16.10.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 42 |

2023

Zygon raises $3M in seed funding to create security solutions for the SaaS era

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Axeleo Capital (https://www.axeleo.com/) Kima Ventures (https://www.kimaventures.com/)

09.10.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 41 |

2023

Agomab Raises $100 Million Series C to Advance Fibrosis-focused Pipeline

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AdBio partners (https://adbio.partners/) Andera Partners (https://www.anderapartners.com/en/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Cormorant Asset Management Dawn Biopharma (https://dawnpharma.com/) EQT life science (https://eqtgroup.com/private-capital/life-sciences/) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/about-fidelity/our-company) Pfizer (https://www.pfizer.de/) Pontifax (https://www.pontifax.com/) Redmile Group (https://redmilegroup.com/) Walleye Capital (https://www.walleyecapital.com/)

02.10.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 40 |

2023

Partners Group to invest up to $1.05bn in Exus

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 1.05 bn €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/)

25.09.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 39 |

2023

Nord Security strengthens cybersecurity hold with $100m investment

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 100m €

USD 3bn

Valuation

Investors: Warburg Pincus (https://warburgpincus.com/) Novator Ventures (https://novator.co.uk/) Burda Principal Investments (https://www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/)

18.09.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 38 |

2023

Curve raises GBP 58 million in funding round

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: GBP 58m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Britannia (https://www.britannia.ventures/) Cercano Management (https://www.cercanolp.com/) Cohen Circle (https://cohencircle.com/) IDC Ventures (https://idcventures.com/) Outward VC (https://outwardvc.com/)

11.09.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 37 |

2023

Verkor raises 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory

Founded: 2020

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

04.09.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 36 |

2023

H2 Green Steel raises €1.5 billion in equity to build the world’s first green steel plant

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 1.5B €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Altor (https://altor.com/) AMF (https://www.amf.se/en/) Andra AP-fonden (https://www.ap2.se/en/) Cristina Stenbeck FAM AB (https://www.fam.se/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Hitachi Energy (https://www.hitachienergy.com/) Hy24 (https://hy24partners.com/) IMAS Foundation (https://imasfoundation.org/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.org/) Kinnevik (https://www.kinnevik.com/) Schaeffler Group (https://www.schaeffler.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/) Vargas Holdings (https://vargasholdings.com/)

28.08.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 35 |

2023

Teale, your mental health companion at work, raises $11 million

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alter Equity 3P (https://www.alter-equity.com/) Bpifrance Digital Venture (https://www.bpifrance.fr/)

14.08.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 33 |

2023

Exor takes 15% stake in Philips for around €2.6 billion

Founded: 1891

Investment Raised: EUR 2,6 B €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EXOR N.V. (https://www.exor.com/)

07.08.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 32 |

2023

RFA Raises €30M  Funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/)

19.06.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

2023

Vyoma Raises €8.5M Seed Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Labs (https://atlanticlabs.de/) Happiness Capital (https://www.happinesscapital.com/) Safran Corporate Ventures (https://www.safran-group.com/)

12.06.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 24 |

2023

AI Video Creation Pioneer Synthesia Raises $90 Million Series C Led by Accel

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alex Wang Amjad Masad FirstMark (https://firstmark.com/) Google Ventures (https://www.gv.com/) Kleiner Perkins nVentures (https://nventures.co.uk/contact-us) Olivier Pomel

22.05.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 21 |

2023

Dutch fintech Klearly raises €2.1 million and officially launches its payments app in the Netherlands

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Antler (https://www.antler.co/) Global PayTech Ventures (https://gptventures.com/)

15.05.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2023

3D Spark secures 1,2 Millionen

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: FTTF (https://www.fttf.fraunhofer.de/) Jörg Fanger

08.05.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 19 |

2023

wefox Secures $55m in Equity Raised from Existing and New Investors as a Closing of the Series D

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 55M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Squarepoint Capital (https://www.squarepoint-capital.com/)

01.05.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 18 |

2023

JOLT Energy receives €150 million investment from InfraRed to start building urban ultra-fast charging network

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 150M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: InfraRed Capital Partners (https://www.ircp.com/)

24.04.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2023

Energy Dome Closes 40 Million Euro Series B Financing Round

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 360 Capital (https://www.360cap.vc/) Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking (https://www.cib.barclays/solutions/esg-sustainability-transition.html?cid=paidsearch-textads_google_google_business_branded_uk-we_brand_esg_capabilities_1392745704913&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3a2iBhCFARIsAD4jQB1iCEPDfyxQZGXEDk46FCixebALy9HiQW4ywQbM46VDTtQXp8FpurQaAhRZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) CDP Venture Capital (https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page) Elemental Excelerator (https://elementalexcelerator.com/) Eni Next (https://www.eni.com/eninext/en-US/home.html) Invitalia (https://www.invitalia.it/) Japan Energy Fund (https://www.japanenergyfund-ventures.com/) Neva SGR (https://www.nevasgr.it/) Novum Capital Partners (https://www.novumcapital.com/en/)

17.04.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 16 |

2023

Solar Utility Sunvigo raises EUR 20 million

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eneco Ventures (https://www.eneco.com/wat-we-doen/ventures/) Future Energy Ventures (https://futureenergy.com/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (http://www.htgf.de/en) Sparta Capital (http://www.spartacapital.com/) Triodos Investment Management (http://www.triodos-im.com/) Übermorgen Ventures (https://www.uebermorgen.vc/)

10.04.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 15 |

2023

Quantica adds €14 million to further push its 3D printing tech

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 14M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: byFounders (https://www.byfounders.vc/) Scale Capital (https://www.scalecapital.com/)

03.04.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 14 |

2023

4.screen Raises €21M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 21M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BayBG Venture Capital (https://www.baybg-vc.de/) Bram Schot Continental (https://www.continental.com/) FRIBA Investment (https://www.linkedin.com/company/friba-investment/) Matthias Müller S4S Ventures (https://www.s4sventures.com/) Summiteer (https://www.summiteer.com/)

27.03.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 13 |

2023

Crypto Wallet Company Ledger Announces $108M in Extended Series C Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 108M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10T Holdings CapHorn Invest Cathay Innovation (https://www.cathayinnovation.com/) Cite Gestion (https://www.citegestion.com/) Digital Finance Group (DFG) (https://dfg.group/en/) Korelya Capital (https://www.korelyacapital.com/) Molten Ventures Morgan Creek Capital Management (https://www.morgancreekcap.com/) True Global Ventures (TGV) VaynerFund (https://vaynerx.com/)

20.03.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 12 |

2023

Germany-based DeepDrive bags €15M to develop ‘revolutionary’ drive units for Evs

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bayern Kapital (https://www.bayernkapital.de/) BMW i Ventures (https://www.bmwiventures.com/) co-pace (https://co-pace.com/) Peter Mertens UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/)

13.03.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 11 |

2023

Amarenco raises €300m and buys out key JV partner

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 300M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Arjun Infrastructure Partners (https://www.arjuninfrastructure.com/)

06.03.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 10 |

2023

Automotive payments fintech bezahl.de NX Technologies raises €11 million in Series A funding round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Carcharodon Capital (https://www.carcharodoncapital.com/) Ingo Weber Motive Partners (https://www.motivepartners.com/) Motive Ventures (https://motivepartners.com/motive-ventures/) Rolf Christof Dienst Wessel Management (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wessel-management/company_financials)

27.02.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 9 |

2023

StudentFinance secures $41 million to help Europeans upskill for in-demand jobs

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 41M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Armilar Venture Partners (https://www.armilar.com/) Ed Vaizey Giant Ventures (https://www.giant.vc/) Iberis Capital (https://iberiscapital.com/) Martin Villig Mustard Seed Maze (https://mustardseed.vc/mustard-seed-maze) Seedcamp (https://www.seedcamp.at/) Tom Blomfield

20.02.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 8 |

2023

Quantum Motion raises £42m in record-breaking round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 42M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Inkef (https://medium.com/inkef-capital) IP Group (https://www.ipgroupplc.com/) National Security Strategic Investment Fund Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Oxford Science Enterprises (https://www.oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Parkwalk Advisors (https://parkwalkadvisors.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/) Robert Bosch Venture Capital (https://www.rbvc.com/)

13.02.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 7 |

2023

Credit Suisse leads $65 million Series B in digital asset firm Taurus

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 65M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Arab Bank (Switzerland) (https://www.arabbank.ch/) Cedar Mundi Ventures (http://cedarmundi.com/) Credit Suisse (https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/de.html) Deutsche Bank (https://www.deutsche-bank.de/pk.html) Investis Group (https://www.investisgroup.com/) Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A. (https://www.pictet.com/)

06.02.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 6 |

2023

ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: CHF 325M €

CHF 2.38B

Valuation

Investors: Beyond Net Zero (https://beyond-net-zero.com/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/)

30.01.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 5 |

2023

Matchesfashion owner attracts £40m in equity to keep online retailer in shape

Founded: 1987

Investment Raised: GBP 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Apax Partners (https://www.apax.com/)

23.01.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 4 |

2023

France-based PASQAL bags €100M to build quantum computers with atoms and laser

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Daphni (https://www.daphni.com/) EIC Fund (https://eic.ec.europa.eu/investment-opportunities_en) Eni Next (https://www.eni.com/eninext/en-US/home.html) Quantonation (https://www.quantonation.com/) Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures (https://aramcoventures.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)