29.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Liquity Raises $6M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 1kx (http://1kx.network/) Alameda Research (https://www.alameda-research.com/) AngelDAO (https://angeldao.org/) Bo Shen Calvin Liu David Hoffmann George Lambeth Greenfield One (https://www.greenfield.one/) IOSG Ventures (http://iosg.vc/) Lemniscap (https://lemniscap.com/) Meltem Demirors Nima Capital (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nima-capital) Pantera Capital (http://panteracapital.com/) Tomahawk.VC (https://www.tomahawk.vc/)

24.03.2021

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2021

Blockchain.com Raises $300M at $5.2B Valuation: Report

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 300M €

USD 5.2B

Valuation

Investors: DST Global (http://dst-global.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (http://lsvp.com/) Vy Capital (https://www.vycapital.com/)

20.03.2021

Deal of the Month |

March |

2021

Klarna confirms new $31B valuation

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: USD 1B €

USD 31 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Combination of new and existing investors

18.03.2021

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2021

Pollinate announces a $50 million Series C funding round, led by Insight Partners

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: NatWest Group (https://www.natwestgroup.com/) National Australia Bank (https://www.nab.com.au/) Motive Partners (https://www.motivepartners.com/) Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.com/) Insight Partners and EFM Asset Management

15.03.2021

Deal |

2021

DIEM raises £4M: Fintech fuels circular economy with fast payments for unwanted items

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: GBP 4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Nicholas Kirkwood Fasanara Capital (https://www.fasanaracapital.com/) Chris Adelsbach and Ben Demiri

15.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Mexican challenger bank Fondeadora adds $14 million to its Series A

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 14M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Y Combinator (http://www.ycombinator.com/) Sound Ventures (https://www.soundventures.com/) Scott Belsky Portag3 Ventures (https://www.p3vc.com/) IGNIA (http://www.ignia.mx/) Gradient Ventures (https://gradient.com/) Gokul Rajaram and FinTech Collective

15.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Fintech KOHO raises $70M to Scale Better Banking for Canadians

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: TTV Capital (http://www.ttvcapital.com/) Portag3 Ventures and Drive Capital

11.03.2021

Deal |

2021

BlockFi lands a $350M Series D at a $3B valuation for its fast-growing crypto-lending platform

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 350M €

USD 3B

Valuation

Investors: Valar Ventures (http://www.valarventures.com/) Tiger Global Management (http://tigerglobal.com/) Third Prime (http://www.thirdprime.vc/) The Venture Collective (https://www.theventurecollective.com/) Susquehanna Government Products Pomp Investments PJC (http://pjc.vc/) ParaFi Capital (https://www.parafi.capital/) Paradigm (http://www.pdgm.com/) Pacific Century Group Morgan Creek Digital (https://www.morgancreekcap.com) Kenetic (https://kenetic.capital/) Jump Capital (http://www.jumpcap.com/) Hudson River Trading (http://www.hudson-trading.com/) Gaingels (http://www.gaingels.com/) DST Global (http://dst-global.com/) CMS Holdings (http://cmsholdings.io/) Castle Island Ventures (http://www.castleisland.vc/) Breyer Capital (http://breyercapital.com/) Bain Capital Ventures (http://baincapitalventures.com/) Akuna Capital (https://akunacapital.com/)

09.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Adumo has secured $15-million in funding to further its expansion of digital payment services for African SMEs

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: International Finance Corporation (https://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/corp_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/home)

09.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin-based Elucidate raises EUR 2.5 million to establish its financial crime risk benchmark

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Frontline Ventures (https://www.frontline.vc/) Seed X Liechtenstein (https://seedx.li/) Big Start Ventures and APEX Ventures

09.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Entertainment payroll startup Wrapbook raises $27M round led by a16z

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 27M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (http://www.a16z.com/) WndrCo (https://www.wndrco.com/) Uncork Capital (http://www.uncorkcapital.com/) Michael Ovitz and Equal Ventures

08.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Nydig Raises $200M in Further Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stone Ridge Asset Management (http://stoneridgeam.com/) Soros Fund Management New York Life Insurance (http://www.newyorklife.com/) Morgan Stanley (http://www.morganstanley.com/) MassMutual (https://www.massmutual.com/) FS Investments (https://www.fsinvestments.com/about) FinTech Collective and Bessemer Venture Partners

08.03.2021

Deal |

2021

WeLab completes initial close of Series C-1 funding, led by Allianz X for US$75 million and announces strategic partnership

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 75M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Allianz X (https://www.allianzx.com)

07.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Starling Bank swoops in £270m share sale to global investors

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: GBP 270M €

GBP 1.1B (pre-money)

Valuation

Investors: RPMI Railpen (https://www.rpmirailpen.co.uk) Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa) Millennium Management (https://www.mlp.com) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/)

05.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Eco raises $26M in a16z-led round to scale its digital cryptocurrency platform

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: a16z crypto (https://a16z.com/crypto/) Valor Capital Group (http://www.valorcapitalgroup.com/) Tribe Capital (https://tribecap.co/) Slow Ventures (http://www.slow.co/) Founders Fund (http://www.foundersfund.com/) Coinbase Ventures and Activant Capital

04.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Countingup Raises GBP 9.1M to Make Currents Account and Tax Management Seamless Through Automation

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 9.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sage Group (http://www.sage.com/company) Gresham House Ventures & Framework Venture Partners

01.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Klarna confirms new USD 31B valuation

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: USD 1B €

USD 31B

Valuation

Investors: combination of new and existing investors

18.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Insurely Raises EUR 2.5M In Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Luminar Ventures (https://www.luminarventures.com/)

11.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Sweden-based digital bank Northmill raises USD 30M

Founded: 2006

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: M2 Asset Management (https://m2assetmanagement.se/) Coeli (https://coeli.com/)

08.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Monzo to raise GBP 50M, another funding during COVID-19 pandemic for London fintech

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: GBP 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Octahedron Capital (https://www.octahedroncapital.com/) existing shareholders

02.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Monkee: Tyrolean FinTech receives a high six-figure investment

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 500K* €

EUR 3-5M*

Valuation

Investors: European Super Angels Club (https://superangels.club/) V/G Ventures (https://www.vg-ventures.com/)

01.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Ben raises USD 2.5M seed to fix employee benefits for SMEs

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/)

28.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Compeon raises €15 million from Iris Capital, NRW.BANK and Qatar Development Bank

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) DvH Ventures (https://dvhventures.de/) Iris Capital (https://www.iriscapital.com/de) NRW.BANK (https://www.nrwbank.de/de/) Qatar Development Bank (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_Development_Bank) TEV Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tengelmann-ventures)

26.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin’s Remagine secures $24M to finance high-growth and impact-led startups

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Jonathan Weiner Michael Vaughan

20.01.2021

Deal of the Month |

January |

2021

Checkout.com becomes EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business and fourth largest fintech globally

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 450M €

USD 15 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Greenoaks Capital and existing investors

12.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Checkout.com becomes EMEA’s most valuable venture-backed business

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 450M €

USD 15B

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Greenoaks Capital (http://www.greenoakscap.com/) and all other existing investors

12.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Tencent leads €69m insurtech Clark Series C round

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 69M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/) Portage Ventures (https://portagevc.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/investors.html) White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/) Yabeo Capital (https://yabeo.de/)

07.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin start-up Mambu becomes a unicorn

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 110M €

EUR 1.7B+

Valuation

15.09.2020

Deal |

Klarna raises USD 650M at a USD 10.6B valuation

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: USD 650M €

USD 10.65B

Valuation

Investors: Silver Lake. GIC BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/) HMI Capital (https://www.hmicapital.com/)

05.05.2020

Deal |

N26 raises another USD 100M in Series D extension

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 3.5B+

Valuation