TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding
HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
Series D
Sector: Transportation
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)
TIER wants to change mobility for good; raises USD 200M funding
HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
Series D
Sector: Transportation
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)
Fintech firm N26 is now worth more than Germany’s second-largest bank
HQ: DE
Founded: 2013
Series E
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 900M €
USD 7B
Valuation
Investors: Third Point Ventures (https://www.thirdpointventures.com/) Dragoneer Investment Group (https://dragoneer.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/)
Investors: Planet First Partners (https://www.planetfirst.partners/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) HydrogenOne Capital (https://hydrogenonecapital.com/) Carbon Direct (https://carbon-direct.com/)
Reliance New Energy Solar invests in NexWafe as strategic lead investor
HQ: DE
Founded: 2015
Series C
Sector: Energy
Investment Raised: USD 29M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (https://aramcoventures.com/) Reliance New Energy Solar (https://www.reliancepower.co.in/) Lynwood AG (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lynwood-schweiz-ag) InnoEnergy (https://www.innoenergy.com/)
Personio, an HR platform for SMEs, raises USD 270M on a USD 6.3B valuation, expands into workflow automation
HQ: DE
Founded: 2015
Series E
Sector: SaaS
Investment Raised: USD 270M €
USD 6.2N
Valuation
Investors: Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Meritech Capital Partners (https://www.meritechcapital.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Greenoaks Capital (https://www.greenoaks.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Altimeter Capital (https://www.altimeter.com/home) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/)
German insurtech startup Getsafe adds $63 million to its Series B
HQ: DE
Founded: 2015
Series B
Sector: InsurTech
Investment Raised: USD 63M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Swiss Re (https://www.swissre.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) CommerzVentures (https://commerzventures.com/) Abacon Capital (https://abacon.capital/)
Germany’s air up raises €40M+ to flavour your tap water through scent alone
HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
Venture – Series Unknown
Sector: Food and Beverage
Investment Raised: EUR 40M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Felix Reinshagen Five Seasons Ventures (https://www.fiveseasons.vc/) Ippen Media (https://www.ippen.media/) Oyster Bay (https://oysterbay.vc/?utm_source=crunchbase&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic) PepsiCo (https://www.pepsico.com/)
Animal-free cheese producer Formo raises USD 50M in Series A funding round
HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
Series A
Sector: BioTech
Investment Raised: USD 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: M Ventures (https://www.m-ventures.com/) Lowercarbon Capital (https://lowercarboncapital.com/) Lionheart Ventures (https://lionheart.vc/) Happines Capital (https://www.happinesscapital.com/) Grazia Equity (https://grazia.com/de/) Good Seed Ventures (https://goodseedventures.com/) EQT Capital (https://eqtgroup.com/) Elevat3 Capital (https://elevat3.vc/)
German-Chinese startup Agile Robots raises USD 220M from investors
HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
Series C
Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 220M €
USD 780M
Valuation
Investors: Xiamoi (https://www.mi.com/de/) SoftBank Vision Fund Sequoia Capital China (https://www.sequoiacap.cn/china/) Royal Group Midas.Investments Linear Capital Partners (https://linearinvestment.com/) Hillhouse Capital Group GL Ventures (https://glvllc.com/) Foxconn Industrial Internet (https://www.foxconn.com/en-us/)
Atheneum nabs $150M to build out its ‘research as a service’ platform for virtual surveys and interviews
HQ: DE
Founded: 2010
Series Unknown
Sector: Business Intelligence / IT
Investment Raised: USD 150M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Vogel Communication Group (https://www.vogel.de/) Michael Brehm (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrehm?originalSubdomain=de) Guidepost Growth Equity (https://guidepostgrowth.com/) Crosslantic Capital (https://www.crosslantic.com/)
Largest Equity Funding Round for a European FBA Aggregator Announced as SellerX raises €100 ($118) Million led by L Catterton’s Growth Fund
HQ: DE
Founded: 2020
Series B
Sector: e-commerce
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: L Catterton (https://www.lcatterton.com/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Felix Capital and 83NORTH
