investment (http://www.atinuminvest.co.kr/) DSC Investment and Wonik Investment Partners.
