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

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/)

28.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Banking-as-a-Service platform Swan raises EUR 16M in Accel led round

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)

21.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Payments platform Recharge charges up with USD 35M

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SmartFin (https://smartfinvc.com/) Prime Ventures (https://www.primeventures.com/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/)

08.09.2021

Deal |

2021

‘Thin file’ loans startup Koyo closes USD 50M Series A led by Force Over Mass

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Seedcamp (https://www.seedcamp.at/) Matt Robinson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrobinson/) Frontline Ventures (https://www.frontline.vc/) Forward Partners (https://forwardpartners.com/) Force Over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/)

30.08.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 36 |

2021

Homeppl completes seven figure funding round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 1M €

GBP 10Million

Valuation

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

26.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 224M €

USD 1.65B

Valuation

Investors: BBVA (https://www.bbva.es/personas.html) Decisive Capital Management (https://www.decisive.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Pathway Capital Management (https://pathwaycapital.com/) Vulcan Capital (https://vc4a.com/vulcan-capital/) Yabeo Capital (http://yabeo.de/de/home/)

26.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Madrid-based Cobee raises €14 million to double down on its mission to improve access to employee benefits

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 14M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Encomenda VC Lanai Partners (https://lanaipartners.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)

23.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Tulipshare launches with $1M in Pre-Seed

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

21.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Spendesk raises €100M in Series C Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/)

20.07.2021

Deal of the Month |

July |

2021

Austria’s Blockpit raises €8.4M to bring the necessary transparency to a blockchain-based financial market

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 8,4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: MiddleGame Ventures (http://www.middlegamevc.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Force over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Tioga Capital (https://tioga.capital/) Avaloq Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avaloq-ventures) European Super Angels Club

20.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 180M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Temasek (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Sunley House Capital (https://www.adventinternational.com/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/)

19.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 30 |

2021

Solarisbank raises $224M at a $1.65B valuation to acquire Contis, expand API-based embedded banking tech in Europe

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 224M €

USD 1.65B

Valuation

Investors: BBVA (https://www.bbva.es/personas.html) Decisive Capital Management (https://www.decisive.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Pathway Capital Management (https://pathwaycapital.com/) Vulcan Capital (https://vc4a.com/vulcan-capital/) Yabeo Capital (http://yabeo.de/de/home/)

15.07.2021

Deal |

2021

KodyPay raises US$3.25M in Funidng

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 3.25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Yao-Yun Chang (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/yao-yun-chang) Adam Knight (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-knight) Hank Uberoi (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/hank-uberoi) Cognition Foundry (https://cognitionfoundry.com/) Paul Rippon (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-rippon) Alok Sama (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alok-sama)

14.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Railsbank raises USD$70M in Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Anthos Capital (https://anthoscapital.com/) Central Capital (https://www.centralcapital.vc/) Cohen and Company (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/betsy-cohen-2) Outrun Ventures (https://www.outrunventures.com/)

14.07.2021

Deal |

2021

RedStone raises $525K in Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 252K €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Maven 11 Capital Arweave (https://www.arweave.org/) Collider Ventures (https://www.collider.vc/) KR1 (https://kr1.io/) 1kx Bering Waters Ventures (https://beringwaters.com/)

13.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Moneyhub raises $18M in Total Funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 18M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sir Peter Wood SPWOne (https://spwone.com/)

13.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Tide raises $100M in Series C Funding

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Apax Partners (https://www.apax.com/) Anthemis (https://www.anthemis.com/) Augmentum (https://augmentum.vc/) Jigsaw (https://jigsaw.vc/) Local Globe/Latitude (https://localglobe.vc/) SBI (https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/company/group/sbinvestment.html) SpeedInvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

13.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Bunq raises $228M – Valued at $1.9 Billion

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 228M €

USD 1,9 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Pollen Street Capital (https://www.pollencap.com/)

12.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Lunar raises €210m to reach unicorn status

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 210M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Heartland (https://www.heartlandvc.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/) Kinnevik (https://www.kinnevik.com/our-investments) Peter Mühlmann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-holten-muhlmann/)

12.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Fintech startup Jasper Card bags $34M in funding to challenge how traditional financial institutions make money

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 34M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Benslie International Fund 500 Startups (http://500.co/) Gauss Ventures (http://www.gauss.vc/) Off The Grid Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/off-the-grid-ventures/about/) OurCrowd (http://www.ourcrowd.com/) SIBF (https://sibf.vc/)

12.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 29 |

2021

Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 180M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Temasek (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Sunley House Capital (https://www.adventinternational.com/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/)

07.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Austria’s Blockpit raises €8.4M to bring the necessary transparency to a blockchain-based financial market

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 8.4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: MiddleGame Ventures (http://www.middlegamevc.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Force over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Tioga Capital (https://tioga.capital/) Avaloq Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avaloq-ventures) European Super Angels Club

06.07.2021

Deal |

2021

StepEx Raises £1.1M in Pre-Seed Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 1,1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BBVA Anthemis Venture Partnership (https://shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/bbva-group/) Triple Point Ventures

06.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Pleo becomes Denmark’s eighth unicorn with $150m raise

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

1,7B

Valuation

Investors: Bain Capital Ventures (https://www.baincapitalventures.com/) Thrive Capital (https://thrivecap.com/)

05.07.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 28 |

2021

Bunq Raises $228M; Valued at $1.9 Billion

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 228M €

USD 1.9B

Valuation

Investors: Pollen Street Capital (https://www.pollencap.com/)

28.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Smart raises £165M in Series D Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: £ 165M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Chrysalis Investments (https://www.chrysalisinvestments.co.uk/)

28.06.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 27 |

2021

Austria’s Blockpit raises €8.4M to bring the necessary transparency to a blockchain-based financial market

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 8,4M €

Remains Undisclosed

Investors: MiddleGame Ventures (http://www.middlegamevc.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Force over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Tioga Capital (https://tioga.capital/) Avaloq Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avaloq-ventures) European Super Angels Club

28.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Italy’s Young Platform nabs €3.5 million to simplify access to the world of cryptocurrencies

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: € 3,5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: United Ventures (https://unitedventures.com/) Ithaca Investments (https://www.ithacacapital.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Business Angel

24.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Paid Time Off startup Sorbet reels-in another $15M inside three months

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Group 11 (https://group11.vc/)

22.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Airbank centralizes all your business bank accounts and financial data

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Sequoia (https://www.sequoiacap.com/)