26.01.2023

Deal |

2023

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

Founded: 2020

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/)

23.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Hawk AI Accelerates Global Expansion With $17 Million Series B

Founded: 2018

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/)

18.01.2023

Deal |

2023

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

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

16.01.2023

Deal |

2023

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

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

09.01.2023

Deal |

2023

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

Founded: 2017

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/)

19.12.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2013

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/)

14.12.2022

Deal |

2022

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

Founded: 2017

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

13.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Fashion data exchange FashionCloud picks up €25 million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

08.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Porsche, World Fund join $63M bet on electric planes batteries company Customcells

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 63M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ABACON CAPITAL (https://abacon.capital/) Porsche (https://www.porsche.at/) Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) World Fund (https://www.worldfund.vc/)

24.11.2022

Deal |

2022

German LiDAR outfit Scantinel seals extended €10 million series A

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: PhotonDelta (https://www.photondelta.com/) Scania Growth Capital (https://www.scania.com/group/en/home.html) ZEISS Group (https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/int/home.html)

23.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Munich’s Temedica adds €25 million in Series B round, now at €42 million

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: MIG Capital (https://www.mig.ag/en/home/)

22.11.2022

Deal |

2022

CatalYm Closes EUR 50 Million Series C Financing to Expand and Accelerate Phase 2 Clinical Development of Visugromab in Patients with Solid Tumors

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bayern Kapital (https://bayernkapital.de/) BioGeneration Ventures (https://biogenerationventures.com/en/) Brandon Capital Partners (https://brandoncapital.vc/) coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/) Forbion Capital Partners (https://forbion.com/en/) Jeito Capital (https://www.jeito.life/en/home/) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com/) Vesalius Biocapital Partners (https://vesaliusbiocapital.com/)

16.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Matter Labs, the company behind zkSync, raises $200 million to scale Ethereum

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) Blockchain Capital (https://blockchain.capital/) Dragonfly (https://www.dragonfly.xyz/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Variant (https://variant.fund/)

15.11.2022

Deal |

2022

omni:us Closes €12m Series A+ Extension Financing Round

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Württembergische Versicherung (https://www.wuerttembergische.de/) Existing shareholders

09.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Neotiv receives an investment of EUR 10 million

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: bmp Ventures (https://www.bmp.com/en/) Capricorn Partners (https://capricorn.be/en) Convergence Partners AG (https://www.convergence-partners.ch/home) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/en/) RSJ Investments SICAV a.s. (https://www.rsj.com/en/investments/about-us.html#:~:text=RSJ%20Investments%20SICAV%20a.s.%20was,a%20format%20known%20as%20SICAV).) Vega Ventures (https://www.vega.io/)

08.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Berlin-based Apheris raises €8.7 million to create a positive impact through better data collaboration

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 8.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: another.vc (https://www.another.vc/) Berthold von Freyberg Dig Ventures (https://www.dig.ventures/) Heal Capital (https://healcapital.com/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) Mirko Novakovic Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Patrick Pichette

08.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Offering crème de la crème, fully digitised, design apartments, limehome plans expansion with €45 million raise

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AW Rostamani (https://www.awrostamani.com/en) Capital Four (https://www.capital-four.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Lakestar (https://lakestar.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/)

07.11.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 46 |

2022

Matter Labs, the company behind zkSync, raises $200 million to scale Ethereum

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) Blockchain Capital (https://blockchain.capital/) Dragonfly (https://www.dragonfly.xyz/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Variant (https://variant.fund/)

01.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: 182M €

USD 1.87B

Valuation

Investors: NEOM Gly Capital Management

24.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Resolve Biosciences Secures $71 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate Commercial Expansion to Meet Global Demand for Molecular Cartography Workflow

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 71M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alafi Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/alafi-capital-corp/about/) EDBI (https://edbi.com/home/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/de/) John Shoffner NRW.BANK (https://www.nrwbank.de/de/) Patient Square Capital (https://patientsquarecapital.com/) PS Capital (https://pscapitalpartners.com/)

24.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Proemion Announces €33.5M Growth Investment from Global Technology Investment Firm Battery Ventures

Founded: 1987

Investment Raised: EUR 33.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/)

19.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Munich-based vacation rental company Holidu secures €100M, eyes expansion

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Common Fund (https://www.commonfund.org/) coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) LIOS Ventures (https://lios.vc/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Prime Ventures (https://www.primeventures.com/) Senovo (https://senovo.vc/) Vintage Investment Partners (https://www.vintage-ip.com/)

19.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Germany-based anvajo raises €17.7M for its point-of-care fluid analysis tool

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 17.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Die Brückenköpfe (https://brueckenkoepfe.de/) Johnsonville Ventures (https://w.pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/503409-43) Medice Arzneimittel (https://medice.com/de-de) Think.Health (https://think-health.de/)

18.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Makersite, the AI & data platform that powers sustainable product and supply chain decisions at scale, secures 18M USD Series A

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 18M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Hitachi Ventures (https://www.hitachi-ventures.com/) Kompas (https://www.kompas.vc/) Planet A Ventures (https://planet-a.com/) Translink Capital (https://translinkcapital.com/)

12.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Germany-based Levity raises USD 8.3 million in seed funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 8.3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stefan Jeschonnek Scott Belsky Philipp Moehring Maximilan Claussen Kevin Gidney Des Traynor Chris Schagen Chalfen Ventures (https://www.chalfenventures.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

10.10.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 42 |

2022

Munich-based vacation rental company Holidu secures €100M, eyes expansion

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Common Fund (https://www.commonfund.org/) coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) LIOS Ventures (https://lios.vc/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Prime Ventures (https://www.primeventures.com/) Senovo (https://senovo.vc/) Vintage Investment Partners (https://www.vintage-ip.com/)

05.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Berlin-based Patronus picks up €27 million to support seniors in their daily lives

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 27M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Adjacent (https://adjacent.com/) Burda Principal Investments (https://www.burdaprincipalinvestments.com/) Cavalry Ventures (https://cavalry.vc/) Singular (https://singular.vc/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/)

05.10.2022

Deal |

2022

Hamburg-based Wunder Mobility raises €12 million as shared mobility picks up pace

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Blumberg Capital (https://blumbergcapital.com/) KCK (https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/kck-us)

27.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Turning waste heat into clean energy, Orcan Energy raises €28.5 million

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: EUR 28.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Air Liquide Ventures (https://www.airliquide.com/group/aliad) E.ON (https://www.eon.com/en.html) Kleiner Perkins (https://www.kleinerperkins.com/) Siparex Groupe (https://www.siparex.com/) Tilt Capital Partners (https://www.linkedin.com/company/tilt-capital-partners/?originalSubdomain=at) Wellington Partners (https://wellington-partners.com/)

26.09.2022

Deal |

2022

German Cannabis company Sanity Group announces $37.6 Million Series B funding round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 37.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: British American Tobacco (https://www.bat.com/) Casa Verde Capital (https://casaverdecapital.com/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/)