11.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 42 |

2021

Rossum raises $100m in one of eastern Europe’s largest Series A rounds

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: General Catalyst LocalGlobe Miton Seedcamp Elad Gil (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/elad-gil)

11.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Elliptic raises USD 60M to accelerate safe adoption of cryptoassets by mainstream financial markets

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/financing/strategic-capital/) Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) SignalFire (https://signalfire.com/) SBI Group (https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Albion VC (https://www.albion.vc/)

11.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Vidsy closes USD 16.5M series B funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 16.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: GMG Ventures (https://www.gmgventures.co/) Delin Ventures (https://www.delinventures.com/) Access Entertainment (https://www.accessonline.com/)

08.10.2021

Deal |

2021

London proptech start-up LandTech secures new funding to expand

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: GBP 42M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Updata Partners (https://updata.com/) Pi Labs (https://www.pilabs.co.uk/) JLL Spark (https://www.jllt.com/jll-spark-proptech-venture-fund/) Flashpoint (https://flashpointvc.com/)

07.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Cord gets $17.5M to get more devs plugged into its API for real-time collaboration

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 17.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stride.VC (https://stride.vc/) NFX (https://www.nfx.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/)

06.10.2021

Deal |

2021

E-commerce fulfilment provider Huboo raises £60m funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stride.VC (https://stride.vc/) Mubadala Capital (https://www.mubadala.com/en/what-we-do/capital) Maersk Growth (https://www.maersk.com/growth) Hearst Ventures (https://www.hearst.com/ventures) Episode 1 Ada Ventures (https://www.adaventures.com/)

05.10.2021

Deal |

2021

Mesh-AI launches with USD 30M in Funding

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Columbia Capital (https://colcap.com/)

05.10.2021

Deal |

2021

techspert.io raises USD 12M in Funding

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Nauta Capital (https://nautacapital.com/) Business Growth Fund (https://www.bgf.co.uk/)

04.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 41 |

2021

Elliptic raises USD 60M to accelerate safe adoption of cryptoassets by mainstream financial markets

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (https://www.wellsfargo.com/com/financing/strategic-capital/) Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) SignalFire (https://signalfire.com/) SBI Group (https://www.sbigroup.co.jp/english/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) Digital Currency Group (https://dcg.co/) Albion VC (https://www.albion.vc/)

04.10.2021

Deal |

2021

UK digital supply chain and freight platform Beacon raises USD 50M Series B round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Upper 90 (https://upper90.io/) Northstar.vc (https://northstar.vc/) Jeff Bezos Expa (https://www.expa.com/) 8VC (https://8vc.com/)

30.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Contract management startup ContractPodAI nabs USD 115M for AI-driven legal review

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 115M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Eagle Proprietary Investments (https://www.difc.ae/public-register/eagle-proprietary-investments-limited/)

28.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Multiverse, the tech-focused apprenticeship startup, nabs USD 130M at an USD 875M valuation

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 130M €

USD 745M

Valuation

Investors: SemperVirens Venture Capital (https://www.sempervirensvc.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) Latitude (https://latitudeventures.vc/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) D1 Capital Partners (https://www.linkedin.com/company/d1-capital-partners/) Bond (https://www.bondcap.com/) Audacious Ventures (https://www.audacious.co/)

28.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Gaming company Kepler raises USD 120M from China’s NetEase

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 120M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: NetEase (https://www.neteasegames.com/)

28.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Lifebit raises USD 60M to make vital biomedical data securely accessible for life changing research worldwide

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Pentech Ventures (https://pentech.vc/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Beacon Capital (https://www.beaconcapital.com/)

27.09.2021

Deal |

2021

London’s Dice raises USD 122M at a USD 400M valuation for its intelligent event discovery and booking platform

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 122M €

USD 278M

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Mirabaud Asset Management (https://www.mirabaud-am.com/en/) Future Shape (https://www.futureshapellc.com/) Evolution Equity Partners (https://evolutionequity.com/) Cassius Capital (https://cassiusfamily.com/) Blisce (https://blisce.com/) Xavier Niel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/xavier-niel-7661aa43/?originalSubdomain=fr)

27.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Isotropic Systems secures over USD 37M in additional Series B funding to facilitate the development of unique multi-link antenna through to product launch in 2022

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 37M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: The Firmament Group (https://www.thefirmamentgroup.com/) Seraphim Capital (https://seraphim.vc/) Orbital Ventures (https://orbital.vc/) AE Industrial Partners (https://www.aeroequity.com/)

27.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Octopus Energy agrees USD 600M Deal with Generation Investment Management to accelerate global green energy mission

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 600M €

USD 4B

Valuation

Investors: General Investment Management (https://www.generationim.com/)

27.09.2021

Deal |

2021

SenseOn raises USD 20M in Series A led by Eight Roads Ventures

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) MMC Ventures (https://mmc.vc/) Winton Ventures (https://www.winton.com/ventures) Crane Venture Partners (https://crane.vc/)

23.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Account-to-account payments startup Vyne raises USD 15.5M in seed funding

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 15.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Venrex (https://www.venrex.partners/) Triple Point Capital (https://www.triplepointcapital.com/) Seedcamp (https://www.seedcamp.at/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Hearst Ventures (https://www.hearst.com/ventures) Founder Collective (https://www.foundercollective.com/) Entrée Capital (https://www.entreecap.com/)

22.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Turtl content automation platform is raising USD 17M to make business materials more engaging

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

21.09.2021

Deal |

2021

MarketFinance raises GBP 280M in Debt and Equity, approved for Flex Loans

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: GBP 280M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Black River Ventures (https://www.google.com/search?q=Black+River+Ventures&oq=Black+River+Ventures&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l6.158j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) Barclays Bank (https://www.barclays.de/)

21.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Open banking hype escalates, as TrueLayer bags a $1bn valuation from Tiger Global

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 130M €

USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Stripe (https://stripe.com/at)

20.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Monese launches New BaaS Platform and Strategic Partnership with Investec Bank

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Investec (https://www.investec.com/en_za.html)

20.09.2021

Deal of the Month |

September |

2021

Successful £1 million funding led by European Super Angels Club (Austria) and ParticleX (Hong Kong) marks Homeppl’s second seven-figure raise in the last 12 months and brings its post-money valuation to £10 million.

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 1M €

Valuation

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Venionaire Capital (https://www.venionaire.com/) Particle X (https://particlex.com/)

16.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Form3 Announces a USD 160M Series C funding round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 160M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Nationwide Building Society (https://www.nationwide.co.uk/) Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.at/de-at.html) Lloyds Banking Group (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/) Goldman Sachs (https://www.goldmansachs.com/) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/) Barclays (https://www.barclays.de/) 83 North (https://www.83north.com/)

15.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Touchlight extends funding round to US 125M as demand for its dbDNA™ grows rapidly

Founded: 2007

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Novator Partners (https://novator.co.uk/) Bridford Investments (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bridford-group)

15.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Cloud data integration provider Matillion secures USD 150M

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: USD 150M €

USD 1.4B

Valuation

Investors: Scale Venture Partners (https://www.scalevp.com/) Sapphire (https://sapphireventures.com/) Lightspeed Venture Partners (https://lsvp.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/)

09.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Flo Announces USD 50M Series B Funding Round; bringing Company to USD 800M Post-Money Valuation

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

USD 750M

Valuation

Investors: VNV Global (https://www.vostoknewventures.com/) Target Global (https://www.targetglobal.vc/)

08.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Beauty Pie raises USD 100M In Series B Funding Round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 100M

Valuation

Investors: L`ATTITUDE VENTURES (https://lattitude.vc/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Balerton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

08.09.2021

Deal |

2021

Successful GBP 1M funding led by European Super Angels Club (Austria) and ParticleX (Hong Kong) marks Homeppl’s second seven-figure raise in the last 12 months and brings its post-money valuation to GBP 10M

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 1M €

GBP 8.7M

Valuation

Investors: Venionaire Capital (https://www.venionaire.com/) Particle X (https://particlex.com/)