22.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Dutch payments startup Mollie raises another $800M at a $6.5B valuation

Founded: 2004

Investment Raised: USD 800M €

USD 6.5B

Valuation

Investors: Blackstone Growth (BXG) (https://www.blackstone.com/our-businesses/blackstone-growth-bxg/) EQT Growth (https://www.eqtgroup.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) HMI Capital (https://www.hmicapital.com/) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) TCV (https://www.tcv.com/)

17.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Volt charges up with open banking industry record-breaking $23.5 million Series A raise

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 23.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Augmentum (https://augmentum.vc/) Fuel Ventures (https://fuel.ventures/) Robert Kraal (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-kraal) Gabriel de Montessus (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/gabriel-de-montessus)

17.06.2021

Deal |

2021

AI-powered insurance pricing automation platform Akur8 raises $30 million

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlackFin Capital (https://www.blackfin.com/) MTech Capital (https://www.mtechcapital.com/)

15.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Addepar Announces $150M Investment by D1 Capital Partners, Exceeding $2B Valuation

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

USD 2B+

Valuation

Investors: D1 Capital Partners (https://www.linkedin.com/company/d1-capital-partners)

15.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Upflow raises $15 million to manage your outstanding invoices

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 9yards Capital (https://9yardscapital.com/) eFounders (https://www.efounders.com/) Maximilian Tayenthal (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/maximilian-tayenthal) Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty Raffael Johnen (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/raffael-johnen)

10.06.2021

Deal |

2021

TreasurySpring Raises $10M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: GBP 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Anthemis Group (http://www.anthemis.com/) ETFS Capital (https://www.etfscapital.com/) MMC Ventures (http://www.mmc.vc/)

10.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Hokodo Raises $12.5M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: GBP 8,8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Anthemis Group (http://www.anthemis.com/) Maximilian Bittner Mosaic (http://www.mosaicventures.com/) Notion Capital (https://notion.vc/) Richard Laxer Taavet Hinrikus Thijn Lamers

07.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Scalable Capital fundraise gives Germany its sixth fintech unicorn

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 150M €

USD 1.4B

Valuation

Investors: BlackRock (http://www.blackrock.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/)

03.06.2021

Deal |

2021

London insurance provider aims to double headcount after ‘biggest ever’ investment round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 11,4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alma Mundi Ventures (http://mundiventures.com/) Eka Ventures (https://ekavc.com/)

02.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Divido Raises $30M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: American Express Ventures (http://www.amexventures.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) DG Daiwa Ventures (https://dg-daiwa-v.com/en/) DN Capital (http://dncapital.com/) GlobalBrain (http://www.globalbrain.net/) HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com/) ING Group IQ Capital (http://www.iqcapital.vc/) OCS Group (https://www.ocs.com/uk/) SBI Investment (http://www.sbinvestment.co.jp/) Sony Innovation Fund (http://www.sonyinnovationfund.com/)

01.06.2021

Deal |

2021

UK-based pet insurance scaleup Bought By Many nabs over €286 million to continue international expansion

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 350M €

USD 1.6B

Valuation

Investors: CommerzVentures (http://www.commerzventures.com/) EQT (https://www.eqtgroup.com/) FTV Capital (http://www.ftvcapital.com/) Munich Re Ventures (http://munichreventures.com/) Octopus Ventures (http://www.octopusventures.com/) Willoughby Capital (https://www.willcapllc.com/)

01.06.2021

Deal |

2021

wefox Closes $650M in Series C Funding

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 650M €

USD 3B

Valuation

Investors: ACE & Company (http://aceandcompany.com/) Alma Mundi Ventures (http://mundiventures.com/) Cascade Ventures (http://www.cascadevc.com/) CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/creditease-fintech-investment-fund) Decisive Capital Management (https://www.decisive.com/) EDBI (https://www.edbi.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en/) FinTLV Ventures (http://www.fintlv.com/) G Squared (http://gsquared.com/) GR Capital Horizons Ventures (http://horizonsventures.com/) Jupiter Fund Management (https://www.jupiteram.com/) LGT group Lightrock Merian Global Investors (https://www.lightrock.com/) Mountain Partners (https://mountain.partners/) Mubadala Capital

27.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Agicap raises $100 million for its cashflow management service

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 82M €

EUR 415M

Valuation

Investors: BlackFin Capital Partners (http://www.blackfin.com/) Greenoaks Capital (http://www.greenoakscap.com/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/)

26.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paysend Raises $125M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 88M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hermes GPE (http://www.hermesgpe.com/) InfraVia Capital Partners (https://infraviacapital.com/) One Peak Partners (http://www.onepeakpartners.com/) Plug and Play (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/)

25.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paris-based employee savings and retirement plan platform Epsor raises €20 million in Series B round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Augmentum Fintech (https://augmentum.vc/) BlackFin Capital Partners (http://www.blackfin.com/) Gaia Capital Partners (https://tracxn.com/d/private-equity/gaia-capital-partners/__K2RyuHUG_EYCze9WcESLA1DTkB8Vr6EQShUVh-ldzvQ) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/)

24.05.2021

Deal |

2021

London fintech Traydstream completes $8 million Series A financing

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AFG Partners (https://www.afgvc.com/) Spearhead Capital

20.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Uncapped, which provides upfront revenue to digital companies, raises $80M in funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Lakestar (http://www.lakestar.com/) All Iron Ventures (http://www.alliron.vc/) White Star Capital (https://www.whitestarcapital.com/) Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounders.vc/) Mouro Capital (https://www.mourocapital.com/)

10.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paris-based private-wealth platform Klub raises $10 million, builds the bridge between centralised and decentralised finance

Founded: NaN

Investment Raised: EUR 8.3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alexandre Yazdi Amnis Ventures (https://www.amnis-ventures.com/) BlackDragon Cyril Paglino Guillaume Lestrade Moonwhale Ventures (https://moonwhale.io/) Owen Simonin Ron Stolero Tariq Krim

10.05.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 20 |

2021

Berlin’s Trade Republic nabs $900M led by Sequoia at a $5B+ valuation to take its neobroker app across Europe

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 900M €

USD 5+ Billion

Valuation

Investors: Sequoia (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) TCV (https://www.tcv.com/) Thrive Capital (https://thrivecap.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Founders Fund (https://foundersfund.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Project A (https://www.project-a.com/)

05.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin’s Upvest raises an additional €4 million in Series A extension, makes investing as easy as spending money

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ABN AMRO Ventures (https://www.abnamro.com/en/about-abnamro/in-society/innovation/abnamro-ventures/index.html)

05.05.2021

Deal |

2021

London’s Fly Now Pay Later lands an additional £10 million in Series A funding, locks tray table in upright position

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: GBP 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Revenio Capital (http://www.revenio.co.uk/) Taurus Wealth (http://www.tauruswealth.com/)

04.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Qredo Raises $11M in Seed Funding

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 1kx (http://1kx.network/) 3 commas (https://3commas.io/) Amnis Ventures (https://www.amnis-ventures.com/) Artus Borderless Capital (https://borderlesscapital.io/) Celsius Network (https://celsius.network/) CMS Holdings (http://cmsholdings.io/) Connect Capital (http://connect.capital/) Deribit (https://www.deribit.com/reg-553.8583) G1 Ventures (https://g1.vc/) GSR Ventures (http://www.gsrventures.com/) gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) (https://www.gumi-cryptos.com/) Kenetic (https://kenetic.capital/) Kronos Research (https://kronosresearch.com/) Maven 11 Capital (https://www.maven11.com/) Q-Stone Partners Quantstamp (https://quantstamp.com/) SVK Crypto (https://www.svkcrypto.com/) The Spartan Group (https://www.spartangroup.io/) tokentus investment AG (http://tokentus.com/) Wintermute Trading (https://www.wintermute.com/) Yellow (https://www.yellowla.com/) Zhou Holdings

04.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Paris-based Fintecture raises $7.5 million in seed financing

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 6.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Samaipata (https://samaipata.vc/) Societe Generale (https://www.societegenerale.com/en) Target Global (http://www.targetglobal.vc/)

04.05.2021

Deal |

2021

OptioPay raises EUR 11 mln in Series B funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AB Ventures LP (https://abventures.vc/) Avaloq Ventures Eos Venture Partners (http://www.eosventurepartners.com/) main incubator (https://unicorn-nest.com/funds/main-incubator/) NN Group (http://nn-group.com/) Seed X Liechtenstein (https://seedx.li/)

04.05.2021

Deal |

2021

B-North, a Fintech Building an SME Lending Bank, Tops £500,000 Target on GrowthFunders

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: GBP 6.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Channel 4 Ventures (https://www.channel4ventures.com/) Greater Manchester Combined Authority (https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/) LHV Ventures (https://www.lhv.ee/)

20.04.2021

Deal of the Month |

April |

2021

Berlin’s Bryter raises $66M to take its no-code tools for enterprises to the US

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 66M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Tiger Global (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Notion Capital (https://notion.vc/) Cavalry Ventures (https://cavalry.vc/)

19.04.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2021

Brex hits $7.4bn valuation on $425m funding round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 425M €

USD 7,4 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global TCV GIC Baillie Gifford Madrone Capital Partners Durable Capital Partners LP Valiant Capital Management Base10 Y Combinator Continuity Ribbit Capital DST Global Greenoaks Capital Lone Pine Capital IVP

30.03.2021

Deal |

2021

halloSophia: Linzer Startup mit Firmenberater-Marktplatz holt erstes Investment

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 75k €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Investors remain undisclosed

30.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Exclusive: Gro Plants New Decentralized Finance Products With $7.1M Seed

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 7.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: A.Capital Ventures (http://www.acapital.com/) Framework Ventures (http://framework.ventures/) Galaxy Digital (http://galaxydigital.io/) Nascent Ventures (https://nascentventures.co.uk/) Northzone (http://www.northzone.com/) Variant (https://variant.fund/)

30.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Payment startup Monavate raises £ 5m

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: GBP 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Investors remain undisclosed