01.01.2026

Deal of the Year |

2025

Stuttgart’s Q.ANT raises €62M to scale energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 62m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, Cherry Ventures

25.07.2025

Deal of the Month |

Calendar Week # 30 |

July |

2025

Stuttgart’s Q.ANT raises €62M to scale energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 62m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Verve Ventures, Venionaire Capital, UVC Partners, TRUMPF, Onsight Ventures, LEA Partners, L-Bank, imec.xpand, Grazia Equity, Cherry Ventures

24.06.2025

Deal |

2025

The SETT participates in a €17.2 million investment in Sparc, a photonic circuit manufacturer

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 17.2m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SETT

27.03.2025

Deal |

2025

An Eiffel Tower a day: GravitHy secures €60 million to power green steel revolution

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 60m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Advantage Partners, Ecolab, EIT InnoEnergy, ENGIE New Ventures, Marcegaglia, Rio Tinto, Siemens Financial Services

19.02.2025

Deal |

2025

Pulpex secures NWF’s first investment in Scotland

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: GBP 62m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: National Wealth Fund, Scottish National Investment Bank

15.01.2025

Deal |

2025

Strategic Value Partners invests €200 million in Bjelin Group

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 200m €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Strategic Value Partners

29.08.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 35 |

2024

Amazon and Bezos Expeditions to Back Robot-Maker Swiss-Mile

Founded: 2023

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

USD 78M

Valuation

Investors: Linear Capital, HongShan, Bezos Expeditions, Armada Investment AG, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund

25.07.2024

Deal |

2024

Led by GM Ventures, Addionics Raises $39 Million Series B to Drive Cost-Efficient EV Battery Innovation

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 39M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Scania, General Motors Ventures, Deep Insight

24.07.2024

Deal |

2024

H55 Keeping Up the Momentum: Series C Funding Closed, Accelerating Electric Propulsion Certification

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: CHF 65M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Government Of Quebec

18.07.2024

Deal of the Month |

July |

2024

Nearfield Instruments secures €135 million in landmark deep-tech funding round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 135M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Walden Catalyst, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING Group

18.07.2024

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 29 |

2024

Nearfield Instruments secures €135 million in landmark deep-tech funding round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 135M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Walden Catalyst, Invest-NL, Innovation Industries, ING Group

21.03.2024

Deal |

2024

Cemvision raises €10M in landmark climate tech seed round

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 10.0M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BackingMinds (https://www.backingminds.com/) Polar Structure (https://polarstructure.se/) Zacua Ventures (https://zacuaventures.com/)

19.03.2024

Deal |

2024

Tesla of water: Sweden’s Candela snaps €24.5M to scale up electric vessel production

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 24.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Groupe Beneteau (https://www.beneteau-group.com/) Ocean Zero (https://www.oceanzerollc.com/)

11.03.2024

Deal |

2024

Simera Sense zooms in €13.5M for its Earth observation optical imaging solutions

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 13.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Knife Capital (http://www.knifecap.com) NewSpace Capital (http://www.newspace.capital)

06.03.2024

Deal |

2024

German startup Greenlyte snaps €10.5M for carbon removal from atmosphere

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 10.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Carbon Removal Partners (http://carbonremoval.partners) Earlybird Venture Capital (http://earlybird.com/) Green Generation Fund (http://www.greengenerationfund.com/) Partech (http://partechpartners.com) Udo Jung

27.02.2024

Deal |

2024

Pulsed Field Ablation Innovator Argá Medtech Announces €54 Million Oversubscribed Series B Capital Raise

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 54M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Advent Life Sciences (https://adventls.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/)

01.12.2023

Deal |

2023

Stephenson Harwood advises mylight150 on €100 million funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

EUR 100M

Valuation

Investors: Andera Partners Azora Eiffel Investment Group Elevation Capital

20.11.2023

Deal |

2023

England’s Advanced Electric Machines raises €26.3M to build sustainable electric motor without rare earth metals

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: 23M GBP €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlackFin Capital Partners (https://www.blackfin.com/) IXO Private Equity La Maison Partners (https://www.lamaisonpartners.fr/)

26.10.2023

Deal |

2023

BlueBull advises Crisalion Mobility on its €15 million investment round

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: undefined

27.06.2023

Deal |

2023

Nine-month old Greenlyte Carbon Technology raises an additional €4.5 million, bringing its funding to €8 million

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hendrik Brandis

30.05.2023

Deal |

2023

ZParq completes $2.7M seed round to bring ultracompact electric marine motors to market

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 2.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Almi Invest GreenTech (https://www.almi.se/almi-invest/om-almi-invest/greentech/) InnoEnergy (https://www.innoenergy.com/) Santander (https://www.santander.com/)

15.05.2023

Deal |

2023

Brompton Bikes confirms £19m equity raise to fund expansion

Founded: 1975

Investment Raised: GBP 19M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Business Growth Fund (https://www.bgf.co.uk/)

11.05.2023

Deal |

2023

Sparrow Quantum Aps. secured 31 million DKK ($4.9m) in seed funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 4.9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 2xN (https://2xn.vc/) EIC-Fund (https://eic.ec.europa.eu/investment-opportunities_en) LIFTT (https://www.liftt.com/en/invest-en/)

27.07.2022

Deal |

2022

iPronics Raises €3.7M in Funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 3.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amadeus Capital Partners (https://www.amadeuscapital.com/) Caixa Capital Risc (https://www.caixacapitalrisc.es/en/)

27.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Magical Mushroom Company cultivates £3 million to create biodegradable packaging

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: GBP 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Dale Vince Ecovative Design (https://www.ecovative.com/) Marcus Watson Robert del Naja

27.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Finnish plant-based product manufacturer raises €13M funding from Swedish foodtech investment company

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 13M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Nicoya (https://www.nicoya.se/)

18.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Sunfire raises USD 125M Series D

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 135M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Planet First Partners (https://www.planetfirst.partners/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) HydrogenOne Capital (https://hydrogenonecapital.com/) Carbon Direct (https://carbon-direct.com/)