21.03.2022

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Calendar Week # 13 |

2022

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

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

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/)

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14.03.2022

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Calendar Week # 12 |

2022

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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Human Resources

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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07.03.2022

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Calendar Week # 11 |

2022

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

  • HQ: TU

Founded: 2015

  • Series E
  • Sector: e-commerce

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/)

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28.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 10 |

2022

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

  • HQ: NO

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: Apps

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/)

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21.02.2022

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Calendar Week # 9 |

2022

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: FinTech

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)

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14.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 8 |

2022

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

  • HQ: IT

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Financial Services

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

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07.02.2022

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Calendar Week # 7 |

2022

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

  • HQ: ES

Founded: 2012

  • Series A
  • Sector: Biotechnology

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/)

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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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series C
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

USD 675M

Valuation

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

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24.01.2022

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Calendar Week # 5 |

2022

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

  • HQ: IR

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: e-commerce

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

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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

  • HQ: EE

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: Cyber Security

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/)

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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

  • HQ: TR

Founded: 2019

  • Series C
  • Sector: Gaming

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/)

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03.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 2 |

2022

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2012

  • Series D
  • Sector: FinTech

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/)

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20.12.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 52 |

2021

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

  • HQ: EE

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Gaming

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

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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

  • HQ: SE

Founded: 2018

  • Series D
  • Sector: Transport

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

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06.12.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 50 |

2021

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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2013

  • Series D
  • Sector: Agtech

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

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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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series B
  • Sector: Food Delivery

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)

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22.11.2021

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Calendar Week # 48 |

2021

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

  • HQ: ES

Founded: 2009

  • Series E
  • Sector: Marketplace

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/)

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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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Venture Series
  • Sector: Automotive

Investment Raised: EUR 700 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Black Rock

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08.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 46 |

2021

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

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2014

  • Venture Series
  • Sector: Crypto

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

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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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series B
  • Sector: e-commerce

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

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25.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 44 |

2021

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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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18.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 43 |

2021

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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series D
  • Sector: E-Mobility

Investment Raised: EUR 171,4M €

EUR 1,5 Billion

Valuation

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

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11.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 42 |

2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: AI

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

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/)

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27.09.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 40 |

2021

Neumora raises $500M to target neuropsychiatric, neurodegenerative disorders

  • HQ: US

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: BioTech

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

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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

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Unknown
  • Sector: Telecommunications

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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13.09.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 38 |

2021

Fantasy football platform Sorare raises $680 million

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: Fantasy Sports

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)

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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

  • HQ: NL

Founded: 2015

  • Series D
  • Sector: e-commerce

Investment Raised: EUR 600M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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30.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 36 |

2021

Homeppl completes seven figure funding round

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Seed Round
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: GBP 1M €

GBP 10Million

Valuation

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

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23.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 35 |

2021

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

  • HQ: AT

Founded: 2019

  • Seed Round
  • Sector: Crypto

Investment Raised: EUR 1,8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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