03.05.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: CHF 15.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

01.05.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: CHF 13.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

20.04.2022

Deal of the Month |

April |

2022

Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round

Founded: 2009

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)

18.04.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 17 |

2022

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

Founded: 2008

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/)

31.03.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

30.03.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 117M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

28.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 14 |

2022

Climeworks raises CHF 600 million in latest equity round

Founded: 2009

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)

22.03.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Labs btov Partners Eclipse Ventures Paladin Capital Group

21.03.2022

Deal, Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 13 |

2022

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

Founded: 2019

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/)

09.02.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2009

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/)

26.01.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Origyn Foundation raises $20M in Funding

Founded: 2020

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/)

18.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Sevensense wins ABB as partner and investor

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 7.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

17.11.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2014

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/)

17.11.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2018

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/)

08.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 46 |

2021

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

Founded: 2014

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

02.11.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2018

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/)

02.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Synhelion raises CHF 16M to decarbonize transportation

Founded: 2016

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)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2019

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/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2018

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/)

24.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Xorlab finalises EUR 6.1M Series A round

Founded: 2015

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/)

19.10.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2016

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/)

11.10.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

27.09.2021

Deal |

2021

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

Founded: 2013

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/)

09.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Home Cleaning Service Platform Batmaid raises EUR 23M

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AEVIS VICTORIA SA (https://www.aevis.com/de/)

16.07.2021

Deal |

2021

Nym gets $6M for its anonymous overlay mixnet to sell privacy as a service

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Polychain Capital (http://polychain.capital/) Eden Block (https://www.edenblock.com/) Greenfield One (https://www.greenfield.one/) Maven11 (https://www.maven11.com/) Tioga (https://tioga.capital/) 1kx (http://1kx.network/)

16.06.2021

Deal |

2021

ecoRobotix raises USD 14.7 million in latest Series C funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 14.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 4FO Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/4fo-ventures) BASF Venture Capital (https://www.basf.com/global/en/who-we-are/organization/group-companies/BASF_Venture-Capital.html) Capagro (https://capagro.fr/) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com/) Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/)

15.06.2021

Deal |

2021

Alentis Therapeutics Raises $67M in Series B Financing

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 67M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Morningside Venture Investments (https://morningside.com/) Jeito Capital (https://www.jeito.life/) BioMed Partners (http://biomedvc.com/) BB Pureos Bioventures (https://www.pureosbio.com/en/) Bpifrance (InnoBio 2 fund) (https://www.bpifrance.com/) High-Tech Gründerfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/) Schroders Capital (https://www.schroders.com/)

11.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Qnami Raises $4.4M In Series A Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: CHF 4M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/) Quantonation (http://www.quantonation.com/) Runa Capital (http://www.runacap.com/) SIT Capital (https://sit.capital/#about-us) Verve Ventures (http://verve.vc/) Zürcher Kantonal Bank (https://www.zkb.ch/)

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/)