04.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 41 |

2021

Elliptic raises USD 60M to accelerate safe adoption of cryptoassets by mainstream financial markets

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/financing/strategic-capital/) Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) SignalFire (https://signalfire.com/) SBI Group (https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Albion VC (https://www.albion.vc/)

27.09.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 40 |

2021

Neumora raises $500M to target neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative disorders

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 500M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ARCH Venture Partners (https://www.archventure.com/) SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) Waycross Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/waycross-ventures) Surveyor Capital (https://www.citadel.com/investment-strategies/surveyor-capital/) re.Mind Capital Polaris Partners Newpath Management Mubadala Capital

20.09.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 39 |

2021

1NCE raises USD 50 M for global expansion led by investors including SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) Deutsche Telekom (https://www.telekom.com/de)

13.09.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 38 |

2021

Fantasy football platform Sorare raises $680 million

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 680M €

USD 4.3B

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank (https://group.softbank/en) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) IVP (https://www.ivp.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) Futury Capital (https://www.futurycapital.vc/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) D1 Capital Partner (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/d1-capital-partners)

06.09.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 37 |

2021

Amsterdam’s Picnic raises €600M from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust to build the most sustainable European grocery delivery company

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 600M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org)

30.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 36 |

2021

Homeppl completes seven figure funding round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 1M €

GBP 10Million

Valuation

Investors: European Super Angels Club (https://superangels.club/) ParticleX (https://particlex.com/)

23.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 35 |

2021

Scalable Capital founder backs crypto wealth app Coinpanion in €1.8m seed round

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 1,8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: High-Tech Gründerfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/)

16.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 34 |

2021

Atheneum nabs $150M to build out its ‘research as a service’ platform for virtual surveys and interviews

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vogel Communication Group (https://www.vogel.de/) Michael Brehm (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrehm?originalSubdomain=de) Guidepost Growth Equity (https://guidepostgrowth.com/) Crosslantic Capital (https://www.crosslantic.com/)

09.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 33 |

2021

Hamburg-based Sport Alliance secures EUR 60m growth investment from PSG

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: PSG (https://www.psgequity.com/)

02.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 32 |

2021

Largest Equity Funding Round for a European FBA Aggregator Announced as SellerX raises €100 ($118) Million led by L Catterton’s Growth Fund

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: L Catterton (https://www.lcatterton.com/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Felix Capital and 83NORTH

26.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 31 |

2021

After raising $54m in a Series B funding round, European online electronics marketplace Refurbed is planning to invest in Ireland.

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 54M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Evli Growth Partners (https://egp.fi/) Almaz Capital (https://almazcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Bonsai Partners and All Iron Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/all-iron-vc/?originalSubdomain=at) Hermes GPE (https://hermesgpe.com/) C4 Ventures (https://filrougecapital.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIttDqstGc8gIVhKZ3Ch2tuQzkEAAYAiAAEgKLsfD_BwE) SevenVentures (https://www.sevenventures.de/) Alpha Associates (https://alpha-associates.ch/) Monkfish Equity (Trivago Founders) (http://www.monkfish-equity.com/we-are/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Isomer Capital (https://isomercapital.com/)

19.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 30 |

2021

Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 224M €

USD 1.65B

Valuation

Investors: BBVA (https://www.bbva.es/personas.html) Decisive Capital Management (https://www.decisive.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Pathway Capital Management (https://pathwaycapital.com/) Vulcan Capital (https://vc4a.com/vulcan-capital/) Yabeo Capital (http://yabeo.de/de/home/)

12.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 29 |

2021

Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 180M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Temasek (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Sunley House Capital (https://www.adventinternational.com/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/)

05.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 28 |

2021

Bunq Raises $228M; Valued at $1.9 Billion

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 228M €

USD 1.9B

Valuation

Investors: Pollen Street Capital (https://www.pollencap.com/)

28.06.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 27 |

2021

Austria’s Blockpit raises €8.4M to bring the necessary transparency to a blockchain-based financial market

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 8,4M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: MiddleGame Ventures (http://www.middlegamevc.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Force over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Tioga Capital (https://tioga.capital/) Avaloq Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avaloq-ventures) European Super Angels Club

21.06.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 26 |

2021

Czech Republic’s new unicorn: Online grocery delivery startup Rohlik raises €100M at €1B valuation

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

EUR 1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) EBRD (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) (https://www.ebrd.com/home) J&T Banka (https://www.ebrd.com/home) Quadrille Capital (https://www.quadriga-capital.de/) R2G

14.06.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

2021

Vienna’s GoStudent raises $244M at a $1.7B valuation for its online tutor marketplace

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 205M €

EUR 1,4 Billion

Valuation

Investors: DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (https://visionfund.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/index.html) Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) DN Capital

07.06.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 24 |

2021

Uberall raises $115M and acquires MomentFeed to scale up its location marketing services

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 115M €

USD 500 Million

Valuation

Investors: Bregal Milestone (https://www.bregalmilestone.com/) Level Equity (https://www.levelequity.com/) United Internet (https://www.united-internet.de/) Uberall Management

31.05.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 23 |

2021

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger bags $380M funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 380M €

USD 1,5 Billion

Valuation

Investors: 10T Holdings (https://10tfund.com/) Alliance Entreprendre (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alliance-entreprendre) Animoca Brands (https://www.animocabrands.com/) Ascendant Capital (https://ascendantcapital.com/) CapHorn Invest (https://caphorn.vc/) Cardinal Capital Partners Cathay Innovation (https://cathayinnovation.com/) CITA Investissement (http://www.cita-invest.com/) Crypto.com Capital (https://crypto.com/capital) Crédit Agricole Centre Loire (https://www.credit-agricole.fr/ca-centreloire/particulier.html) Cygni Capital Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Draper Associates (https://draper.vc/) Draper Dragon (http://draperdragon.com/home-en) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) FirstMark (https://firstmarkservices.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Groupe Arnault (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/groupe-arnault) iAngels (https://www.iangels.com/) Inherent Group (https://www.inherentgroup.com/) Korelya Capital (https://www.korelyacapital.com/) Libertus Capital (https://www.libertuscapital.com/) MACSF (https://www.macsf.fr/) Marcy Venture Partners Rosemoor Capital Management LLC (https://www.rosemoorcapital.com/) Scott Galloway Tekne Capital (https://www.teknecap.com/) The Maze Group (https://themazegroup.com/) Uphold (https://uphold.com/en-us) Warburg Serres Investments (https://www.warburgserres.com/) Wicklow Capital (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wicklow-capital)

17.05.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 21 |

2021

Tractive raises $35 Million as it brings world’s most trusted GPS Tracker for dogs and cats to the U.S.

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

USD 3 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Guidepost Growth Equity (https://guidepostgrowth.com/)

10.05.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2021

Berlin’s Trade Republic nabs $900M led by Sequoia at a $5B+ valuation to take its neobroker app across Europe

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 900M €

USD 5+ Billion

Valuation

Investors: Sequoia (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) TCV (https://www.tcv.com/) Thrive Capital (https://thrivecap.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Founders Fund (https://foundersfund.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Project A (https://www.project-a.com/)

03.05.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 19 |

2021

Huma raises $130 million financing to scale its digital health platform for better care and research

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 130M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bayer (https://www.bayer.com/de/) Hitachi Ventures (https://www.hitachi.com/) Samsung Next (https://www.samsungnext.com/) Sony Innovation Fund by IGV (https://www.sonyinnovationfund.com/portfolio/) Unilever Ventures (https://www.unileverventures.com/) HAT Technology & Innovation Fund by HAT (https://www.hat.it/it/businesses/private-equity/hat-technology-innovation-fund) Business Angel

26.04.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 18 |

2021

Neuroelectrics gets $17M for new take on electrical therapy for epilepsy, depression

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 17,5M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Morningside (https://morningside.com/) MassChallenge (https://masschallenge.org/)

19.04.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2021

Brex hits $7.4bn valuation on $425m funding round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 425M €

USD 7,4 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global TCV GIC Baillie Gifford Madrone Capital Partners Durable Capital Partners LP Valiant Capital Management Base10 Y Combinator Continuity Ribbit Capital DST Global Greenoaks Capital Lone Pine Capital IVP