25.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Wandelbots raises another $84 million to teach robots without code

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 84M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Atlantic Labs EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund (https://m12.vc/) Next47 (https://next47.com/) Paua Ventures (https://www.pauaventures.com/)

20.01.2022

Deal |

2022

EMnify Raises $57M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 57M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: One Peak

18.01.2022

Deal |

2022

Baobab Raises $4.2M in Pre-Seed Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 4.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Project A Ventures (https://www.project-a.com/) La Famiglia Discovery Ventures and several angel investors such Christopher Oster and Marco Adelt (Clark) Michael Riegel (Comtravo) Hanno Fichtner (Gabi) Emilios Markou and Alexis Pantazis (Hellas Direct) Philippe Mota and Jan Beckers (Bit Capital & Ioniq) as well as Martin Kissinger (Lendable)

20.12.2021

Deal of the Month |

December |

2021

Berlin-based online grocery delivery firm Flink secures €664M at €2.52B valuation, eyes international expansion

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 664 M €

EUR 2.52 Billion

Valuation

Investors: DoorDash (https://www.doordash.com/) Mubadala Capital (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital)

06.12.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 50 |

2021

Infarm raises $200m to support global expansion of vertical farms

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 800M

Valuation

Investors: Atomico (https://atomico.com/) Bonnier Ventures (https://bonnierventures.com/) Hanaco Venture Capital (https://hanacovc.com/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) Partners in Equity (https://www.pi-equity.com/) Qatar Investment Authority

29.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 49 |

2021

Berlin-based online grocery delivery firm Flink secures €664M at €2.52B valuation, eyes international expansion

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 664 M €

EUR 2.52 Billion

Valuation

Investors: DoorDash (https://www.doordash.com/) Mubadala Capital (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital)

29.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Vivenu raises $50M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Activant Capital (https://www.activantcapital.com/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) and the San Francisco 49ers.

25.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Munich’s e-commerce logistics provider Everstox raises €20 million

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Acton Capital (https://actoncapital.com/) Capnamic Ventures Flash Ventures (https://fl4sh.vc/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/)

24.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Ionity announces €700 million investment to enable rapid EV charging network expansion and accelerated growth across Europe

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 700M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at)

22.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Jina AI Announces $30 Million to Build Neural Search Networks for Businesses

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Canaan Partners (https://www.canaan.com/) GGV Capital (https://www.ggvc.com/) Mango Capital (https://www.google.com/search?q=Mango+Capital+vc&sxsrf=AOaemvI8cxCdE6XmiyjD_YR6ynU32aDZWA%3A1638367802855&ei=OoKnYfbRM4uNxc8Po9yJ2AY&ved=0ahUKEwj21pnX48L0AhWLRvEDHSNuAmsQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Mango+Capital+vc&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQgAEMsBMgYIABAWEB46BwgjELADECc6BwgAEEcQsAM6CwguEMcBENEDEMsBOggIABDJAxDLAToFCC4QywFKBAhBGABQ_ARYkAdgsQhoAXACeACAAXCIAZECkgEDMi4xmAEAoAEByAEGwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz) SAP.iO (https://sap.io/) Yunqi Partners (http://www.yunqi.vc/en/)

20.11.2021

Deal of the Month |

November |

2021

Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

USD +1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Redalpine (http://www.redalpine.com/) Presight Capital (http://www.presight.vc/) Jebsen Capital Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) 468 Capital

17.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin Brands Group receives an additional USD 100M

Founded: 2005

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ardian (https://www.ardian.com/)

17.11.2021

Deal |

2021

German ESS manufacturer Tesvolt raises USD 45M for international expansion and innovation

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: UBS (https://www.ubs.com/at/de.html) Liechtenstein Group (https://www.lgroup.com/) E.R. Capital Holdings (https://er-capital.com/) Berenberg (https://www.berenberg.de/)

16.11.2021

Deal |

2021

AnyDesk, a maker of remote destkop software, raises USD 70M at a USD 660M valuation

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/)

15.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 47 |

2021

IONITY secures €700M from BlackRock, others to expand its EV charging network across Europe

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 700 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Black Rock

11.11.2021

Deal |

2021

E-commerce logistics startup Hive buzzes following USD 34M investment

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 34M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Activant Capital (https://www.activantcapital.com/)

09.11.2021

Deal |

2021

German defence AI company Helsing raises EUR 102.5M to provide real-time information processing; plans France expansion

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 102.5M €

EUR 300M

Valuation

Investors: Prima Materia (https://primamateria.com/)

09.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Bita raises EUR 6M Series A from ETFS Capital for next generation index customisation

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ETFS Capital (https://www.etfscapital.com/)

08.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Matter Labs raises USD 50M to build EVM-compatible zk-Rollups

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Rarible (https://rarible.com/) Placeholder OKEx (https://www.okex.com/de) Lido Peninsula Venture Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lido-peninsula-venture-partners) Gnosis (https://gnosis.io/) Dragonfly (https://www.dcp.capital/) Crypto.com (https://crypto.com/eea) ConsenSys (https://consensys.net/) Bybit (https://www.bybit.com/en-US/) Blockchain.com Ventures (https://www.blockchain.com/ventures) Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) Alchemy (https://www.alchemy.com/) Aave Ventures (https://github.com/aave) 1kx (https://nbb5xuegyvfcezjcebb5wk7l7lgigsl2x52wx3zwbhjiqjc2lw2a.arweave.net/aEPb0IbFSiJlIiBD2yvr-syDSXq_dWvvNgnSiCRaXbQ)

08.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin´s Razor Group raises USD 125M at a USD 875M pre-money valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

USD 875M

Valuation

Investors: Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Presight Capital (https://www.presight.vc/) Jebsen Capital (https://www.jebsen-capital.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) 468 Capital (https://www.468cap.com/)

03.11.2021

Deal |

2021

With COP26 underway, SoftBank-backed greentech startup Plan A raises EUR 8.6M

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 8.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Keen Venture Partners (https://www.keenventurepartners.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Demeter (https://demeter-im.com/en/home/) Coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/)

03.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Germany-based Qualifyze raises EUR 12M to eliminate bottlenecks in the pharma industry; here’s how

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Rheingau Founders (https://rheingau-founders.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Auxxo (https://auxxo.de/) APX (https://apx.com/)

03.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Sanity Group closes USD 3.5M follow-on investment by Casa Verde

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 3.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Casa Verde Capital (https://casaverdecapital.com/)

01.11.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 45 |

2021

Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

USD +1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Redalpine (http://www.redalpine.com) Presight Capital (http://www.presight.vc/) Jebsen Capital Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounderscapital.com) 468 Capital

01.11.2021

Deal |

2021

Moonfare raises USD 125M in Series C led by Insight Partners to accelerate global growth

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Fidelity Strategic Ventures (https://fisv.com/)

28.10.2021

Deal |

2021

SimScale raises EUR 25M for its SaaS engineering simulation platform from Insight Partners, Draper Esprit, others

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) Union Square Ventures (https://www.usv.com/) June Fund (https://june.fund/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/)

26.10.2021

Deal |

2021

German biotech startup Exciva secures EUR 9M to address ‘Agitation/Aggression’ in Alzheimer’s disease

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: LBBW VC (https://www.lbbwvc.de/) Cure8 Ventures (https://www.cure8ventures.com/) Andera Partners (https://www.anderapartners.com/en/)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 1.5B

Valuation

Investors: White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) RTP Global (https://www.rtp.vc/) Novator (https://novator.co.uk/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Mountain Partners (https://mountain.partners/) M&G Investments (https://www.mandg.com/investments/gb)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises USD 100M on a USD 540M pre-money valuation

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 540M

Valuation

Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/at/) GR Capital (https://gr.capital/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)

25.10.2021

Deal |

2021

No code all in one data platform Y42 raises USD 31M

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 31M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: La Famigla (https://lafamiglia.vc/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Data Community Fund (https://www.dcf1.vc/) Atomico (https://atomico.com/)