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01.08.2022

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Calendar Week # 32 |

2022

Vector Biopharma closes $30M series A round to support new gene therapy vector

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Life Science

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Versant Ventures (https://www.versantventures.com/)

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28.07.2022

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2022

Swiss insurtech grape brings home €1.7 million to boost digital insurance and mental health benefits at work

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2021

  • Pre-Seed
  • Sector: Insurance

Investment Raised: EUR 1.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: DD Venture Capital (https://www.ddvc.ch/) Tomahawk.VC (https://www.tomahawk.vc/) Wingman Ventures (https://www.wingman.ch/)

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11.07.2022

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2022

Pexapark secures further EUR 8 million in Series B funding to accelerate its growth in the global renewable energy market

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: CleanTech

Investment Raised: EUR 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures (https://energy-ventures.baywa-re.com/) Encavis (https://www.encavis.com/) Fluence (https://fluenceenergy.com/) RP Global (https://www.rp-global.com/) S&P Global (https://www.spglobal.com/en/)

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07.06.2022

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2022

ImmunOs Therapeutics raises CHF 71 million in B round

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2014

  • Series B
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: CHF 71M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BioMedPartners (https://biomedvc.com/en/) Fiscus Financial (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fiscus-financial) Gimv (https://www.gimv.com/de) GL Capital (https://www.gl-investment.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Mission BioCapital (https://www.missionbiocapital.com/) PEAK6 Investments LLC (https://peak6.com/) Pfizer Venture Investments (https://www.pfizer.com/about/partners/venture-investments) Samsara BioCapital (https://www.samsaracap.com/) Schroder Adveq (https://www.schroderscapital.com/en/site/home/)

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06.05.2022

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2022

Certares and Knighthead Invest $225 Million in Global Blue in Bet on Duty-Free Shopping

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 1980

  • Post-IPO Equity
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: USD 225M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: CK Opportunities Fund (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ck-opportunities-fund-i)

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03.05.2022

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2022

Engimmune Therapeutics raises CHF 15.5 million in seed financing to develop novel T-cell receptor therapeutics

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2021

  • Seed
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: CHF 15.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Novo Holdings (https://www.novoholdings.dk/) Pureos Bioventures (https://www.pureosbio.com/)

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01.05.2022

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2022

Meteomatics raises 13.5m CHF in a Series B financing round led by Klima Energy Transition Fund

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2012

  • Series B
  • Sector: Information Technology

Investment Raised: CHF 13.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alantra (https://www.alantra.com/)

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20.04.2022

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April |

2022

Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2009

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: CleanTech

Investment Raised: CHF 600M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Baillie Gifford (https://www.bailliegifford.com) BigPoint Holding (https://www.bigpoint.net) Carbon Removal Partners (https://www.carbonremovalpartnership.net) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) John Doerr M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb) Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/) Swiss RE (https://www.swissre.com)

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18.04.2022

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Calendar Week # 17 |

2022

SonarSource, the Leading Platform for Clean Code, Raises $412 Million in New Investment

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2008

  • Venture Round
  • Sector: Cyber Security

Investment Raised: USD 412M €

USD 4.3B

Valuation

Investors: Advent International (https://www.adventinternational.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Insight Partners (http://insightpartners.com) Permira (https://www.permira.com/)

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31.03.2022

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2022

Offering low-power transistors the size of human DNA, Terra Quantum raises $15 million in Series A funding

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Information Technology

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

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30.03.2022

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2022

VectivBio Announces Licensing Agreement and Loan Agreement in Japan, Providing Up to $117 Million to Boost Business with Key Catalysts

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Post-IPO Debt
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: USD 117M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com)

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29.03.2022

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2022

Yokoy, a Spend Management Automation Platform, Welcomes Sequoia Capital-Led $80M Series B

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

USD 420M

Valuation

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com) SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc) Zinal Growth (https://www.zinal.com/)

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28.03.2022

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Calendar Week # 14 |

2022

Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2009

  • Private Equity
  • Sector: CleanTech

Investment Raised: CHF 600M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Baillie Gifford (https://www.bailliegifford.com) BigPoint Holding (https://www.bigpoint.net) Carbon Removal Partners (https://www.carbonremovalpartnership.net) GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) John Doerr M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb) Partners Group (https://www.partnersgroup.com/en/) Swiss RE (https://www.swissre.com)

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22.03.2022

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2022

Swiss platform Decentriq rakes in $15 million to enable secure data clean rooms

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Labs btov Partners Eclipse Ventures Paladin Capital Group

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21.03.2022

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Calendar Week # 13 |

2022

Yokoy, a Spend Management Automation Platform, Welcomes Sequoia Capital-Led $80M Series B

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

USD 420M

Valuation

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com) SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc) Zinal Growth (https://www.zinal.com/)

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09.02.2022

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2022

Scandit snaps up $150M at a $1B+ valuation for its computer vision-based data capture technology

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2009

  • Series D
  • Sector: Augmented Reality

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Forestay Capital (https://www.forestay.vc/) G2VP (https://www.g2vp.com/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) NGP Capital (https://www.ngpcap.com/) Schneider Electric (https://www.se.com/ww/en/) Sony Innovation Fund (https://www.sonyinnovationfund.com/) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com/) Warburg Pincus (https://warburgpincus.com/)

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26.01.2022

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2022

Distalmotion Raises $90Million To Accelerate Adoption Of Surgical Robot Dexter

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2012

  • Series E
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: USD 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 415 CAPITAL (https://415capital.com/) Revival Healthcare Capital (https://www.rvlhc.com/)

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29.11.2021

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2021

Origyn Foundation raises $20M in Funding

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2020

  • Private Round
  • Sector: AI

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

USD 300M

Valuation

Investors: Bill Ackman’s Table Management Polychain Capital (https://polychain.capital/) Paris Hilton (https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/paris-hilton) Coinko Vectr Ventures (https://vectr.co/) Carter Reum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Reum) Div Turakhia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divyank_Turakhia) GD10 Ventures (https://gd10.ventures/)

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18.11.2021

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2021

Sevensense wins ABB as partner and investor

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Electronics

Investment Raised: USD 7.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ABB Technology Ventures (https://global.abb/group/en/technology/ventures)

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17.11.2021

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2021

Blockchain firm ConsenSys raises USD 200M from HSBC, Third Point

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2014

  • Venture Round
  • Sector: Blockchain

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 3B

Valuation

Investors: Third Point Ventures (https://www.thirdpointventures.com/) Think Investments (https://www.thinkinvestmentsllc.com/) The Spartan Group (https://www.spartangroup.io/index.html) ParaFi Capital (https://www.parafi.capital/) Marshall Wace HSBC (https://www.hsbc.com/) Electric Capital (https://www.electriccapital.com/) Dragonfly Capital Partners (https://www.dcp.capital/) Defiance Capital (https://www.defiance.capital/) Coinbase Ventures (https://www.coinbase.com/de/ventures) Animoca Brands (https://www.animocabrands.com/)

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17.11.2021

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2021

Crypto-Powered privacy solution NYM raises USD 13M, led by Andreessen Horowitz

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Blockchain

Investment Raised: USD 13M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Tayssir Capital (https://www.tayssircapital.com/) Huobi Capital (https://www.huobi.com/en-us/capital/) Hashkey (https://www.hashkey.com/) Fenbushi Capital (https://www.fenbushicapital.vc/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/)

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08.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 46 |

2021

Ethereum Infrastructure Company ConsenSys raises $200 Million at $3.2 Billion Valuation

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2014

  • Venture Series
  • Sector: Crypto

Investment Raised: USD 200 M €

USD 3.2 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Marshall Wace (http://www.mwam.com/) Third Point Ventures ParaFi Capital (http://www.parafi.capital) Think Investments Animoca Brands (http://www.animocabrands.com) Coinbase Ventures (https://www.coinbase.com/de/ventures) HSBC (http://www.hsbc.com) Spartan Group Electric Capital (http://electriccapital.com/) Dragonfly Capital Partners Defiance Capital

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02.11.2021

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2021

London VC Draper Esprit leads USD 17.5M Series A in hypertension health-tech startup Aktiia

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Healthcare

Investment Raised: USD 17.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/) Translink Capital (https://translinkcapital.com/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/) 415 Capital (https://415capital.com/)

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02.11.2021

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2021

Synhelion raises CHF 16M to decarbonize transportation

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2016

  • Series B
  • Sector: Energy

Investment Raised: CHF 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Swiss KMU Partners (https://www.skpag.ch/) SMS Concast AG (https://www.sms-concast.ch/) Cemex Ventures (https://www.cemexventures.com/) AMAG Automobil und Motoren AG (https://www.amag.ch/de.html)

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26.10.2021

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2021

Swiss AI-powered spend management platform Yokoy raises USD 26M

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

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26.10.2021

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2021

‘Most Decentralized Network’ Minima Raises USD 6.5M in Series A Round

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Blockchain

Investment Raised: USD 6.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vinny Lingham SMO Capital (https://www.smocapital.net/) GSR (https://www.gsr.io/) DEX Ventures (https://www.dexventures.com/) AGE Crypto Asset Investment Fund (https://age.fund/)

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24.10.2021

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2021

Xorlab finalises EUR 6.1M Series A round

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: Machine Learning

Investment Raised: EUR 6.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Zürcher Kantonal Bank (https://www.zkb-oe.at/) Spicehaus Partners (https://www.spicehaus.com/) Hasler Foundation (https://haslerstiftung.ch/en/welcome-to-the-hasler-foundation/) EquityPitcher Ventures (https://equitypitcher.com/)

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19.10.2021

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2021

Swiss startup Seervision secures EUR 3.44M to use AI to automate high-quality video production; here’s how

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2016

  • Funding Round
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 3.44M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Zürcher Kantonal Bank (https://www.zkb-oe.at/) Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/) Metavallon VC (https://metavallon.vc/)

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11.10.2021

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2021

Swiss BioNTech/Pfizer smart transportation maker SkyCell stores USD 35M

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: Logistics

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Shuaa Capital psc (https://www.shuaa.com/) DisruptAD (https://adq.ae/)

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27.09.2021

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2021

Frontify raises USD 50M in Series C funding round led by female founded Revaia

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Tenderloin Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tenderloin-ventures) Revaia (https://revaia.com/) HighSage ventures (https://highsage.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Blossom Capital (https://www.blossomcap.com/)

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