25.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Despite market worries, Peter Thiel-backed Shares nabs $40 million for social investing app

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Valar Ventures (https://valar.com/)

21.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Fonoa raises $60M to automate tax compliance for global companies like Uber and Zoom

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) FJ Labs (https://fjlabs.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Moving Capital (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/moving-capital) OMERS Ventures (https://www.omersventures.com/)

18.07.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 30 |

2022

Atlantic Money, a London-based low-cost money transfer service, has secured an additional injection of $3M seed capital to accelerate its growth having recently received its EU licence.

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 3 Millions €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amplo (https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplovc/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3Bwtof1xeYRP6FhgpgU2u0yA%3D%3D) Nordstar (https://www.linkedin.com/company/nordstar/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3Bwtof1xeYRP6FhgpgU2u0yA%3D%3D) Martell Hardenberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAdYMogBKF7BJ6R_W_LB-f6Uj-MoL73FFN4) Index Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/index-ventures/) Ribbit Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ribbit-capital/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3BgH1ds%2Fq8TsWJ%2F6AppiK2Dg%3D%3D) Kleiner Perkins.

11.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Swedish BNPL scale-up Klarna confirms fundraise at slashed valuation, closes $800 million round at $6.7 billion post-money

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: USD 800M €

USD 6.7B

Valuation

Investors: Bestseller Group (https://bestseller.company/) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (https://www.cppinvestments.com/) Commonwealth Bank of Australia (https://www.commbank.com.au/) Johens Jacobsson Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) Niklas Adalberth Sebastian Siemiatkowski Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) Silver Lake (https://www.silverlake.com/)

30.06.2022

Deal |

2022

UK Unicorn Zilch extends Series C by $50m bringing total to $160m

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

USD 2B

Valuation

Investors: Remains undisclosed

16.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Bessemer backs Berlin’s Upvest in $42m Series B

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 42M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10x Group (https://10x.group/) ABN AMRO Ventures (https://www.abnamro.com/en/about-abn-amro/product/abnamro-ventures) Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Maximilian Tayenthal Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

14.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Allica Bank secures £25m in equity round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atalaya Capital (https://www.atalayacap.com/) Warwick Capital LLP (https://www.warwickcap.com/)

14.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Airbank requests permission to buzz the tower with fresh $20 million

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Axel Wieandt Bruce Wallace Guillaume “G” Cabane Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) New Wave (https://nwventures.co.uk/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

13.06.2022

Deal, Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

2022

SumUp raises $624M at $8.5B valuation, with its payments and business tech now used by 4M SMBs

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 624M €

USD 8.5B

Valuation

Investors: Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (https://www.baincapitaltechopportunities.com/) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Centerbridge Partners LP (https://www.centerbridge.com/) Crestline (https://www.crestlineinvestors.com/) FIN Capital (https://fin.capital/) Sentinel Capital Partners (https://www.sentinelpartners.com/)

08.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Juni raises $100m (equity) and $106m (debt) in major funding round to fuel eCommerce businesses

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Mubadala Capital Ventures (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital/ventures)

08.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Backbase raises its first funding, $128M at a $2.6B valuation, for tools that help banks with engagement

Founded: 2003

Investment Raised: USD 128M €

USD 2.6B

Valuation

Investors: Motive Partners (https://www.motivepartners.com/)

07.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Bud obtaines USD 80 m Series B for global expansion in 2022

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: TDR Capital (https://www.tdrcapital.com/)

30.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Froots: 2.5 million euros for Viennese FinTech

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Adam Lessing Alan Morgan Andreas Treichl Georg Kapsch Gina Goëss Greyhound Capital (https://greyhoundcapital.com/) Kiril Klaturov

23.05.2022

Deal |

2022

TransferMate Secures $70m Funding Round to Accelerate Innovation in B2B Cross-Border Payments and Expand Its Global Presence

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

USD 930M

Valuation

Investors: RPMI Railpen (https://www.railpen.com/)

23.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Creditspring nabs £48 million to support members with fixed-cost subscription loans

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: GBP 48M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Chip Dunn

23.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Urban Jungle raises £16.5 million

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: GBP 16.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ingka Group (https://www.ingka.com/) Intact Ventures (https://www.intactfc.com/English/intact-ventures/default.aspx)

18.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Temasek Leads $160M Series D for Thought Machine’s Expansion

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 160M €

USD 2.54B

Valuation

Investors: Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) ING Ventures (https://www.ing.com/Home.htm) Intesa Sanpaolo (https://www.intesasanpaolo.com/) JPMorgan Chase & Co. (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/) Lloyds Banking Group (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/) Morgan Stanley (https://www.morganstanley.com/) SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) (https://sebgroup.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)

18.05.2022

Deal |

2022

After being granted the Dutch EMI licence, Modulr raises €102.7M led by General Atlantic

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 102.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Blenheim Chalcot (https://blenheimchalcot.com/) Frog Capital (https://frogcapital.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) PayPal Ventures (https://about.pypl.com/how-we-work/paypal-ventures/default.aspx)

18.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Dutch Fintech In3 Raises $85.3 Million Series B Round and Announces Partnership With Mollie

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 85.3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Finch Capital (https://www.finchcapital.com/) Force Over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Waterfall Asset Management (https://www.waterfallam.com/)

12.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Token.io raises $40M to expand open banking-based account-to-account payments in Europe

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cota Capital (https://www.cotacapital.com/) Element Ventures (https://elementventures.vc/) MissionOG (https://missionog.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Opera Tech Ventures (https://operatechventures.com/) PostFinance (https://www.postfinance.ch/en/private.html) SBI Investment (https://www.sbimf.com/en-us) TempoCap (https://www.tempocap.com/)

12.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Tiger Global backs London-based crypto-to-fiat banking platform BVNK with $40 million

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

USD 300M

Valuation

Investors: Avenir Growth Capital (https://www.avenirgrowth.com/) Base Capital Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/base-capital-partners) Concentric (https://concentric.vc/) Kingsway Capital (https://www.kingswaycap.com/) Nordstar (https://nordstar.com/) Raba (https://rabacap.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

10.05.2022

Deal |

2022

UK’s Tumelo Acquires $19M to Help Investment Platforms and Pension Providers with Informative Insights

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 19M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Treasury (https://www.thetreasury.com/) Nucleus Adventure Capital (https://www.nucleusavc.com/) Legal & General Investment Manager (https://www.lgim.com/) Lance Uggla Jim Wiandt Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (https://fisv.com/)

09.05.2022

Deal, 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/)

09.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Paddle raises $200m to supercharge SaaS companies’ global growth

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 1.2B

Valuation

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) FTV Capital (https://ftvcapital.com/) Kindred Capital (https://kindredcapital.vc/) Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (https://www.kkr.com/) Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/)

01.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Getquin raises USD 15 million

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: APX (https://apx.vc/) embedded/capital (https://embedded.capital/) Erik Podzuweit Horizons Ventures (https://horizonsventures.com/) Maximilian Tayenthal Portage Ventures (https://portagevc.com/) Sino AG (https://www.sino.de/)

25.04.2022

Deal, 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/)

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)

09.03.2022

Deal |

2022

Swedish open insurance platform Insurely logs in €19 million to enter UK and France

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 19M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alfven & Didrikson (https://www.alfvendidrikson.com/) Insight Partners Luminar Ventures (https://www.luminarventures.com/) Neptunia Invest (https://www.neptuniainvest.se/about-neptunia) Philian Invest (https://nordic9.com/companies/phillian-ab-investor4805922259/)

07.03.2022

Deal |

2022

UK’s Thirdfort nabs $20M for tools to help with ID verification, and detect money laundering and payment fraud

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andrew Mullinger (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mullinger) Breega (https://breega.com/) Charles Delingpole (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/delingpole) David Rutter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Rutter) Dev Subrata (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dev-subrata) Edward Bishop (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/edward-bishop-a456113b) Element Ventures (https://elementventures.vc/)

01.03.2022

Deal |

2022

Payhawk Becomes First Ever Bulgarian Unicorn After Raising $100M in a Round Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Valuing the Company at $1bn

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com) Endeavor Catalyst (https://endeavor.org/catalyst/) Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com) HubSpot Ventures (https://www.hubspot.com/ventures) Jigsaw VC (https://jigsaw.vc) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com) Sprints Capital (https://sprintscap.com)