08.03.2021

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2021

Berlin start-up Mambu becomes a unicorn

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 110M €

EUR 1.7B+

Valuation

15.09.2020

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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

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N26 raises another USD 100M in Series D extension

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 3.5B+

Valuation