09.05.2022

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/)

03.05.2022

Deal |

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/)

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 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)

24.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Parisian fintech Finary picks up €2.1 million from its community in 21 minutes

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Y Combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Eric Demuth Alexandre Prot Steve Anavi

21.02.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 9 |

2022

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

Founded: 2018

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)

16.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Genesis raises $200M in Tiger-led round to grow its finance-focused low-code application platform

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Illuminate Financial (https://www.illuminatefinancial.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Salesforce Ventures (https://www.salesforce.com/company/ventures/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Tribeca Early Stage Partners (https://www.tribecaesp.com/)

10.02.2022

Deal |

2022

UK headquartered fintech, Vitesse PSP, secures $26 million in Series B funding to drive further digitisation of the insurance market

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hannover Digital Investments GmbH (https://www.hannover-digital-invest.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Prime Ventures (https://www.primeventures.com/) Ron Kalifa Shane Happach

20.01.2022

Deal of the Month |

January |

2022

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

Founded: 2012

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/)

18.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Spendesk becomes fifth French unicorn of 2022, secures €100M funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

EUR 1B

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) eFounders (https://www.efounders.com/)

11.01.2022

Deal |

2022

French Fintech Qonto says Teamwork, Prep and Focus Helped them Finalize €486M Series D Round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 486M €

EUR 3.9B

Valuation

Investors: Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Alven (https://alven.co/) Ashley Flucas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/asflucas) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) European Investment Bank (https://www.eib.org/de/index.htm)

03.01.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 2 |

2022

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

Founded: 2012

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/)

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Thought Machine closes $200 million round, now at a unicorn valuation

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD +1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Nyca Partners (https://www.nyca.com/) with participation from ING Ventures JPMorgan Chase (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/) Standard Chartered Ventures Lloyds Banking Group (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/) British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) SEB (https://sebgroup.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) Backed (https://www.backed.vc/) IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/)

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Celsius (CEL) announces massive $750 million funding for its ecosystem

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 750M €

USD 3.2B

Valuation

18.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Pomelo Pay raises USD 10M

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Inference Partners (https://www.inferencesolutions.com/partner) Force Over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/)

09.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Bita raises EUR 6M Series A from ETFS Capital for next generation index customisation

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ETFS Capital (https://www.etfscapital.com/)

01.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Moonfare raises USD 125M in Series C led by Insight Partners to accelerate global growth

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Fidelity Strategic Ventures (https://fisv.com/)

25.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 44 |

2021

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

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises USD 100M on a USD 540M pre-money valuation

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 540M

Valuation

Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/at/) GR Capital (https://gr.capital/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Primer collects USD 50M to help unify payment infrastructures

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

USD 375M

Valuation

Investors: Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) RTP Global (https://www.rtp.vc/) ICONIQ Growth (https://iconiqgrowth.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Fintech firm N26 is now worth more than Germany’s second-largest bank

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 900M €

USD 7B

Valuation

Investors: Third Point Ventures (https://www.thirdpointventures.com/) Dragoneer Investment Group (https://dragoneer.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/)

18.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Zopa raises USD 300M led by Softbank Vision Fund 2

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: USD 300M €

USD 700M

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Silverstripe International Holdings (https://www.silverstripe.com/about-us/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) IAG Silverstripe (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/iag-silverstripe) Davidson Kempner Chimera Capital Management (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/chimera-capital-management/recent_investments) Augmentum FinTech (https://augmentum.vc/)

14.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Juni extends series A raise to USD 73M, brings in USD 52M in just three months via EQT

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 52M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: FJ Labs (https://fjlabs.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/)

12.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Institutional investor crypto trading platform SheeldMarket raises USD 10M

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Semantic Ventures (https://www.semantic.vc/) Pascal Gauthier Draper Dragon (http://draperdragon.com/home-en) Axeleo Capital (https://www.axeleo.com/) Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Alexis Bonillo

11.10.2021

Deal |

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/)

05.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Swedish fintech company anyfin announces EUR 44.8M round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 44.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Quadrille Capital (https://www.quadrillecapital.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) FinTech Collective (https://www.fintech.io/) EQT Ventures Augmentum FinTech Accel (https://www.accel.com/)