21.09.2022

Deal |

2022

As demand for compliance and security soar, DataGuard tops up with €61 million

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 61M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bastian Nominacher Carsten Thoma Hanno Renner Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital (https://www.morganstanley.com/im/en-us/individual-investor/about-us/investment-teams/private-credit-and-equity/expansion-capital-team.html) One Peak Partners (https://onepeak.tech/)

19.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Evum Motors receives 20 million euros

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: European Investment Bank (https://www.eib.org/en/index.htm)

14.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Building automated invoice management platform lands $16 million for Berlin-based CANDIS

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Viola FinTech (https://www.viola-group.com/fund/violafintech/) Viola Ventures (https://www.viola-group.com/)

14.09.2022

Deal |

2022

NEUMAN & ESSER and Ballard invest €50m in QUANTRON and establish a Hydrogen Alliance for a 360° H2 Ecosystem

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

EUR 200M

Valuation

Investors: Ballard Power Systems (https://www.ballard.com/) Neuman & Esser (https://www.neuman-esser.de/)

07.09.2022

Deal |

2022

Localyze, a SaaS for staff relocation, gets $35M as it gears up for US launch

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Frontline Ventures (https://www.frontline.vc/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Job van der Voort Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc/) Web Summit (https://websummit.com/)

05.09.2022

Deal |

2022

ELISE nabs $14.8 million to boost low-code engineering platform for process automation

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 14.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BMW i Ventures (https://www.bmwiventures.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Spark Capital (https://www.sparkcapital.com/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/) Venture Stars (http://www.venture-stars.com/)

05.09.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 37 |

2022

NEUMAN & ESSER and Ballard invest €50m in QUANTRON and establish a Hydrogen Alliance for a 360° H2 Ecosystem

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

EUR 200M

Valuation

Investors: Ballard Power Systems (https://www.ballard.com/) Neuman & Esser (https://www.neuman-esser.de/)

01.09.2022

Deal |

2022

everphone Raises over $32M in Series C-2 Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 32M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cadence Growth Capital (https://www.cadencegrowthcapital.com/) Deutsche Telekom (https://www.telekom.com/de) Henrich Blase Kevin Ryan signals Venture Capital (https://signals.vc/)

22.08.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 35 |

2022

Berlin’s topi raises $45 million in new funding round, reveals hardware-as-a-service platform for retailers and manufacturers

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/)

20.08.2022

Deal of the Month |

August |

2022

Luminovo Raises €11M in Seed Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Chalfen Ventures (https://www.chalfenventures.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Khadjavi Capital Partners (https://www.khadjavi-capital.com/) La Famiglia (https://www.lafamiglia.vc/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/) Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/)

15.08.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 34 |

2022

Celonis rakes in $1 billion at $13 billion valuation to combat supply chain challenges

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 1B €

USD 13B

Valuation

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Activant Capital (https://www.activantcapital.com/) Alta Park Capital (https://www.altaparkcapital.com/) Arena Holdings (https://arenaholdings.com/) Common Fund (https://www.commonfund.org/) Durable Capital Partners (https://www.durablecap.com/) Franklin Templeton (https://www.franklintempleton.at/) Neuberger Berman Group (https://www.nb.com/en/global/who-we-are) Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx) Sator Grove Holdings (https://www.satorgrove.com/) T. Rowe Price (https://www.troweprice.com/corporate/at/en/home.html) TCV (https://www.tcv.com/)

08.08.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 33 |

2022

Luminovo Raises €11M in Seed Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Chalfen Ventures (https://www.chalfenventures.com/) Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) Khadjavi Capital Partners (https://www.khadjavi-capital.com/) La Famiglia (https://www.lafamiglia.vc/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/) Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/)

28.07.2022

Deal |

2022

VoltStorage raises €24 million to expand product offering beyond vanadium

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cummins (https://www.cummins.com/)

26.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Private markets investing platform Bunch raises €7.3m seed to expand across Europe

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 7.3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) embedded/capital (https://embedded.capital/)

20.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Charles raises $20M to bring conversational commerce to WhatsApp in Europe

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Salesforce Ventures (https://salesforceventures.com/)

11.07.2022

Deal |

2022

wefox Closes US$400m Series D Round at US$4.5bn Post-Money Valuation

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 400M €

USD 4.5B

Valuation

Investors: Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Horizons Ventures (https://www.horizonsventures.com/) LGT group (https://www.lgt.com/de/) Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) OMERS Ventures (https://www.omersventures.com/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)

06.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Celus, which uses AI to automate circuit board design, raises $25.6M

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 25.6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Carl-Peter Forster DI Capital (https://dicapital.com/de) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) John Rose Koenraad Crooijmans Martina Koederitz Paul Gojenola Peter Bonfield Plug and Play Tech Center (https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

06.07.2022

Deal |

2022

Klang Games Raises $41 Million in Series C Funding Round to Grow the Company, and Further Develop SEED, a Player-Built MMO Universe

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 41M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AngelHub (https://angelhub.io/) Animoca Brands (https://www.animocabrands.com/) Anthos Capital (https://anthoscapital.com/) Kingsway Capital (https://www.kingswaycap.com/) New Life Ventures (https://www.newlife.ventures/) Novator (https://novator.co.uk/) Roosh Ventures (https://roosh.vc/) Supercell (https://supercell.com/en/)

27.06.2022

Deal |

2022

7.2 million euros for Simpleclub

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 7.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10x Founders (https://www.10xfounders.com/) Christian Hülsewig David Nothacker HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Julius Koehler Matti Niebelschuetz Nicolaus Schefenacker

22.06.2022

Deal |

2022

German HR Startup Personio Raises $200 Million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD 8.5B

Valuation

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Altimeter Capital (https://www.altimeter.com/home) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Greenoaks Capital (https://www.greenoaks.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Meritech Capital Partners (https://www.meritechcapital.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/)

22.06.2022

Deal |

2022

ESG Book logs in $35 million to make ESG data comparable and free

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Allianz X (https://allianzx.com/) Energy Impact Partners (https://www.energyimpactpartners.com/) Meridiam (https://www.meridiam.com/)

21.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Wingcopter receives $42M in new investment; to expand services globally

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 42M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Futury Capital (https://www.futurycapital.vc/) ITOCHU Corporation (https://www.itochu.co.jp/en/index.html) Rewe Group (https://rewe-group.at/de) Salvia GmbH (https://salvia.de/) XAI technologies (https://www.xai-technologies.com/) Xplorer Capital (https://xplorer.vc/)

20.06.2022

Deal |

2022

German travel booking unicorn Omio raises $80m Series E

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Goldman Sachs Asset Management (https://www.gsam.com/content/gsam/global/en/homepage.html) Lazard Asset Management (https://www.lazardassetmanagement.com/at/de_de) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Stack Capital (https://www.stackcapitalgroup.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)

16.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Bessemer backs Berlin’s Upvest in $42m Series B

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 42M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 10x Group (https://10x.group/) ABN AMRO Ventures (https://www.abnamro.com/en/about-abn-amro/product/abnamro-ventures) Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Maximilian Tayenthal Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

14.06.2022

Deal |

2022

CoachHub Raises $200M Series C, Led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to Democratize Coaching Worldwide

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) RTP Global (https://rtp.vc/) signals Venture Capital (https://signals.vc/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SVB Capital (https://www.svb.com/svb-capital)

14.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Airbank requests permission to buzz the tower with fresh $20 million

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Axel Wieandt Bruce Wallace Guillaume “G” Cabane Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) New Wave (https://nwventures.co.uk/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

14.06.2022

Deal |

2022

No-code tool Next Matter lands $16M to automate business processes

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlueYard Capital (https://www.blueyard.com/) Crane Venture Partners (https://crane.vc/) OMERS Ventures (https://omersventures.com/)

14.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Berlin-based travel marketplace Distribusion raises €30 million to make it easier to book transport online

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Lightrock (https://www.lightrock.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/)

06.06.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 24 |

2022

CoachHub Raises $200M Series C, Led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to Democratize Coaching Worldwide

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) RTP Global (https://rtp.vc/) signals Venture Capital (https://signals.vc/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) SVB Capital (https://www.svb.com/svb-capital)

25.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Car Subscription Platform FINN Raises $110M In Equity and $720M In Debt To Supercharge Its Growth in the U.S. and Europe

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 110M €

USD 390M

Valuation

Investors: Climb Ventures (https://climbventures.com/) Greentrail Capital (https://www.greentrailcap.com/) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Keen Venture Partners (https://www.keenventurepartners.com/) Korelya Capital (https://www.korelyacapital.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/) Waterfall Asset Management (https://www.waterfallam.com/) White Star Capital (https://whitestarcapital.com/)