20.07.2022

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July |

2022

Contentsquare Closes $600M Growth Investment Round Led by Sixth Street; Doubles Valuation to $5.6B and Brings Total Funding to $1.4 Billion

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2012

  • Series F
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 400M €

USD 5.2B

Valuation

Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) Sixth Street (https://sixthstreet.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

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20.07.2022

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2022

Contentsquare Closes $600M Growth Investment Round Led by Sixth Street; Doubles Valuation to $5.6B and Brings Total Funding to $1.4 Billion

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2012

  • Series F
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 400M €

USD 5.2B

Valuation

Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) Sixth Street (https://sixthstreet.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

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11.07.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 29 |

2022

Contentsquare Closes $600M Growth Investment Round Led by Sixth Street; Doubles Valuation to $5.6B and Brings Total Funding to $1.4 Billion

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2012

  • Series F
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 400M €

USD 5.2B

Valuation

Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/) LionTree (https://www.liontree.com/) Sixth Street (https://sixthstreet.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

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06.07.2022

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2022

Celus, which uses AI to automate circuit board design, raises $25.6M

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 25.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Carl-Peter Forster DI Capital (https://dicapital.com/de) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) John Rose Koenraad Crooijmans Martina Koederitz Paul Gojenola Peter Bonfield Plug and Play Tech Center (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

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04.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Kardinal Raises Over $10 Million to Help Companies In Europe with Last-Mile Logistics

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Benhamou Global Ventures (https://benhamouglobalventures.com/) CapHorn Invest (https://caphorn.vc/) Plug and Play Tech Center (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/) Serena (https://www.serena.vc/)

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28.06.2022

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2022

Beyond Alexa! Speechmatics tunes in $62 million for speech recognition platform

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2006

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 62M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AlbionVC (https://www.albion.vc/) IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/) Susquehanna Growth Equity (https://sgep.com/)

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20.06.2022

Deal of the Month |

June |

2022

Nfinite raises $100 million series B to extend leadership in immersive 3d e-commerce and e-merchandising categories

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) U.S. Venture Partners (https://www.usvp.com/)

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09.06.2022

Deal |

2022

CHARM Therapeutics launches with a $50 million Series A financing to transform structure-based drug discovery using its proprietary DragonFold AI technology

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Axial VC (https://axialvc.com/) Braavos Capital (https://bravoscap.com/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Khosla Ventures (https://www.khoslaventures.com/) OrbiMed (https://www.orbimed.com/)

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09.06.2022

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2022

Peptone, a startup using A.I. to find drugs for tricky ‘disordered’ proteins, raises $40 million in venture funding

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com/) dRx Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/drxcapital/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) Hoxton Ventures (https://www.hoxtonventures.com/) Walden Catalyst (https://waldencatalyst.com/)

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07.06.2022

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2022

Nfinite raises $100 million series B to extend leadership in immersive 3d e-commerce and e-merchandising categories

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) U.S. Venture Partners (https://www.usvp.com/)

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30.05.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 23 |

2022

Nfinite raises $100 million series B to extend leadership in immersive 3d e-commerce and e-merchandising categories

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) U.S. Venture Partners (https://www.usvp.com/)

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24.05.2022

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2022

Nomagic sweeps off $22 million to turn manual warehouses into automated fulfilment centres

  • HQ: PL

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 22M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Almaz Capital (https://almazcapital.com/) Capnamic Ventures (https://capnamic.com/) DN Capital (https://www.dncapital.com/) European Investment Bank (https://www.eib.org/en/index.htm) Hoxton Ventures (https://www.hoxtonventures.com/) Khosla Ventures (https://www.khoslaventures.com/) Manta Ray Ventures (https://mantaray.vc/)

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16.05.2022

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2022

Keelvar Raises $24M to Usher in Next Generation of Intelligent Sourcing Technology

  • HQ: IR

Founded: 2012

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Bastian Nominacher Elephant (https://www.elephantventures.com/) Mosaic (https://www.mosaicventures.com/) Paua Ventures (https://www.pauaventures.com/)

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05.05.2022

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2022

Synerise Closes $23 Million in Series B

  • HQ: PO

Founded: 2013

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Carpathian Partners (https://www.carpathianpartners.io/)

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03.05.2022

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2022

London-based SLAMcore raises $16 million to enable robots read the room

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amadeus Capital Partners (https://www.amadeuscapital.com/) Global Brain Corporation (https://globalbrains.com/en/) IP Group (https://www.ipgroupplc.com/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Presidio Ventures (https://presidio-ventures.com/) ROBO Global (https://www.roboglobal.com/) Samsung Ventures (https://www.samsungventure.co.kr/english/jsp/investment/sector.jsp) Toyota Ventures (https://toyota.ventures/) Yamato Holdings (https://www.yamato-hd.co.jp/english/)

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03.05.2022

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2022

Bucharest-based DRUID snaps up €14.2 million for its innovative AI-driven chatbots and is set to soar

  • HQ: RO

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 14.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Gapminder VC (https://gapminder.vc/) Hoxton Ventures (https://www.hoxtonventures.com/) Karma Ventures (https://www.karma.vc/)

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30.03.2022

Deal |

2022

London-based Builder.ai secures €90M from Insight Partners to scale its AI and automation capabilities

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: IFC (https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/Topics_Ext_Content/IFC_External_Corporate_Site/Venture+Capital) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com) Jungle Ventures (https://www.jungle.vc) Nikesh Arora Revo Capital (https://www.revo.vc) WndrCo (https://www.wndrco.com)

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29.03.2022

Deal |

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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24.03.2022

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2022

Paris-based Neobrain picks up €20 million for its skills management and workforce planning platform

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alter Equity 3P (https://www.alter-equity.com/home-en) Breega (https://breega.com) Crédit Mutuel Innovation (https://www.creditmutuel-equity.eu/fr/index.html) XAnge (https://www.xange.vc)

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24.03.2022

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2022

Berlin’s HeyJobs raises €42.8 million to prevent the impending labour shortage crisis in Europe

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 42.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Creathor Ventures (https://www.creathor.com) Digital+ Partners (https://dplus.partners) FMZ Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fmz-ventures) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com) Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc)

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21.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

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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16.03.2022

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2022

Yorkshire AI firm Logically announces $24 million funding round to drive further growth

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amazon Alexa Fund (https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-startups/alexa-fund) NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance (https://www.mercia.co.uk/fund/npif-mercia-equity-finance/) Vitruvian Partners (https://www.vitruvianpartners.com/) XTX Ventures (https://www.xtxmarkets.com/ventures/)

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15.03.2022

Deal |

2022

Shufti Pro Announces $20 Million Series A Funding to Accelerate Growth

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Updata Partners (https://updata.com/)

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24.02.2022

Deal |

2022

London-based cybersecurity firm Red Sift raises $54 million

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2015

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 54M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Oxford Capital Partners (https://oxcp.com/) Sands Capital (https://www.sandscapital.com/)

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22.02.2022

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2022

PerchPeek raises $11M to woo ‘great resignation employees’ with easy relocation

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stage 2 Capital (https://www.stage2.capital/) AlbionVC (https://www.albion.vc/)

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17.02.2022

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2022

French startup Boxy raises €25 million to expand its network of autonomous convenience stores

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bootstrap Europe (https://bootstrap-europe.com/) CapHorn Invest (https://caphorn.vc/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) Serena (https://www.serena.vc/)

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25.01.2022

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2022

Tunisian enterprise AI startup InstaDeep raises $100M from AI Capital, BioNTech, Google

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2015

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alpha Intelligence Capital (https://aicapital.ai/) BioNTech (https://biontech.de/) CDIB Capital (https://www.cdibcapital.com/) Chimera Investment (https://www.chimerareit.com/) Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures (https://deutschebahnventures.de/) Group 42 (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/group-42/recent_investments) Google

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22.11.2021

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2021

Jina AI Announces $30 Million to Build Neural Search Networks for Businesses

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) GGV Capital (https://www.ggvc.com/) Mango Capital (https://www.google.com/search?q=Mango+Capital+vc&sxsrf=AOaemvI8cxCdE6XmiyjD_YR6ynU32aDZWA%3A1638367802855&ei=OoKnYfbRM4uNxc8Po9yJ2AY&ved=0ahUKEwj21pnX48L0AhWLRvEDHSNuAmsQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Mango+Capital+vc&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEMsBMgYIABAWEB46BwgjELADECc6BwgAEEcQsAM6CwguEMcBENEDEMsBOggIABDJAxDLAToFCC4QywFKBAhBGABQ_ARYkAdgsQhoAXACeACAAXCIAZECkgEDMi4xmAEAoAEByAEGwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz) SAP.iO (https://sap.io/) Yunqi Partners (http://www.yunqi.vc/en/)

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18.11.2021

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2021

Eatron, which makes ‘intelligent automotive software’ raises USD 11M Series A led by MMC

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vinfast (https://vinfastauto.us/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Hirschvogel Automotive Group (https://www.hirschvogel.com/) Aster Capital (https://www.aster.com/)

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18.11.2021

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2021

Brainnwave forms co-venture with Hatch following USD 10M Series A investment

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2014

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hatch (https://www.hatch.com/)

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