09.01.2023

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2023

Answering the scalability quandary in quantum computing, Oxford Ionics raises £30 million

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Electronics

Investment Raised: GBP 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 2xN (https://2xn.vc/) Braavos Investment Advisers (https://braavos.uk/) Hermann Hauser (https://www.hhi.ventures/) Lansdowne Partners (https://www.lansdownepartners.com/london/) Oxford Science Enterprises (https://www.oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Prosus Ventures (https://www.prosus.com/ventures) Torch Partners (https://www.torchpartners.com/)

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08.12.2022

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2022

Porsche, World Fund join $63M bet on electric planes batteries company Customcells

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2013

  • Series A
  • Sector: Energy

Investment Raised: USD 63M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: ABACON CAPITAL (https://abacon.capital/) Porsche (https://www.porsche.at/) Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) World Fund (https://www.worldfund.vc/)

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08.12.2022

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2022

9fin Raises $23 Million Series A+ to Accelerate Growth Plans in North America

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 500 Global (https://500.co/) AI Seed (https://aiseed.vc/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Redalpine (https://redalpine.com/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) Spark Capital (https://www.sparkcapital.com/companies)

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05.12.2022

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2022

Loft Dynamics raises $20M to train helicopter pilots with virtual reality

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Aerospace

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Craft Ventures (https://www.craftventures.com/) Sky Dayton UP Ventures (https://www.upventuresgroup.com/)

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30.11.2022

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2022

Founders Fund backs $16 million raise as Giraffe360 launches new HDR camera for real estate

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2016

  • Series A
  • Sector: Real Estate

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Change Ventures (https://www.changeventures.com/) Founders Fund (https://foundersfund.com/) HCVC (https://www.hcvc.co/) Hoxton Ventures (https://www.hoxtonventures.com/) LAUNCHub Ventures (https://launchub.com/)

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30.11.2022

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2022

London-based Treecard bags €22M to help people plant trees with every purchase

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: EUR 22M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Dylan Field Episode 1 (https://episode1.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Josh Browder Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) Valar Ventures (https://valar.com/) World Fund (https://www.worldfund.vc/)

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30.11.2022

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2022

Car repairs fintech Bumper drives in £26.1 million

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series A
  • Sector: Finance

Investment Raised: GBP 26.1M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Autotech Ventures (https://www.autotechvc.com/) InMotion Ventures (https://www.inmotionventures.com/) ITOCHU Corporation (https://www.itochu.co.jp/en/index.html) Revo Capital (https://revo.vc/)

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29.11.2022

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2022

Helsinki-based real estate services platform Rive bags €23M to simplify home buying and selling

  • HQ: FI

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: IDC Ventures (https://idcventures.com/)

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28.11.2022

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2022

Kiln Announces €17 Million in Funding to Expand Staking Offering

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Blockchain

Investment Raised: EUR 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alven (https://alven.co/) BlueYard Capital (https://www.blueyard.com/) ConsenSys (https://consensys.net/) GSR (https://gsrventuresglobal.com/) Illuminate Financial (https://www.illuminatefinancial.com/) Kraken Ventures (https://www.krakenventures.com/) LeadBlock Partners (https://leadblockpartners.com/) Sparkle Ventures (https://www.sparkleventures.vc/) SV Angel (https://svangel.com/) Third Kind Venture Capital (http://3kvc.com/) XBTO Group (https://www.xbto.com/)

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28.11.2022

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2022

Helping companies build and train AI for computer vision faster through automation, V7 raises $33 million

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 33M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Air Street Capital (https://www.airstreet.com/) Amadeus Capital Partners (https://www.amadeuscapital.com/) Ashish Vaswani Francois Collet José Valim Oriol Vinyals Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Radical Ventures (https://radical.vc/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)

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24.11.2022

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2022

German LiDAR outfit Scantinel seals extended €10 million series A

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Automotive

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: PhotonDelta (https://www.photondelta.com/) Scania Growth Capital (https://www.scania.com/group/en/home.html) ZEISS Group (https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/int/home.html)

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24.11.2022

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2022

Helping organisations upskill and retrain staff through adaptive learning, Obrizum raises $11.5 million

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: EdTech

Investment Raised: USD 11.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Beaubridge (https://www.beaubridge.com/) Celeres Investments (https://www.celeresinvestments.com/) Guinness Ventures (https://www.guinnessgi.com/) Juno Capital Partners (https://junocapitalpartners.com/) Qatar Science & Technology Park (https://qstp.org.qa/)

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23.11.2022

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2022

Another nail in the photographers’ coffin as PhotoRoom develops $19 million

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 19M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Adjacent (https://adjacent.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Hugging Face (https://huggingface.co/) Meta (https://www.meta.com/)

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22.11.2022

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2022

Turbine Raises €20 Million in Series A Financing to Advance Programs & Partnerships Towards the Clinic with World’s First Cancer Cell Simulation Platform

  • HQ: HU

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Day One Capital (https://www.dayonecapital.com/) Delin Ventures (https://www.delinventures.com/) Mercia Fund Managers (https://www.mercia.co.uk/) Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (https://www.merckghifund.com/) XTX Ventures (https://www.xtxmarkets.com/ventures/)

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22.11.2022

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2022

Felix Capital leads €27 million round for Ukio’s flexible workforce home rental offer

  • HQ: ES

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Hospitality

Investment Raised: EUR 27M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Breega (https://www.breega.com/) Bynd Venture Capital (https://www.bynd.vc/en) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) Kreos Capital (https://www.kreoscapital.com/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/)

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21.11.2022

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2022

Fairmat raises €34M to recycle carbon fibre composite and help decarbonise the manufacturing sector

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: CleanTech

Investment Raised: EUR 34M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique Compagnie Nationale Г  Portefeuille (https://www.cnp.be/) Pictet Private Equity Investors S.A. (https://www.pictet.com/ch/en) Singular (https://singular.vc/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) THE FRIEDKIN GROUP (https://www.friedkin.com/)

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21.11.2022

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2022

Opna Bio Launches with $38 Million Series A Financing to Advance Novel Oncology Discovery Program and Diversified Pipeline of Clinical and Preclinical Programs

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: USD 38M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Longitude Capital (https://www.longitudecapital.com/) Menlo Ventures (https://www.menlovc.com/) Northpond Ventures (https://www.npv.vc/)

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21.11.2022

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2022

Toulouse-based I-ROX takes €12 million for pulsed power that matches a nuclear reactor’s output in a millionth of a second

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2022

  • Series A
  • Sector: Energy

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Breakthrough Energy Ventures (https://breakthroughenergy.org/)

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17.11.2022

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2022

Helping young aspiring buyers to become homeowners, Virgil raises €15 million

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Rental

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alven (https://alven.co/) Aquasourca (https://www.aquasourca.com/) Clément Alteresco Emmanuel Amon Evolem Start (https://evolem.com/en/activities/start/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) Victoria van Lennep

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15.11.2022

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2022

Payments Fintech Banked Secures US$15million to expand global Pay By Bank Network

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Citi (https://www.citi.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) NAB Ventures (https://www.nab.com.au/about-us/nab-ventures) Rapyd Ventures (https://www.rapyd.net/company/ventures/)

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15.11.2022

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2022

omni:us Closes €12m Series A+ Extension Financing Round

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2015

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Württembergische Versicherung (https://www.wuerttembergische.de/) Existing shareholders

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15.11.2022

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2022

Pelico Raises $18.5M to Help Manufacturers Manage Factory Operations in an Increasingly Complex & Volatile Context

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Supply Chain Management

Investment Raised: USD 18.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Adrien Nussenbaum Alexis Le-Quoc Bastian Nominacher Carsten Thoma Charles Miglietti Clément Buyse Florian Douetteau Isai (https://www.isai.vc/) Jonathan Benhamou La Famiglia (https://www.lafamiglia.vc/) Serena (https://www.serena.vc/)

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14.11.2022

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2022

Yahaha’s metaverse creation tool lures $40 million

  • HQ: FI

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Social Network

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 37 Interactive Entertainment (https://www.37entertainment.net/) Alibaba Group (https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/) Shunrong Gufen (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shunrong-gufen) Taihecap (Formerly TH Capital) (https://www.taihecap.com/) Temasek Holdings (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index)

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09.11.2022

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2022

NRG Therapeutics Announces £16 million Series A to Advance Mitochondrial Therapeutics for Parkinson’s and ALS

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: GBP 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Brandon Capital Partners (https://brandoncapital.vc/) Omega Funds (https://omegafunds.com/) Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech (https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/research/parkinsons-virtual-biotech)

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09.11.2022

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2022

Investors back Antavo’s API-centric loyalty program tools with €10 million

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2012

  • Series A
  • Sector: e-commerce

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Euroventures (https://www.euroventures.hu/en) iEurope Capital (https://ieurope.com/) Innovation Nest Lead Ventures (https://leadventures.eu/) Zoltan Vardy (https://zoltanvardy.com/)

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08.11.2022

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2022

Digital asset exchange Archax completes $28.5 million in Series A financing, led by Abrdn

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2018

  • Series A
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: USD 28.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Abrdn (https://www.abrdn.com/corporate) BitRock Capital (http://www.bitrockpartners.com/) Blockchain Coinvestors (https://www.blockchaincoinvestors.com/) Tezos (https://tezos.com/)

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31.10.2022

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2022

Another nail in the photographers’ coffin as PhotoRoom develops $19 million

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 19M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Adjacent (https://adjacent.com/) Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/) Hugging Face (https://huggingface.co/) Meta (https://about.meta.com/)

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26.10.2022

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2022

Tymit raises £23m from Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group for BNPL pivot

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: GBP 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Frasers Group (https://frasers.group/)

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26.10.2022

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2022

LatticeFlow raises USD 12 million to eliminate computer vision blind spots

  • HQ: CH

Founded: 2020

  • Series A
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Atlantic Bridge (https://www.atlanticbridge.com/) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) FPV Ventures (https://fpvventures.com/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) OpenOcean (https://openocean.finance/)

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26.10.2022

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2022

UK-based gynae health startup Daye raises €11.5 million to launch at-home screening kit and bridge the gender health gap

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series A
  • Sector: Biotechnology

Investment Raised: EUR 11.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cross-Border Impact Ventures (https://www.crossborder.ventures/) Fiona Pathiraja Hambro Perks Ltd. (https://www.hambroperks.com/) MassMutual Ventures (https://massmutualventures.com/) Michelle Tempest Simplyhealth (https://www.simplyhealth.co.uk/)

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