25.03.2021

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2021

On-demand grocery delivery startup Gorillas raises EUR 245m and becomes a unicorn, nine months after launch

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 245M €

USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Coatue Management (https://www.coatue.com/) DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/)

25.03.2021

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2021

Berlin-based Amazon-native brand buyer SellerX raises an additional €26 million

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Christopher North David Schneider Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) François Nuyts

25.03.2021

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2021

Berlin-based PlusDental snaps up €35 million to take its aligner dental-tech global

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cadence Growth Capital (https://www.cadencegrowthcapital.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Jebsen Capital (https://www.jebsen-capital.com/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Lakestar (https://www.lakestar.com/) Mario Götze

24.03.2021

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2021

Berlin-based Kontist raises €25 million for its freelancer-focused neobank and tax services business

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Founders (https://foundersfund.com/) Haufe-Lexware (https://www.haufegroup.com/de/home)

22.03.2021

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2021

Berlin-based Camunda raises €82M to reinvent process automation for the digital enterprise

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: EUR 82M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/)

22.03.2021

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2021

Roadsurfer raises 24 million euros

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10x Group (https://10x.group/) Darian Shirazi Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/)

16.03.2021

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2021

Energy Impact Partners Backs Greentech Zolar, Increases Series B to 35 Million

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Energy Impact Partners (https://www.energyimpactpartners.com/)

16.03.2021

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2021

Munich-based e-bike reseller Rebike closes €10 million Series-B round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BayBG Venture Capital (https://www.baybg-vc.de/) STS Ventures (https://sts-ventures.de/) Vorwerk Ventures (https://vorwerkventures.com/)

09.03.2021

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2021

Berlin-based Elucidate raises EUR 2.5 million to establish its financial crime risk benchmark

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Frontline Ventures (https://www.frontline.vc/) Seed X Liechtenstein (https://seedx.li/) Big Start Ventures and APEX Ventures

08.03.2021

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2021

Cosi raises €20M for its ‘full-stack’ approach to short-term rentals

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Soravia Kreos Capital (http://www.kreoscapital.com/) e.ventures Cherry Ventures and Andreas Bremke

07.03.2021

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2021

German Urban Farming Startup Infarm Raises USD 100mn in Fresh Equity & Debt Funding Round

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hanaco Venture Capital and Atomico

03.03.2021

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2021

Volocopter raises £173M, German flying taxi startup expects to launch services by 2023

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: GBP 173M €

EUR 841M

Valuation

Investors: Atlantia (https://www.atlantia.com/en/) Avala Capital (https://avalacapital.com/) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/global-directory) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Continental (https://www.continental.com/en/investors/) Daimler (https://www.daimlertruck.com/) DB Schenker (https://www.dbschenker.com/at-de) Intel Capital (https://www.intelcapital.com/) Jericho Capital (https://www.jerichocap.com/) Klocke (https://www.klocke-online.de/) Matthias Hilpert MS&AD Ventures (https://msad.vc/) Team Europe (https://teamglobal.net/) Tokyo Century (https://www.tokyocentury.co.jp/en/) Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (http://www.zgh.com/)

02.03.2021

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2021

The Stryze Group to raise $100M in seed funding from Alstin Capital and Upper90.

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ALSTIN Capital (https://www.alstincapital.de/) Upper90 (https://upper90.io/)

02.03.2021

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2021

ActiTrexx Raises EUR 3.5M in Series A Funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 3.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: LBBW VC (https://www.lbbwvc.de/) MediVentures Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz and High-Tech Grunderfonds

02.03.2021

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2021

Heidelberg-based AI startup Quality Match secures USD 5M funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: LEA Partners (https://www.leapartners.de/)

01.03.2021

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2021

Germany-Based Online Broker nextmarkets Scores $30 million Through Series B Investment Round to Further Accelerate European Expansion

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alan Howard Cryptology Asset Group (https://cryptology-ag.com/) DEWB (https://dewb.de/)

26.02.2021

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2021

N26 secures €30 million

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

USD 3.5B

Valuation

Investors: Crystalon Finanz (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/crystalon-finanz) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/)

26.02.2021

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2021

VisionHealth Raises EUR 1.5M in Funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 1.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Dr. Thomas Ecker Vantage Value GmbH Family Office in Eching

26.02.2021

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2021

Next e.GO Mobile SE Closes EUR 30M Series B Funding

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Industrial Investments B.V. Moore Strategic Ventures John Snow Alejandro Agag Edward Norton

24.02.2021

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2021

Everdrop raises $21.8M Series A round led by Felix Capital for its dissolvable cleaning tablet

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 21.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Vorwerk Ventures (https://vorwerkventures.com/)

24.02.2021

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2021

G+J Digital Ventures invests EUR 24M in Instamotion

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Act Venture Capital (http://actventure.capital/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) G+J Digital Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/g-j-digital-ventures) THI Investments (https://thi-investments.com/)

23.02.2021

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2021

Berlin-based startup Rows raises USD 16M Series B to launch spreadsheet platform

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Lakestar (https://www.lakestar.com/) Christian Reber existing investors

18.02.2021

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2021

Munich-based Luminovo raises over EUR 2.5M for ‘electronics operating system’

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 2.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: business angels

18.02.2021

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2021

Semalytix receives EUR 2M from NRW.BANK.Venture Fund

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: NRW.BANK Venture Fund (https://www.nrwbank.de/de/foerderlotse-produkte/NRWBANKVenture-Fonds/15261/nrwbankproduktdetail.html)

17.02.2021

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2021

Hyperganic raises USD 7.8m as it readies to roll out AI-based design software globally

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 7.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) VSquared (https://www.vsquared.vc/) Converge

16.02.2021

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2021

Travel startup GetYourGuide secures USD 97M revolving credit facility

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: EUR 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: UniCredit (https://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en.html) CitiGroup (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/) Silicon Valley Bank (https://www.svb.com/) Deutsche Bank (https://www.deutsche-bank.de/pk.html) KfW (https://www.kfw.de/kfw.de-2.html)

15.02.2021

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2021

GeneQuine Biotherapeutics Raises Over EUR 9M in Series A and Non-Dilutive Funding

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Pacira BioSciences Inc. High-Tech Gründerfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/) Noshaq SA (https://www.noshaq.be/en/) Samum Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH

10.02.2021

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2021

Lengoo Raises USD 20M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Inkef Capital existing investors

04.02.2021

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2021

Unu raises 18 million

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 18M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Capnamic Ventures (https://capnamic.com/) Iris Capital (https://www.iriscapital.com/de) Ponooc

02.02.2021

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2021

Digital sponsoring marketplace Sponsoo from Hamburg receives top-up investment

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 1.5M* €

EUR 4-6M**

Valuation

Investors: angel investors European Super Angels Club (ESAC) (https://superangels.club/) VR Bank Nord (https://www.vrbanknord.de/privatkunden.html) the “Corona Recovery Fund” of IFB Innovationsstarter