08.01.2024

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Calendar Week # 2 |

2024

Picnic raises €355M: Edeka and Bill Gates Foundation Trust among investors

  • HQ: NL

Founded: 2015

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Food & Beverages

Investment Raised: EUR 355M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Edeka (https://www.edeka.de/) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (https://www.gatesfoundation.org/)

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01.01.2024

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Calendar Week # 1 |

2024

Vico Therapeutics Announces $60 million (€54 million) Series B Financing to Advance VO659 Clinical-Stage Program for Rare Neurological Diseases and Expand Pipeline

  • HQ: NL

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: EUR 54M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ackermans & van Haaren Droia Ventures EQT life science Eurazeo Kurma Partners Polaris Partners Pureos Bioventures

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25.12.2023

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Calendar Week # 52 |

2023

AA backers sell £450m stake to US investor Stonepeak

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 1905

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: Automotive

Investment Raised: GBP 450M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners

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18.12.2023

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Calendar Week # 51 |

2023

 $800m investment to accelerate Octopus Energy’s global clean energy growth

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2015

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: Energy Efficiency

Investment Raised: USD 800M €

USD 7.8bn

Valuation

Investors: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Generation Investment Management Origin Energy Tokyo Gas

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11.12.2023

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Calendar Week # 50 |

2023

London-based fintech SumUp raises €285 million to provide small merchants with the tools to scale their businesses

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2011

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: EUR 285M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bain Capital Tech Opportunities FIN Capital LIQUiDITY Group Sixth Street

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04.12.2023

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Calendar Week # 49 |

2023

Scalable Capital closes on €60 million equiity financing round

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2014

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Asset Management

Investment Raised: EUR 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital HV Capital

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27.11.2023

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Calendar Week # 48 |

2023

JPMorgan buys a 10.6% stake in Spanish defence company Indra

  • HQ: ES

Founded: 1993

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: IT & Security

Investment Raised: 268M EUR €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us)

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20.11.2023

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Calendar Week # 47 |

2023

Universal DX Closes $70M Series B Round, Inks Deal With Quest to Provide Colorectal Cancer Test

  • HQ: ES

Founded: 2012

  • Series B
  • Sector: BioPharma

Investment Raised: 70M USD €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: undefined

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13.11.2023

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Calendar Week # 46 |

2023

CDPQ investing $200 million in Swedish battery company Northvolt

  • HQ: SW

Founded: 2016

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Clean Energy

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (https://www.cdpq.com/fr)

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06.11.2023

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Calendar Week # 45 |

2023

European OpenAI Competitor Aleph Alpha Raises $500M

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Investment Raised: 500M USD €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bosch Ventures Burda Principal Investments Christ & Company Hewlett Packard Enterprise Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence SAP Schwarz Group

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30.10.2023

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Calendar Week # 44 |

2023

Atom Bank raises £100m in equity funding from existing investors

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2014

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: GBP 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (https://dealmatrix.com/dealsmonitor-october-2023/) Infinity Investment Partners (https://www.infinityinvestmentpartners.com/) Toscafund Asset Management (https://www.toscafund.com/)

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23.10.2023

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Calendar Week # 43 |

2023

Canary Wharf Group raised £400M / Series Unknown from Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar Investment Authority

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2001

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Real Estate

Investment Raised: GBP 300M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar Investment Authority

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16.10.2023

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Calendar Week # 42 |

2023

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

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Seed
  • Sector: Cyber Security

Investment Raised: USD 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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09.10.2023

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Calendar Week # 41 |

2023

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

  • HQ: BE

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Biotechnology

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/)

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02.10.2023

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Calendar Week # 40 |

2023

Partners Group to invest up to $1.05bn in Exus

  • HQ: ES

Founded: 2015

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: Asset Management

Investment Raised: USD 1.05 bn €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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25.09.2023

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Calendar Week # 39 |

2023

Nord Security strengthens cybersecurity hold with $100m investment

  • HQ: LT

Founded: 2012

  • Series Unknown
  • Sector: Cyber Security

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/)

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18.09.2023

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Calendar Week # 38 |

2023

Curve raises GBP 58 million in funding round

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

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/)

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11.09.2023

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Calendar Week # 37 |

2023

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

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04.09.2023

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Calendar Week # 36 |

2023

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

  • HQ: SW

Founded: 2020

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: CleanTech

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/)

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28.08.2023

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Calendar Week # 35 |

2023

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

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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14.08.2023

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Calendar Week # 33 |

2023

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

  • HQ: NL

Founded: 1891

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: EUR 2,6 B €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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07.08.2023

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Calendar Week # 32 |

2023

RFA Raises €30M  Funding

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Aerospace

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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19.06.2023

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Calendar Week # 25 |

2023

Vyoma Raises €8.5M Seed Funding

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Seed
  • Sector: Aerospace

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/)

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12.06.2023

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Calendar Week # 24 |

2023

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

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

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22.05.2023

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Calendar Week # 21 |

2023

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

  • HQ: NL

Founded: 2020

  • Pre-Seed
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: EUR 2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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15.05.2023

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Calendar Week # 20 |

2023

3D Spark secures 1,2 Millionen

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2021

  • Seed
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: EUR 1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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08.05.2023

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Calendar Week # 19 |

2023

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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2015

  • Series D
  • Sector: InsurTech

Investment Raised: USD 55M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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01.05.2023

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Calendar Week # 18 |

2023

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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Funding Round
  • Sector: Electronics

Investment Raised: EUR 150M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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24.04.2023

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Calendar Week # 17 |

2023

Energy Dome Closes 40 Million Euro Series B Financing Round

  • HQ: IT

Founded: 2020

  • Series B
  • Sector: Energy

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/)

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17.04.2023

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Calendar Week # 16 |

2023

Solar Utility Sunvigo raises EUR 20 million

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Renewable Energy

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/)

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