30.03.2023

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2023

Parloa raises $21M to add a little automation to contact centers

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 21M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Erik Muttersbach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikmuttersbach/) Hanno Renner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannorenner/) Jens Bormann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-bormann-9a35221/) Mario Götze Michael Wax (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-wax/) Newion (https://newion.com/) Nicolas Peters (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaspeters/) Senovo (https://senovo.vc/)

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30.03.2023

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2023

LI.FI raises $17.5m to help traditional finance build on DeFi

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Abra (https://www.abra.com/) Bloccelerate VC (https://bloccelerate.vc/) circle (https://www.circle.com/) CoinFund (https://coinfund.io/) Factor L1 Digital (https://www.l1.digital/) Perridon Holdings (https://perridon.com/) Superscrypt (https://www.superscrypt.xyz/) Theta Capital (https://thetacapital.com/) Three Point Capital (https://3point.io/)

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29.03.2023

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2023

Content management platform Hygraph receives $30 million investment

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Information Technology

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Boris Lokschin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/boris-lokschin-29121a/) One Peak Partners (https://onepeak.tech/) OpenOcean (https://www.openocean.vc/) Peak (https://peak.capital/) SquareOne (https://squareone.vc/)

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28.03.2023

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2023

MIG Capital leads €15 million financing round for talpasolutions with Robert Bosch Venture Capital

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series B
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: F-LOG Ventures (https://f-log.vc/) Gruenderfonds Ruhr (https://gruenderfonds-ruhr.com/de/) Hannover Digital Investments (https://www.hannover-digital-invest.com/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/) MIG Capital (https://www.mig.ag/) NRW.BANK (https://nrwbank.de/) Prospect Mining Studio (https://prospectminingstudio.com/) RAG-Stiftung (https://www.rag-stiftung.de/) Robert Bosch Venture Capital (https://www.rbvc.com/)

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23.03.2023

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2023

mbiomics Raises €13M in Series A Funding

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: EUR 13M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bayern Kapital (https://www.bayernkapital.de/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/) MIG Capital (http://www.mig.ag/)

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23.03.2023

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2023

Bootstrapped ESG platform IntegrityNext gets a €100m boost from EQT Growth

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Information Services

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EQT Growth

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20.03.2023

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2023

Germany-based DeepDrive bags €15M to develop ‘revolutionary’ drive units for Evs

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Automotive

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bayern Kapital (https://www.bayernkapital.de/) BMW i Ventures (https://www.bmwiventures.com/) co-pace (https://co-pace.com/) Peter Mertens UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/)

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16.03.2023

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2023

Seamless Therapeutics Launches with $12.5M Seed Financing to Advance Transformative Gene Editing Platform Based on Programmable Precision Designer Recombinases

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2022

  • Seed
  • Sector: Therapeutics

Investment Raised: USD 12.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Forbion Capital Partners (https://forbion.com/en/) Wellington Partners (https://wellington-partners.com/)

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15.03.2023

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2023

Medwing raises €44 million to help ailing healthcare sector hire and retain staff

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Human Resources

Investment Raised: EUR 44M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Labs (https://atlanticlabs.de/) Cathay Innovation (https://cathayinnovation.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Hambro Perks Ltd. (https://www.hambroperks.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Quadrille Capital (https://www.quadrillecapital.com/) SVB Capital (https://www.svb.com/svb-capital)

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13.03.2023

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2023

Sunhero scores €10 million to supercharge the adoption of residential solar power

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Renewable Energy

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: All Iron Ventures (https://www.alliron.vc/) Planet A Ventures (https://planet-a.com/) Redstone (https://redstone.vc/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Vorwerk Ventures (https://vorwerkventures.com/)

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06.03.2023

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2023

Automotive payments fintech bezahl.de NX Technologies raises €11 million in Series A funding round

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Financial Services, Mobile Payments, Payments

Investment Raised: EUR 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Carcharodon Capital (https://www.carcharodoncapital.com/) Ingo Weber Motive Partners (https://www.motivepartners.com/) Motive Ventures (https://motivepartners.com/motive-ventures/) Rolf Christof Dienst Wessel Management (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wessel-management/company_financials)

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27.02.2023

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2023

VisionHealth Raises €3M in Pre-Series A Financing

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2010

  • Seed
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: EUR 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: DB Specialty Invest (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/db-specialty-invest)

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23.02.2023

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2023

Finway Raises €9.2M in Series A Funding

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: EUR 9.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10x Group (https://10x.group/) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Capital 49 (https://www.capital49.com/) Force Over Mass Capital (https://fomcap.com/)

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15.02.2023

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2023

Germany-based cylib raises €8M for its new lithium battery recycling facility

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2022

  • Seed
  • Sector: Chemical Engineering

Investment Raised: EUR 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10x Founders (https://www.10x.group/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) World Fund (https://www.worldfund.vc/)

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14.02.2023

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2023

German Education Platform Knowunity Raises €9M in Series A Extension Round

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: E-Learning

Investment Raised: EUR 9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Educapital (https://www.educapital.fr/) Project A Ventures (https://www.project-a.com/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Stride.VC (https://stride.vc/)

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14.02.2023

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2023

Wefox secures USD 55 million in additional funding

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2015

  • Series D
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 55M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Existing shareholders

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07.02.2023

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2023

Build38 Raises €13M in Series A Funding

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 13M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Caixa Capital Risc (CCR) (https://www.caixacapitalrisc.es/ca) eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS (https://ecapital.vc/impressum/) Tikehau Capital (https://www.tikehaucapital.com/)

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07.02.2023

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2023

Moonfare caps Series C extension at $15 million

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: Asset Management

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 7GC (https://www.7globalcapital.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/)

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01.02.2023

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2023

Polyteia raises 5 million from HV Capital

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Seed
  • Sector: Data Visualization

Investment Raised: EUR 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: DvH Ventures (https://dvhventures.de/) HV Capital (https://www.hv.capital/)

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01.02.2023

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2023

European startup (The Exploration Company) gets EUR 40.5M for space station transportation vehicles

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2021

  • Series A
  • Sector: Aerospace

Investment Raised: EUR 40.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Habert Dassault Finance (https://pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/56771-83) July Fund Omnes Capital (https://www.omnescapital.com/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Promus Ventures (https://www.promusventures.com/) Red River West (https://www.redriverwest.com/) RYMD Kapital (https://rymdkapital.se/) Schlumberger Limited (https://www.slb.com/) SistaFund (https://sistafund.com/) Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) Wealth Management Alliance (https://www.wma.asia/)

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01.02.2023

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2023

The Exploration Company streicht 40,5 Millionen ein – Sdui sammelt 18 Millionen ein – iwoca bekommt 50 Millionen

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Education

Investment Raised: EUR 18M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Brighteye Ventures (https://www.brighteyevc.com/team) Haniel (https://www.haniel.de/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) JSM Hinderer GmbH (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jsm-hinderer-gmbh/recent_investments) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/contact/)

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26.01.2023

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2023

European smart thermostat startup Tado raises $46.9M after IPO plans falter

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2011

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Clean Energy

Investment Raised: USD 46.9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bayern Kapital (https://bayernkapital.de/) Kiko Ventures (https://kiko.vc/) Trill Impact (https://www.trillimpact.com/) Zürcher Kantonal Bank (https://www.zkb.ch/de/private.html)

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26.01.2023

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2023

Kittl hopes to take on Canva, raising an $11.6M Series A for its design platform

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Graphic Design

Investment Raised: USD 11.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Des Traynor (https://destraynor.com/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) Shaan Puri Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

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23.01.2023

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2023

Hawk AI Accelerates Global Expansion With $17 Million Series B

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlackFin Capital Partners (https://www.blackfin.com/) Coalition DN Capital (https://www.dncapital.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Sands Capital Ventures (https://sandscapitalventures.com/)

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18.01.2023

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2023

Hamburg-based awork scoops up €5 million to make hybrid working more collaborative

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Project Management

Investment Raised: EUR 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hi Inov – Dentressangle (https://www.hiinov.com/) Schweizerische Post (PTT) (https://www.post.ch/de)

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16.01.2023

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2023

Balderton Capital and Co. are investing an additional 10 million US dollars in ARIVE

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2021

  • Venture – Series Unknown
  • Sector: Delivery Service

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

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09.01.2023

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2023

Berlin’s solar startup Enpal bags €215M to combat climate change through green energy

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series D
  • Sector: Renewable Energy

Investment Raised: EUR 215M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Activate Capital Partners (https://activatecap.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Princeville Capital (https://www.princeville-capital.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) The Westly Group (https://westlygroup.com/) TPG (https://www.tpg.com/)

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19.12.2022

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2022

Germany’s VMRay ties up $34 million series B to expand threat detection and analysis

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2013

  • Series B
  • Sector: Cyber Security

Investment Raised: USD 34M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS (https://ecapital.vc/) Gruenderfonds Ruhr (https://gruenderfonds-ruhr.com/de/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/de/) NRW.BANK (https://www.nrwbank.de/de/) Tikehau Capital (https://www.tikehaucapital.com/)

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14.12.2022

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2022

Germany’s fruitcore robotics bags €23M to helps SMEs adopt digital robots, automation

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Industrial Automation

Investment Raised: EUR 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Capricorn Partners (https://capricorn.be/en) CNB Capital (https://www.cnb.capital/) Kompas (https://www.kompas.vc/) Matterwave Ventures (https://matterwave.vc/) Pecon (https://www.peconinvest.de/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/) XAI technologies

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13.12.2022

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2022

Fashion data exchange FashionCloud picks up €25 million

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2015

  • Series B
  • Sector: Brand Marketing

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Anders Holch Povlsen Heartland (https://heartland.co/) Verdane (https://verdane.com/)

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