17.03.2022

Deal |

2022

Lava Labs Announces $10M in Series A, Raising Its Valuation to $100M

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 10M €

USD 100M

Valuation

Investors: Weak Simp Cap Razer (https://www.razer.com/) Merit Circle (https://meritcircle.io/) Maven 11 Capital (https://www.maven11.com/) Dragonfly Capital Partners (https://www.dcp.capital/) Dialectic (https://dialectic.ch/) DeFiance Capital (https://www.defiance.capital/) Santiago Roel Santos Nick Chong Gabby Dizon

16.03.2022

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2022

Yorkshire AI firm Logically announces $24 million funding round to drive further growth

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Amazon Alexa Fund (https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-startups/alexa-fund) NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance (https://www.mercia.co.uk/fund/npif-mercia-equity-finance/) Vitruvian Partners (https://www.vitruvianpartners.com/) XTX Ventures (https://www.xtxmarkets.com/ventures/)

15.03.2022

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2022

Joining the cybersecurity boom, Hackuity comes out of stealth with €12 million funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sonae IM (https://sonaeim.com/) The Caisse des Depots (https://www.caissedesdepots.fr/)

15.03.2022

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2022

Shufti Pro Announces $20 Million Series A Funding to Accelerate Growth

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Updata Partners (https://updata.com/)

14.03.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 12 |

2022

Berlin’s Leapsome welcomes $60 million in first-ever funding round

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Creandum (https://www.creandum.com) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc)

10.03.2022

Deal |

2022

Scenic Biotech announces $31 Million financing to progress Pipeline of Genetic Modifiers in Cancer and rare Diseases

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 31M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BioGeneration Ventures (https://www.biogenerationventures.com/) BioMedPartners (https://biomedvc.com/en/) EIR Ventures INKEF Capital Oxford Science Enterprises (https://oxfordscienceenterprises.com/) Vesalius Biocapital Partners (https://vesaliusbiocapital.com/)

10.03.2022

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2022

Alice&Bob, a quantum computing startup, raises $30M to launch its first fault-tolerant ‘cat qubit’ computers in 2023

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Breega (https://breega.com/) Elaia (https://elaia.at/) Supernova Invest (https://www.supernova.at/)

10.03.2022

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2022

From coding school to career acceleration platform, Italy’s Epicode strives for expansion with €10 million

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Enrico Drago (https://ir.igt.com/esg/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=e2756a42-20eb-4071-8eb2-5aab0a00c170) Fabio Cannavale (https://ch.linkedin.com/in/fabio-cannavale) Federico Leproux Gianandrea Strekelj (https://it.linkedin.com/in/gianandrea-strekelj-8b03101) Lorenzo Lamberti Sagliano (https://it.linkedin.com/in/lorenzols) Luca Valerio Camerano Matteo de Brabant (https://it.linkedin.com/in/matteodebrabant) Matthew Lunelli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteo-bruno-lunelli-21ab59/) Niccola Colussi (https://ch.linkedin.com/in/niccol%C3%B2-colussi-9ba7508) Paolo Barberis

09.03.2022

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2022

Swedish open insurance platform Insurely logs in €19 million to enter UK and France

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 19M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alfven & Didrikson (https://www.alfvendidrikson.com/) Insight Partners Luminar Ventures (https://www.luminarventures.com/) Neptunia Invest (https://www.neptuniainvest.se/about-neptunia) Philian Invest (https://nordic9.com/companies/phillian-ab-investor4805922259/)

07.03.2022

Deal |

2022

UK’s Thirdfort nabs $20M for tools to help with ID verification, and detect money laundering and payment fraud

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andrew Mullinger (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mullinger) Breega (https://breega.com/) Charles Delingpole (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/delingpole) David Rutter (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Rutter) Dev Subrata (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dev-subrata) Edward Bishop (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/edward-bishop-a456113b) Element Ventures (https://elementventures.vc/)

07.03.2022

Deal |

2022

AI music tech startup LifeScore raises €13M led by Octopus Ventures to ‘soundtrack life’

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 13M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 4-Good Ventures IDEO (https://www.ideo.com/eu) Metaplanet Holdings Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Warner Music Group (https://www.warnermusic.de/)

03.03.2022

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2022

London-based startup Shares brings in $40 million to allow friends and family to invest together

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com) Red Sea Ventures (http://www.redseaventures.com) Singular (https://singular.vc) Valar Ventures (https://valar.com)

02.03.2022

Deal |

2022

Mycorena closes $27m in Europe’s largest alt-protein Series A

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 27M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Remains Undisclosed

01.03.2022

Deal |

2022

This French startup called CarbonWorks helps industries reduce carbon emissions by converting CO2 into natural raw materials; raises €11M

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AQUITI Gestion (https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=AQUITI+Gestion&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8) BNP Paribas (https://group.bnpparibas/en/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com) Demeter (https://www.demeter.at) Fermentalg (https://www.fermentalg.com) SUEZ Environnement (https://www.suez.com/en/who-we-are)

24.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Parisian fintech Finary picks up €2.1 million from its community in 21 minutes

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Y Combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Eric Demuth Alexandre Prot Steve Anavi

24.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Depict.ai raises USD17m in Series A led by Tiger Global

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Initialized Capital (https://initialized.com/) Northzone (https://northzone.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) Y Combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/) Carl Rivera Erik Bernhardsson Finbarr Taylor Fredrik Hjelm Johannes Schildt Joshua Browder Nicolas Dessaigne Vidit Aatrey

22.02.2022

Deal |

2022

PerchPeek raises $11M to woo ‘great resignation employees’ with easy relocation

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 11M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Stage 2 Capital (https://www.stage2.capital/) AlbionVC (https://www.albion.vc/)

22.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Luxembourg-based LEKO Labs raises €18.57M to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable housing; appoints new CEO

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 18.57M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 2150 (https://www.2150.vc/) AMAVI Capital (https://amavi.capital/) Extantia Capital (https://extantia.com/) Freigeist Capital (https://freigeist.com/) Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/climate-innovation-fund) Rise PropTech (https://riseproptech.eu/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/)

22.02.2022

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2022

London technology provider Weavr completes £29.5m Series A funding

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: GBP 29.5M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Anthemis Group (https://www.anthemis.com/) Force Over Mass Capital (https://www.fomcap.com/) Headline (https://headline.com/) Latitude (https://latitudeventures.vc/) Mubadala Capital Ventures (https://www.mubadala.com/en) QED Investors (https://www.qedinvestors.com/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) UFP Fintech (https://www.utdfirst.com/ufpfintech/)

22.02.2022

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2022

Global electronics company backs Porotech $20m Series A

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Ameba Capital (http://www.amebacapital.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/)

22.02.2022

Deal |

2022

SeMI Technologies’ $16M Series A Round Highlights a New Wave of AI-first Database Tech

Founded: 2019

Investment Raised: USD 16M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cortical Ventures (https://cortical.vc/) ING Ventures (https://www.ing.com/Home.htm) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Zetta Venture Partners (https://www.zettavp.com/)

20.02.2022

Deal of the Month |

February |

2022

SpliceBio Raises EUR 50M in Oversubscribed Series A Financing to Advance Protein Splicing Platform and Expand Gene Therapy Pipeline

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Asabys Partners (https://asabys.com/) Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com/) UCB Ventures (https://www.ucbventures.com/) Ysios Capital (https://ysioscapital.com/)

17.02.2022

Deal |

2022

French startup Boxy raises €25 million to expand its network of autonomous convenience stores

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bootstrap Europe (https://bootstrap-europe.com/) CapHorn Invest (https://caphorn.vc/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) Serena (https://www.serena.vc/)

16.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Centauri Therapeutics Closes £24 Million GBP Series A Investment Round

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: GBP 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Animatrix Founders (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/animatrix-founders) Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (https://www.boehringer-ingelheim-venture.com/) Evotec (https://www.evotec.com/en) Kent Life Science LLP (http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/company/OC420283/KENT-LIFE-SCIENCE-%28GP%29-LLP) Novo Holdings (https://www.novoholdings.dk/) Wren Capital (https://www.wrencapital.co.uk/)

15.02.2022

Deal |

2022

SpliceBio Raises EUR 50M in Oversubscribed Series A financing to Advance Protein Splicing Platform and Expand Gene Therapy Pipeline

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: EUR 50M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Asabys Partners (https://asabys.com/) Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/) New Enterprise Associates (https://www.nea.com/) Novartis Venture Fund (https://www.nvfund.com/) UCB Ventures (https://www.ucbventures.com/) Ysios Capital (https://ysioscapital.com/)

10.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Zefir raises €20 million to develop instant real estate sales

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 20M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Heartcore Capital (https://www.heartcore.com/) Kima Ventures (https://www.kimaventures.com/) Sequoia Capital (https://www.sequoiacap.com/) Stride Ventures (https://strideventures.in/)

10.02.2022

Deal |

2022

Insify raises €15 million Series A round led by Accel

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Fly Ventures (https://www.fly.vc/) Frontline Ventures (https://www.frontline.vc/) Visionaries Club (https://visionaries.vc/)

10.02.2022

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2022

FloodFlash Raises $15m Series A led by Buoyant Ventures and Featuring Munich Re Ventures

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Buoyant Ventures (https://www.buoyant.vc/) Insurtech Gateway (https://insurtechgateway.com/) LocalGlobe (https://localglobe.vc/) MS&AD Ventures (https://msad.vc/) Munich Re Ventures (https://www.munichre.com/mrv/en.html) Pentech Ventures (https://pentech.vc/) PropTech1 Ventures (https://proptech1.ventures/) Sony Financial Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sony-financial-ventures)

10.02.2022

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2022

Hamburg-based Cofenster raises €8 million to bring video communication into the corporate world

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: EUR 8M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Capnamic Ventures (https://capnamic.com/) signals Venture Capital (https://signals.vc/)

10.02.2022

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2022

Slovenian healthtech app Mediately raises €7.2M to make medical knowledge accessible across Europe

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 7.2M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: VentureFriends (https://venturefriends.vc/) Silicon Gardens (https://silicongardens.si/) Piton Capital (https://www.pitoncap.com/) LAUNCHub Ventures (https://launchub.com/)