14.02.2023

Deal |

2023

EthonAI closes USD 6.8M seed financing round

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Acequia Capital (AceCap) (https://www.acecap.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) La Famiglia (https://www.lafamiglia.vc/) Wingman Ventures (https://www.wingman.ch/)

13.02.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 7 |

2023

Credit Suisse leads $65 million Series B in digital asset firm Taurus

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 65M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Arab Bank (Switzerland) (https://www.arabbank.ch/) Cedar Mundi Ventures (http://cedarmundi.com/) Credit Suisse (https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/de.html) Deutsche Bank (https://www.deutsche-bank.de/pk.html) Investis Group (https://www.investisgroup.com/) Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A. (https://www.pictet.com/)

13.02.2023

Deal |

2023

Credit Suisse leads $65 million Series B in digital asset firm Taurus

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 65M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Arab Bank (Switzerland) (https://www.arabbank.ch/) Cedar Mundi Ventures (http://cedarmundi.com/) Credit Suisse (https://www.credit-suisse.com/ch/de.html) Deutsche Bank (https://www.deutsche-bank.de/pk.html) Investis Group (https://www.investisgroup.com/) Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A. (https://www.pictet.com/)

06.02.2023

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 6 |

2023

ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: CHF 325M €

CHF 2.38B

Valuation

Investors: Beyond Net Zero (https://beyond-net-zero.com/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/)

01.02.2023

Deal |

2023

ABB E-mobility raises additional CHF325 million from four investors in second and final round of pre-IPO private placement

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: CHF 325M €

CHF 2.38B

Valuation

Investors: Beyond Net Zero (https://beyond-net-zero.com/) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) Just Climate (https://www.justclimate.com/) Porsche Automobil Holding (https://www.porsche-se.com/unternehmen/ueber-uns/)

31.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Squid raises $3.5 million to build next-generation cross-chain swaps

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 3.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ashleigh Schap Axelar (https://axelar.network/) Chapter One Ventures (https://chapterone.com/) Dean Eigenmann Distributed Global (https://distributedglobal.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Galileo (https://www.galileoinvestment.com/) Node Capital (https://www.node.capital/) North Island Ventures (https://northisland.ventures/) Stani Kulechov Waikit Lau Zaki Manian

31.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Everscale raises $5M to use ‘infinite sharding’ to scale blockchains

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Venom Ventures (https://www.venom.ventures/)

19.01.2023

Deal |

2023

The space waste startup ClearSpace has raised a €26.7m Series A

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 26.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 600 T Space Investments (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/600-t-space-investments) Happiness Capital (https://www.happinesscapital.com/) In-Q-Tel (https://www.iqt.org/) Lakestar (https://lakestar.com/) OTB Ventures (https://otb.vc/) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com/) The Luxembourg Future Fund (https://www.eif.org/what_we_do/resources/lff/index.htm)

01.01.2023

Deal of the Year |

2022

Climeworks

Climeworks raised CHF 600 million in a private equity round

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: 614000000 €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

15.12.2022

Deal |

2022

ETH Zurich solar syngas spinout Synhelion raises $23.7 million

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 23.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Swiss International Airlines (https://www.swiss.com/)

12.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Amidst the Bear Market, New Math Startup Nillion Assembles ‘Avengers Team’ and Raises $20m+ From Over 150 Strategic Contributors Without a Deck

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AU21 Capital (https://au21.capital/) Big Brain Holdings (https://www.bigbrain.holdings/) Chapter One Ventures (https://chapterone.com/) Distributed Global (http://www.distributedglobal.com/) GSR (https://gsrventuresglobal.com/) Hashkey (https://www.hashkey.com/en/) OP Crypto (https://www.opcrypto.vc/) SALT Fund (https://www.salt.org/)

05.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Loft Dynamics raises $20M to train helicopter pilots with virtual reality

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Craft Ventures (https://www.craftventures.com/) Sky Dayton UP Ventures (https://www.upventuresgroup.com/)

21.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Opna Bio Launches with $38 Million Series A Financing to Advance Novel Oncology Discovery Program and Diversified Pipeline of Clinical and Preclinical Programs

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 38M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Longitude Capital (https://www.longitudecapital.com/) Menlo Ventures (https://www.menlovc.com/) Northpond Ventures (https://www.npv.vc/)

15.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Novigenix announces first closing of its $20M Series B

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

09.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Beekeeper Raises $50M in Series C Funding

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alpana Ventures (https://alpana-ventures.ch/) Edenred Capital Partners (https://www.edenredcapital.com/) Energize Ventures (https://www.energize.vc/) Ernst Gohner Stiftung (https://www.ernst-goehner-stiftung.ch/index.php/de) Keen Ventures (https://www.keenventurepartners.com/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Swisscanto Private Equity (https://www.swisscanto.com/disclaimer.en.html) Thayer Ventures (https://www.thayerventures.com/) VERVE CAPITAL (https://www.verve.vc/)

08.11.2022

Deal |

2022

BC Platforms Announces USD 20 Million Growth Financing led by Jolt Capital

Founded: 1997

Investment Raised: CHF 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Jolt Capital (https://www.jolt-capital.com/)

26.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Arf raises $13m from investors including Circle Ventures, Hard Yaka, and SDF

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 13M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 500 Istanbul (https://ee.500.co/) Blockchain Founders Fund (https://blockchainff.com/) Circle (https://www.circle.com/en/) Hard Yaka (https://hardyaka.com/) NGC Ventures (https://www.ngc.fund/) Signum Capital (https://www.signum.capital/) Stellar Development Foundation (https://stellar.org/foundation) UOB Venture (https://www.uobvm.com.sg/en/index.page)

26.10.2022

Deal |

2022

LatticeFlow raises USD 12 million to eliminate computer vision blind spots

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Bridge (https://www.atlanticbridge.com/) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) FPV Ventures (https://fpvventures.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) OpenOcean (https://openocean.finance/)

18.10.2022

Deal |

2022

WazirX Founder-Led Lay-1 Blockchain Startup Shardeum Closes $18.2 Million Seed Funding Round

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: USD 18.2M €

USD 181.8M

Valuation

Investors: Ajeet Khurana Balaji Srinivasan Big Brain Holdings (https://www.bigbrain.holdings/) Cogitent Ventures (https://cogitent.ventures/) CoinGecko (https://www.coingecko.com/) Digital Finance Group (DFG) (https://www.dfg.group/) Foresight Ventures (https://www.foresightventures.com/) Ganesh Swami Ghaf Capital Partners (https://ghafcapital.ae/) Harsh Rajat Jane Street Capital (https://www.janestreet.com/) Jsquare (https://www.jsquare.co/) Mapleblock Capital (https://www.mapleblock.capital/) Mayur Gupta Michael Montero Nakul Gupta Pankaj Gupta Ravi Adusumalli Rohan Chauhan Struck Crypto (https://struckcapital.com/) The Spartan Group (https://spartangroup.io/) Tupix Capital (https://www.tupixcapital.com/) Veris Ventures (https://www.verisventures.xyz/) Vijay Pravin Maharajan Wemade (https://www.wemade.com/) Yele Bademosi Zebpay (https://zebpay.com/)

18.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Anokion Announces $35 Million Equity Investment from Pfizer

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Pfizer Breakthrough Growth Initiative (https://www.pfizer.com/)

04.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Araris Biotech AG Nabs $24M to Bring ADC, Linker Programs to Clinic

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 4BIO Capital (https://www.4biocapital.com/) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Follicular Lymphoma Innovation (https://lymphoma.org/news/lrf-launches-multi-million-dollar-global-initiative-to-drive-follicular-lymphoma-clinical-research/) Pureos Bioventures (https://www.pureosbio.com/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Schroders Capital (https://www.schroders.com/) VI Partners (https://www.vipartners.ch/) Wille AG (https://www.willefinance.com/)

29.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Swiss-based Velas partners with GEM Digital to make blockchain tech accessible; raises €138M

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 135M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The Global Emerging Markets Group (https://www.gemny.com/)

21.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Swiss-based equity management platform Ledgy raises €22M from NEA, Sequoia, others

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 22M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc/)

20.09.2022

Deal of the Month |

September |

2022

Planted gets $72M to put whole cuts of vegan chicken on Europe’s menu

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 72M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ACE & Company (https://aceandcompany.com/) Be8 Ventures (https://www.be8.vc/) ETH Zurich Foundation (https://ethz-foundation.ch/) Gullspång Re

19.09.2022

Deal |

2022

GRNGrid nets $50 million for blockchain platform

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: GEM Digital Ltd. (https://www.gemdigital.com/)

15.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Swiss crypto platform Portofino unlocks $50 million to support high-frequency traders

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Valar Ventures (https://valar.com/)

06.09.2022

Deal |

2022

21.co Raises $25 Million, Becoming Switzerland’s Largest Crypto Unicorn

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 25M €

USD 1.975B

Valuation

Investors: Collab+Currency (https://www.collabcurrency.com/) ETFS Capital (https://www.etfscapital.com/) Marshall Wace (https://www.mwam.com/) Quiet Ventures (https://www.quiet.com/) Valor Equity Partners (https://www.valorep.com/)

01.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Planted gets $72M to put whole cuts of vegan chicken on Europe’s menu

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 72M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ACE & Company (https://aceandcompany.com/) Be8 Ventures (https://www.be8.vc/) ETH Zurich Foundation (https://ethz-foundation.ch/) Gullspång Re

01.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Zur Rose Group successfully raises CHF 44 million as Capital Increase by way of an accelerated book building process

Founded: 1993

Investment Raised: CHF 44M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

29.08.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 36 |

2022

Planted gets $72M to put whole cuts of vegan chicken on Europe’s menu

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 72M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ACE & Company (https://aceandcompany.com/) Be8 Ventures (https://www.be8.vc/) ETH Zurich Foundation (https://ethz-foundation.ch/) Gullspång Re