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

Deal |

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/)

06.07.2022

Deal |

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

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)

05.07.2022

Deal |

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/)

30.06.2022

Deal |

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

Deal |

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

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

Deal |

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 |

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

27.06.2022

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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/)

23.06.2022

Deal |

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/)

22.06.2022

Deal |

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

Deal |

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

Deal, Deal of the Week |

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

Deal |

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

Deal |

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

Deal |

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/)

13.06.2022

Deal, Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 25 |

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/)

13.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Delivery kitchen operator Peckwater Brands raises £15m in funding round led by pub giant Stonegate

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: GBP 15M €

GBP 50M

Valuation

Investors: Fuel Ventures (https://fuel.ventures/) Pembroke VCT (https://pembrokevct.com/) SBI Investment (https://www.sbimf.com/en-us) Stonegate Group (https://www.stonegategroup.co.uk/)

09.06.2022

Deal |

2022

CHARM Therapeutics launches with a $50 million Series A financing to transform structure-based drug discovery using its proprietary DragonFold AI technology

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Axial VC (https://axialvc.com/) Braavos Capital (https://bravoscap.com/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Khosla Ventures (https://www.khoslaventures.com/) OrbiMed (https://www.orbimed.com/)

09.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Peptone, a startup using A.I. to find drugs for tricky ‘disordered’ proteins, raises $40 million in venture funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners (https://www.bvp.com/) dRx Capital (https://www.linkedin.com/company/drxcapital/) F-Prime Capital (https://fprimecapital.com/) Hoxton Ventures (https://www.hoxtonventures.com/) Walden Catalyst (https://waldencatalyst.com/)

08.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Multiverse Raises $220M to Expand Professional Apprenticeships, an Outstanding Alternative to College and Corporate Training

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 220M €

USD 1.48B

Valuation

Investors: Audacious Ventures (https://www.audacious.co/) Bond (https://www.bondcap.com/) D1 Capital Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/d1-capital-partners) Founders Circle Capital (https://www.founderscircle.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) StepStone Group (https://www.stepstonegroup.com/)

08.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Codat raises $100 million to build the internet for business data and announces J.P. Morgan, Shopify & Plaid as investors

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 725M

Valuation

Investors: Canapi Ventures (https://canapi.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) JPMorgan Partners (JPMP) (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) PayPal Ventures (https://about.pypl.com/how-we-work/paypal-ventures/) Shopify (https://www.shopify.com/)

08.06.2022

Deal |

2022

The Access Group Announces Substantial Investment of £1 Billion to Drive Continued Expansion at £9.2 Billion Valuation

Founded: 1991

Investment Raised: GBP 1B €

GBP 9.2B

Valuation

Investors: GIC (https://www.gic.com.sg/) TA Associates (https://www.ta.com/)

07.06.2022

Deal |

2022

Bud obtaines USD 80 m Series B for global expansion in 2022

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: TDR Capital (https://www.tdrcapital.com/)

06.06.2022

Deal |

2022

CPPIB invests €800 million in Swedish onshore wind sites – Renewable Power Capital

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 800M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (https://www.cppinvestments.com/)

26.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Moa nets $44m Series B funding to launch the next generation of herbicides

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bits x Bites (http://www.bitsxbites.com/) Business Growth Fund IP Group (https://www.ipgroupplc.com/) Lansdowne Partners (https://www.lansdownepartners.com/london/) Oxford Sciences Innovation (https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Parkwalk Advisors (https://parkwalkadvisors.com/)

26.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Bringing nature data to the boardroom, NatureMetrics nets over €14 million

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 14M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 2150 (https://www.2150.vc/) Ananda Impact Ventures (https://ananda.vc/) Blue Oceans Partners (https://www.blueoceanspartners.com/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) SYSTEMIQ (https://www.systemiq.earth/)

26.05.2022

Deal |

2022

Revenue-based financing player Bloom blossoms in £300 million Series A round

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: GBP 300M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: CREO Capital Partners (https://www.creocapitalpartners.com/) Fortress Investment Group (https://www.fortress.com/)