25.07.2022

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2022

Altruistiq Raises £15M in Seed Funding

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: GBP 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Greg Jackson Ian Cheshire Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) Mudassir Sheikha Norrsken VC Siraj Khaliq

25.07.2022

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2022

London’s Itero lands €6 million to build plastic waste recycling plant at Brightlands Chemelot Campus

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: EUR 6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Infinity Recycling (https://infinity-recycling.com/home)

21.07.2022

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2022

McLaren raises $150m from shareholders with cash low

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ares Management (https://www.aresmgmt.com/) Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding (https://www.mumtalakat.bh/) Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (https://www.pif.gov.sa/en/Pages/Homepage.aspx)

21.07.2022

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2022

Green-tech innovator bolsters growth ambitions via £2.65m investment

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: GBP 2.65M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: IW Capital (https://iwcapital.co.uk/)

19.07.2022

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2022

Huge $744M Investment Saves Aston Martin From Drowning In Debt

Founded: 1913

Investment Raised: USD 744M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (https://www.pif.gov.sa/en/Pages/Homepage.aspx)

18.07.2022

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Calendar Week # 30 |

2022

Atlantic Money, a London-based low-cost money transfer service, has secured an additional injection of $3M seed capital to accelerate its growth having recently received its EU licence.

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 3 Millions €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amplo (https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplovc/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3Bwtof1xeYRP6FhgpgU2u0yA%3D%3D) Nordstar (https://www.linkedin.com/company/nordstar/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3Bwtof1xeYRP6FhgpgU2u0yA%3D%3D) Martell Hardenberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAdYMogBKF7BJ6R_W_LB-f6Uj-MoL73FFN4) Index Ventures (https://www.linkedin.com/company/index-ventures/) Ribbit Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ribbit-capital/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_company_admin%3BgH1ds%2Fq8TsWJ%2F6AppiK2Dg%3D%3D) Kleiner Perkins.

15.07.2022

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2022

UK Fast-Charging Battery Startup Nyobolt Raises $59 Million

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 59M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: H.C. Starck Tungsten (https://www.hcstarck.com/)

14.07.2022

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2022

Where’s Richard Branson putting his money? Lightyear, founded by ex-Wise duo, rakes in $25 million to launch in 19 EU countries

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Metaplanet Holdings (https://metaplanet.com/) Mosaic (https://www.mosaicventures.com/) Taavet+Sten (https://taavetsten.com/) Virgin Group (https://www.virgin.com/about-virgin/virgin-group)

14.07.2022

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2022

Lilo nets €3 million to unveil invest-and-experience platform for fractional home ownership

Founded: 2022

Investment Raised: EUR 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 468 Capital (https://www.468cap.com/) Presight Capital (https://presight.vc/)

13.07.2022

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2022

Healthtech startup Oto raises £2.8m to digitally support tinnitus patients

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: GBP 2.8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/)

11.07.2022

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2022

CLUB Closes $3.1M Seed Round for the First Free-to-Play (F2P) and Play-and-Earn Soccer Ownership game

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 3.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atka Capital (https://www.atkacapital.com/) CitizenX Crypto Ventures Fund L.P. Merit Circle (https://meritcircle.io/) Moonlanding Ventures (https://www.moonlanding.ventures/) PetRock Capital (https://www.petrock.capital/) Zee Prime Capital (https://zeeprime.capital/)

07.07.2022

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2022

YuLife picks up $120M at an $800M valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 120M €

USD 800M

Valuation

Investors: Anthemis Exponential Ventures (https://www.anthemis.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Dai-ichi Life (https://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/english/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Latitude (https://www.latitudeim.com/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) OurCrowd (https://www.ourcrowd.com/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)

06.07.2022

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2022

Cambridge-based Nuclera is making biology accessible via desktop bioprinting, wraps up Series B at $58 million

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 58M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Jonathan Milner Verve Ventures (https://www.verve.vc/)

05.07.2022

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2022

‘Slack for construction’ platform Symterra picks up $1.7 million to curb construction uncertainty

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 1.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Nemetschek (https://www.nemetschek.com/de) Pi Labs (https://www.pilabs.co.uk/) Samaipata (https://samaipata.vc/)

05.07.2022

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2022

OQC rakes in $46 million to put quantum computers at the fingertips of businesses

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 46M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Lansdowne Partners (https://www.lansdownepartners.com/london/) Oxford Investment Consultants LLP (https://www.oxfordinvestmentconsultants.com/) Oxford Science Enterprises (https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) UTEC – The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (https://www.ut-ec.co.jp/english/link)

30.06.2022

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2022

Snowplow Analytics raises $40M to grow its behavioral data crunching platform

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Bridge (https://abven.com/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/)

30.06.2022

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2022

UK Unicorn Zilch extends Series C by $50m bringing total to $160m

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

USD 2B

Valuation

Investors: Remains undisclosed

29.06.2022

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2022

MiroBio raises $97 million in Series B financing

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 97M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Advent Life Sciences (https://www.adventls.com/) Medicxi (https://www.medicxi.com/) Monograph Capital (https://monograph.bio/) OrbiMed (https://www.orbimed.com/) Oxford Sciences Innovation (https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Samsara BioCapital (https://www.samsaracap.com/) SR One (https://www.srone.com/)

28.06.2022

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2022

Beyond Alexa! Speechmatics tunes in $62 million for speech recognition platform

Founded: 2006

Investment Raised: USD 62M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AlbionVC (https://www.albion.vc/) IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/) Susquehanna Growth Equity (https://sgep.com/)

28.06.2022

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2022

London-based ‘Operating system for care providers’ Birdie raises $30 million

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) OMERS Ventures (https://www.omersventures.com/) Sofina (https://www.sofinagroup.com/)

27.06.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 27 |

2022

YuLife picks up $120M at an $800M valuation for gamified, wellness-focused life insurance

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 120M €

USD 800M

Valuation

Investors: Anthemis Exponential Ventures (https://www.anthemis.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/) Dai-ichi Life (https://www.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/english/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Latitude (https://www.latitudeim.com/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) OurCrowd (https://www.ourcrowd.com/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)

27.06.2022

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2022

Magical Mushroom Company cultivates £3 million to create biodegradable packaging

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: GBP 3M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Dale Vince Ecovative Design (https://www.ecovative.com/) Marcus Watson Robert del Naja

23.06.2022

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2022

Bicycle thief, no more! Insurance disruptor Laka rides away with $1.5 million from Porsche

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 1.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Porsche Ventures (https://www.porsche.ventures/)

23.06.2022

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2022

SumUp raises $624M at $8.5B valuation, with its payments and business tech now used by 4M SMBs

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 624M €

USD 8.5B

Valuation

Investors: Bain Capital Tech Opportunities (https://www.baincapitaltechopportunities.com/) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/at) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Centerbridge Partners LP (https://www.centerbridge.com/) Crestline (https://www.crestlineinvestors.com/) FIN Capital (https://fin.capital/) Sentinel Capital Partners (https://www.sentinelpartners.com/)

22.06.2022

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2022

Meet Bio-Sep, the green tech is turning sawdust into valuable biochemicals with $1.7 million

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 1.7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ACF Investors (https://www.acfinvestors.com/) Enterprise 100 (https://enterprise100.co.uk/)

20.06.2022

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2022

Insurance Platform Provider INSTANDA raises $45 million to fund its next phase of growth

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Dale Ventures (https://dale.com/) Toscafund Asset Management (https://www.toscafund.com/)

20.06.2022

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Calendar Week # 26 |

2022

MiroBio raises $97 million in Series B financing

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 97M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Advent Life Sciences (https://www.adventls.com/) Medicxi (https://www.medicxi.com/) Monograph Capital (https://monograph.bio/) OrbiMed (https://www.orbimed.com/) Oxford Sciences Innovation (https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Samsara BioCapital (https://www.samsaracap.com/) SR One (https://www.srone.com/)

19.06.2022

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2022

With a new approach to nuclear, London’s newcleo clears €300 million in equity raise

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 300M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

14.06.2022

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2022

Proximie raises $80 million in series C funding to accelerate product expansion of the full-service connected surgical platform

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Advent Life Sciences (https://www.adventls.com/) British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Emerson Collective (https://www.emersoncollective.com/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) Global Ventures (https://www.global.vc/) Maverick Ventures (https://www.maverickventures.com/) Minderoo Foundation (https://www.minderoo.org/) Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) Questa Capital Management (https://www.questacapital.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

14.06.2022

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2022

Allica Bank secures £25m in equity round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atalaya Capital (https://www.atalayacap.com/) Warwick Capital LLP (https://www.warwickcap.com/)