01.01.2026

Deal of the Year |

2025

Stuttgart’s Q.ANT raises €62M to scale energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Manufacturing, Semiconductor

Investment Raised: EUR 62m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, Cherry Ventures

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01.01.2025

Deal of the Year |

2024

Wayve lands $1B from SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA to build AI tech for self-driving cars

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Autonomous Vehicles

Investment Raised: USD 1.1B €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SoftBank, Microsoft, NVIDIA

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01.01.2024

Deal of the Year |

2023

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Verkor raised 2 billion euros for Dunkirk EV gigafactory

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2020

  • Series C
  • Sector: Battery

Investment Raised: 2000000000 €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Kheng Nam Lee, Taavet Hinrikus

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01.01.2023

Deal of the Year |

2022

Climeworks

Climeworks raised CHF 600 million in a private equity round

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2009

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: CleanTech

Investment Raised: 614000000 €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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01.01.2022

Deal of the Year |

2021

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

  • HQ: AT

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Marketplace

Investment Raised: 50000000 €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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