19.10.2021

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2021

Satellite VU views GBP 15M in Series A raise

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Analytics

Investment Raised: GBP 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stellar Solutions (https://www.stellarsolutions.com/) Seraphim Capital (https://seraphim.vc/) Ridgeline Ventures (https://ridgelinevc.com/) National Science Foundation E2MC Ventures (https://www.e2mc.space/) Draper Espirit (https://draperesprit.com/) A/O PropTech (https://www.aoproptech.com/)

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18.10.2021

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2021

AllPlants picks up USD 52M

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series B
  • Sector: Food & Beverages

Investment Raised: USD 52M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: TriplePoint Capital (https://www.triplepointcapital.com/) The Craftory (https://www.thecraftory.io/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Kieran Gibbs Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Draper Espirit (https://draperesprit.com/) Chris Smalling Cassandra Stavrou

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18.10.2021

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2021

TrustedHousesitters secures USD 10M in Series A round

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2011

  • Series A
  • Sector: E-commerce Platform

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Rockpool Investments LLP (https://www.rockpool.uk.com/)

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18.10.2021

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2021

Zopa raises USD 300M led by Softbank Vision Fund 2

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2005

  • Private Equity Round
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 300M €

USD 700M

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Silverstripe International Holdings (https://www.silverstripe.com/about-us/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) IAG Silverstripe (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/iag-silverstripe) Davidson Kempner Chimera Capital Management (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/chimera-capital-management/recent_investments) Augmentum FinTech (https://augmentum.vc/)

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18.10.2021

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2021

OfficeRnD, a SaaS for managing hybrid workplaces, grabs USD 10M

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2014

  • Series A
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Runa Capital (https://runacap.com/) LAUNCHub Ventures (https://launchub.com/) Flashpoint (https://flashpointvc.com/)

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18.10.2021

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2021

PragmatIC raises USD 80M Series C

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2010

  • Series C
  • Sector: Electronics

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Erik Langaker Arm Holdings (https://www.arm.com/)

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13.10.2021

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2021

9fin Raises GBP 8M Series A to expand its debt capital markets intelligence platform to the US

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: GBP 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Paul Foster Ilvaska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Fly Ventures (https://www.fly.vc/) Alan Morgan

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13.10.2021

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2021

Makor Capital Raises USD 17M in Series A Funding to Grow Brokerage Platform Enigma

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2011

  • Series A
  • Sector: Finance

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

USD 183M

Valuation

Investors: Algorand (https://algorand.com/) Alan Howard

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13.10.2021

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2021

Cord continues record growth with its new micro-model approach, automating an archaic annotation process with USD 12.5M in new funding

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 12.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Y Combinator Continuity Fund (https://www.ycombinator.com/) Harpoon (https://harpoon.vc/) CRV (https://www.crv.com/) Crane Venture Partners (https://crane.vc/)

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13.10.2021

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2021

Nothing raises another USD 50M

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Consumer Goods

Investment Raised: USD 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: undefined

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13.10.2021

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2021

London-based insurtech startup Humn secures EUR 11.9M to expand with its data-driven fleet insurance across Europe

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 11.9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Woodside Holdings (http://www.wh-im.com/) Shell Ventures (https://www.shell.com/energy-and-innovation/new-energies/shell-ventures.html) Hambro Perks Ltd. (https://www.hambroperks.com/) BXR Group (http://bxrgroup.com/)

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11.10.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: AI

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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11.10.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

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/)

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11.10.2021

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2021

Vidsy closes USD 16.5M series B funding

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2014

  • Series B
  • Sector: Digital Media

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/)

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08.10.2021

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2021

London proptech start-up LandTech secures new funding to expand

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2011

  • Series A
  • Sector: PropTech

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/)

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07.10.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Software

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/)

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06.10.2021

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2021

E-commerce fulfilment provider Huboo raises £60m funding

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: e-commerce

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/)

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05.10.2021

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2021

Mesh-AI launches with USD 30M in Funding

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2021

  • Series Unknown
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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05.10.2021

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2021

techspert.io raises USD 12M in Funding

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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04.10.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2018

  • Series B
  • Sector: Logistics

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/)

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04.10.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

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/)

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30.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2012

  • Series C
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

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/)

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28.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series B
  • Sector: Life Science

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/)

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28.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: EdTech

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/)

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28.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2020

  • Founding Round
  • Sector: Gaming

Investment Raised: USD 120M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

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

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27.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2014

  • Series C
  • Sector: e-commerce

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)

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27.09.2021

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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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series B
  • Sector: Tech

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/)

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27.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: Energy

Investment Raised: USD 600M €

USD 4B

Valuation

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

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27.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

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/)

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23.09.2021

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2021

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

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2019

  • Seed Round
  • Sector: Financial Services

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/)

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