09.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2022

Elwood Technologies Closes $70M Series A co-Led by Goldman Sachs and Dawn Capital

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

USD 430M

Valuation

Investors: Barclays (https://home.barclays/news/2019/2/barclays-uk-ventures--developing-business-models-for-the-future-/) BlockFi (https://blockfi.com/) Chimera Investment (https://www.chimerareit.com/websites/chimera/English/1000/investor-relations.html) CommerzVentures (https://commerzventures.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Flow Traders (https://www.flowtraders.com/) Galaxy Digital (https://www.galaxydigital.io/) Goldman Sachs (https://www.goldmansachs.com/)

02.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 19 |

2022

UK climate tech firm Carbon Clean gets £121m boost from US oil giant

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: GBP 121M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AXA Investment Managers (https://www.axa-im.com/) Cemex Ventures (https://www.cemexventures.com/) Chevron (https://www.chevron.com/) Marubeni (https://www.marubeni.com/en/) Samsung Ventures (https://www.samsungventure.co.kr/english/jsp/investment/sector.jsp) Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (https://aramcoventures.com/) TC Energy (https://www.tcenergy.com/) WAVE Equity Partners (https://waveep.com/)

25.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 18 |

2022

Just six months after raising €9.5M seed round, fintech startup kevin. raises €61.8M Series A led by Accel

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 61.82M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Amit Jhawar Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Global PayTech Ventures (https://gptventures.com/) Harry Stebbings Ilkka Paananen OpenOcean (https://openocean.finance/) OTB Ventures (https://otb.vc/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

18.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2022

SonarSource, the Leading Platform for Clean Code, Raises $412 Million in New Investment

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: USD 412M €

USD 4.3B

Valuation

Investors: Advent International (https://www.adventinternational.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Insight Partners (http://insightpartners.com) Permira (https://www.permira.com/)

11.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 16 |

2022

Gravity Sketch draws $33M for a platform to design, collaborate on and produce 3D objects

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 33M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Forward Partners Kevin Durant Kindred Capital (https://kindredcapital.vc/) Paul Robson Point Nine (https://www.pointnine.com/) Rich Kleiman Soleio Cuervo Will Smith

04.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 15 |

2022

Wagestream Announces $175M Series C to Expand its Financial Wellbeing App to 30 Million U.S. Frontline Workers

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 175M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/global-directory) Fair By Design Fund (https://fairbydesign.com/fair-by-design-fund/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc) Northzone (https://northzone.com) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com) Silicon Valley Bank (https://www.svb.com) Smash Capital (https://smashcap.com) Village Global (https://www.villageglobal.vc) XYZ Venture Capital (https://www.xyz.vc)

28.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 14 |

2022

Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: CHF 600M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Baillie Gifford (https://www.bailliegifford.com) BigPoint Holding (https://www.bigpoint.net) Carbon Removal Partners (https://www.carbonremovalpartnership.net) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) John Doerr M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb) Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/) Swiss RE (https://www.swissre.com)

21.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 13 |

2022

Yokoy, a Spend Management Automation Platform, Welcomes Sequoia Capital-Led $80M Series B

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

USD 420M

Valuation

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com) SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc) Zinal Growth (https://www.zinal.com/)

14.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 12 |

2022

Berlin’s Leapsome welcomes $60 million in first-ever funding round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc)

07.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 11 |

2022

Getir is now worth nearly $12 billion after raising another $768 million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 768M €

USD 11.8B

Valuation

Investors: Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (https://www.adg.ae/) Alpha Wave Global (https://www.alphawaveglobal.com/) Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

28.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 10 |

2022

Norway’s Tibber brings home $100 million in Summa Equity-led round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Eight Roads Ventures Schibsted (https://schibsted.com/) Summa Equity (https://summaequity.com/)

21.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 9 |

2022

Payhawk becomes first-ever Bulgarian unicorn after raising $100M

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Sprints Capital (https://sprintscap.com/) Endeavor Catalyst (https://endeavor.org/) HubSpot Ventures (https://www.hubspot.com/ventures) Jigsaw VC (https://jigsaw.vc/) Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) QED Partners (https://www.qedinvestors.com/) Earlybird Digital East (https://www.moltenventures.com/seed-funds/earlybird)

14.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 8 |

2022

Scalapay, now a unicorn, raises $497M Series B and enters the checkout market

Founded: 2019

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

07.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 7 |

2022

SpliceBio Raises EUR 50M in Oversubscribed Series A Financing to Advance Protein Splicing Platform and Expand Gene Therapy Pipeline

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Asabys Partners (https://asabys.com/) Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com/) UCB Ventures (https://www.ucbventures.com/) Ysios Capital (https://ysioscapital.com/)

31.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 6 |

2022

Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

USD 675M

Valuation

Investors: Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) Ribbit Capital (https://ribbitcap.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

24.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 5 |

2022

Wayflyer hits unicorn status, raising $150m to support eCommerce businesses globally

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

USD 1.45B

Valuation

Investors: Counterpart Advisors (https://counterpartadvisors.com/) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) Madrone Capital Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/madrone-capital-partners) Prosus Ventures (https://www.prosus.com/ventures) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com/) Guillaume Pousaz

17.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 4 |

2022

Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1.4B

Valuation

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Institutional Venture Partners (https://www.ivp.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

10.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 3 |

2022

Dream Games Raises $255m at $2.75bn Valuation – as Royal Match Becomes One of the World’s Top Grossing Mobile Games

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 255M €

USD 2.75B

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Makers Fund (https://makersfund.com/) funds and accounts managed by BlackRock IVP Kora Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

03.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 2 |

2022

Fintech firm Checkout.com‘s valuation touches $40 bln after latest funding

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 1Billion €

USD 40 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Altimeter Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Franklin Templeton (https://www.franklintempleton.com/) Singapore’s GIC Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx) Oxford Endowment Fund (https://www.ouem.co.uk/the-oxford-endowment-fund/)

20.12.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 52 |

2021

Ready Player Me, a metaverse avatar platform, raises $13M in funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 13 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Taavet+Sten (https://taavetsten.com/) Konvoy Ventures (https://www.konvoy.vc/) NordicNinja (https://nordicninja.vc/) and Tom Preston-Werner

13.12.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 51 |

2021

Swedish startup Voi raises over €101 million to deliver safe and sustainable micromobility for everyone

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 101,8 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Raine Group (https://raine.com/) VNV Global (https://www.vostoknewventures.com/) Inbox Capital Nordic Ninja (https://nordicninja.vc/) Stena Sessan (https://stenasessan.se/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Ilmarinen Nineyards Equity ICT Capital (https://www.ict-cap.com/) and others

06.12.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 50 |

2021

Infarm raises $200m to support global expansion of vertical farms

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 800M

Valuation

Investors: Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Bonnier Ventures (https://bonnierventures.com/) Hanaco Venture Capital (https://hanacovc.com/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) Partners in Equity (https://www.pi-equity.com/) Qatar Investment Authority

29.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 49 |

2021

Berlin-based online grocery delivery firm Flink secures €664M at €2.52B valuation, eyes international expansion

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 664 M €

EUR 2.52 Billion

Valuation

Investors: DoorDash (https://www.doordash.com/) Mubadala Capital (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital)

22.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 48 |

2021

Jobandtalent Secures $500m in Series E Fundraising Round to Accelerate Expansion

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: USD 500 M €

USD 2.35 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Kinnevik (https://www.kinnevik.com/) SoftBank VisionFund 2. Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Infravia (https://infraviacapital.com/) Kibo (https://kibo-capital.com/) Quadrille (https://www.quadrillecapital.com/)

15.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 47 |

2021

IONITY secures €700M from BlackRock, others to expand its EV charging network across Europe

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 700 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Black Rock

08.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 46 |

2021

Ethereum Infrastructure Company ConsenSys raises $200 Million at $3.2 Billion Valuation

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 200 M €

USD 3.2 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Marshall Wace (http://www.mwam.com/) Third Point Ventures ParaFi Capital (http://www.parafi.capital) Think Investments Animoca Brands (http://www.animocabrands.com) Coinbase Ventures (https://www.coinbase.com/de/ventures) HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com) Spartan Group Electric Capital (http://electriccapital.com/) Dragonfly Capital Partners Defiance Capital

01.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 45 |

2021

Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

USD +1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Redalpine (http://www.redalpine.com) Presight Capital (http://www.presight.vc/) Jebsen Capital Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounderscapital.com) 468 Capital

25.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 44 |

2021

German investing start-up Moonfare raises $125m in Series C round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (http://www.fisv.com/)

18.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 43 |

2021

TIER raises $200 million in Series D round at $2 billion valuation

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 171,4M €

EUR 1,5 Billion

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (https://visionfund.com/) Mubadala Capital M&G Investments.

11.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 42 |

2021

Rossum raises $100m in one of eastern Europe’s largest Series A rounds

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: General Catalyst LocalGlobe Miton Seedcamp Elad Gil (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/elad-gil)