23.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Hawk AI Accelerates Global Expansion With $17 Million Series B

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 17M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: BlackFin Capital Partners (https://www.blackfin.com/) Coalition DN Capital (https://www.dncapital.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Sands Capital Ventures (https://sandscapitalventures.com/)

23.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Luxury Reseller Cudoni Adds eBay, Others With $9M Fundraise

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 9M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Andrew Jennings dmg ventures (https://www.dmgventures.co.uk/) eBay Ventures (https://www.ebayinc.com/ebay-ventures/)

19.01.2023

Deal |

2023

NeoPhore completes extension to Series B financing of £6m to further advance discovery pipeline

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: GBP 6M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 2invest (https://2invest-ag.com/) 3B Future Health Fund (https://3bfuturehealth.com/) Astellas Venture Management (https://www.astellasventure.com/) Claris Ventures (http://www.clarisventures.com/) Sixth Element Capital (https://www.sixthelementcapital.com/)

16.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Manchester-Based Psychometric Assessment Provider Arctic Shores Raises $7M in Series B Funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 7M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Beringea (https://www.beringea.com/) Calculus Capital (https://calculuscapital.com/) Praetura Ventures (https://www.praeturaventures.com/)

11.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Norway’s Hystar raises $26 million to scale up green hydrogen production

Founded: 2020

Investment Raised: USD 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AP Ventures (https://apventures.com/) Finindus (https://www.finindus.be/) Firda (https://www.firda.no/) Hillhouse Capital Group (https://www.hillhouseinvestment.com/) Mitsubishi Corporation (https://www.mitsubishicorp.com/) Nippon Steel Trading (https://www.nst.nipponsteel.com/en/) SINTEF Venture AS (https://www.sintef.no/en/tto/) Trustbridge Partners (https://www.trustbridgepartners.com/)

11.01.2023

Deal |

2023

UK-based Hack The Box secures €51M for its ‘gamified’ cybersecurity training and upskilling platform

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 51M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Brighteye Ventures (https://www.brighteyevc.com/) Endeavor Catalyst (https://endeavor.org/catalyst/) Marathon Venture Capital (https://marathon.vc/) OUP (Osage University Partners) (http://oup.vc/) Paladin Capital Group (https://www.paladincapgroup.com/) The Carlyle Group (https://www.carlyle.com/)

11.01.2023

Deal |

2023

London-based Peppy eyes US market in $45 million raise

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AlbionVC (https://albion.vc/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Hambro Perks Ltd. (https://www.hambroperks.com/) Kathaka (https://www.kathaka.net/) MTech Capital (https://www.mtechcapital.com/) Outward VC (https://outwardvc.com/) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) Simplyhealth (https://www.simplyhealth.co.uk/) Sony Innovation Fund (https://www.sonyinnovationfund.com/)

10.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Helping more creators find “riches in niches”, Creative Fabrica raises $61 million

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 61M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alven (https://alven.co/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) FJ Labs (https://www.fjlabs.com/) LionTree (https://liontree.com/) Peak (https://www.peakgroup.com/) Triple Point Ventures (https://www.triplepoint.vc/)

09.01.2023

Deal |

2023

SME-focused insurance provider Superscript raises $54 million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 54M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Beazley (https://www.beazley.com/en-us) BHL Holdings (http://www.thebhlgroup.com/) Concentric (https://www.concentricab.com/index-Concentric-AB.asp?cat=1&subcat=1&subsubcat=1&SiteID=AB) Seedcamp (https://seedcamp.com/) The Hartford (https://www.thehartford.com/)

05.01.2023

Deal |

2023

France-based AI-driven healthtech startup Volta Medical bags €36M

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 36M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Gilde Healthcare (https://gildehealthcare.com/) Lightstone Ventures (https://www.lightstonevc.com/) Vensana Capital (https://www.vensanacap.com/)

04.01.2023

Deal |

2023

Sweden’s Qvantum bags €42M to accelerate decarbonisation in urban Europe

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: EUR 42M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: DIG Investment (http://www.diginvestment.com/) Gullspång Invest (https://gullspang.vc/#1) IMAS Foundation (https://imasfoundation.org/) Mats Rahmström Munters (https://www.munters.com/en/) SEB Venture Capital (https://sebgroup.com/our-offering/financing-and-investment-banking/seb-venture-capital) Thomas von Koch

27.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Exeger secures a further SEK 400 million through directed share issues

Founded: 2008

Investment Raised: SEK 400M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: AMF (http://www.amf-capital.de/start.html) Neudi & Co (https://neudi.se/) Santhe Dahl Invest (https://nordic9.com/companies/santhe-dahl-invest-investor2633396169/) SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) (https://seb.se/) Stena Sessan (https://stenasessan.se/)

20.12.2022

Deal of the Month |

December |

2022

Acin, the global operational risk control data network, today announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of industry-leading banks, comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Barclays Corporate Banking (https://www.barclayscorporate.com/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) Citi (https://www.citi.com/) Fitch Ventures (https://www.fitch.group/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Lloyds Banking Group Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Talis Capital (https://taliscapital.com/)

19.12.2022

Deal |

2022

EnginZyme Raises €21 Million in Series B to Accelerate the Commercialisation of Its Cell-Free Biomanufacturing Technology

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 21M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Almi Invest GreenTech (https://www.almi.se/almi-invest/om-almi-invest/greentech/) Bunge Ventures (https://www.bunge.com/our-businesses) Industrifonden (https://industrifonden.com/) Navigare Ventures (https://navigareventures.com/) SEB Venture Capital (https://sebgroup.com/) Sofinnova Partners (https://sofinnovapartners.com/)

19.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Germany’s VMRay ties up $34 million series B to expand threat detection and analysis

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 34M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS (https://ecapital.vc/) Gruenderfonds Ruhr (https://gruenderfonds-ruhr.com/de/) High-Tech Grunderfonds (https://www.htgf.de/de/) NRW.BANK (https://www.nrwbank.de/de/) Tikehau Capital (https://www.tikehaucapital.com/)

15.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Blockchain startup Aztec Network raises $100M round led by Andreessen Horowitz

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: A.Capital Ventures (https://acapital.com/) Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) AVG Ventures (https://avgfund.com/) Fenbushi Capital (https://www.fenbushicapital.vc/index_en.html) HashKey Capital (https://capital.hashkey.com/en/) King River Capital (https://www.kingriver.co/) SV Angel (https://svangel.com/) Variant (https://variant.fund/)

15.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Acin, the global operational risk control data network, today announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of industry-leading banks, comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Barclays Corporate Banking (https://www.barclayscorporate.com/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) Citi (https://www.citi.com/) Fitch Ventures (https://www.fitch.group/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Lloyds Banking Group Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Talis Capital (https://taliscapital.com/)

14.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Germany’s fruitcore robotics bags €23M to helps SMEs adopt digital robots, automation

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 23M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Capricorn Partners (https://capricorn.be/en) CNB Capital (https://www.cnb.capital/) Kompas (https://www.kompas.vc/) Matterwave Ventures (https://matterwave.vc/) Pecon (https://www.peconinvest.de/) UVC Partners (https://www.uvcpartners.com/) XAI technologies

14.12.2022

Deal |

2022

STORM Therapeutics announces closing of USD $30M Series B financing

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Cambridge Innovation Capital (https://www.cic.vc/) Fast Track Initiative IP Group (https://www.ipgroupplc.com/) M Ventures (https://www.m-ventures.com/en) Pfizer Venture Investments (https://www.pfizer.com/about/partners/venture-investments) Seroba Life Sciences (https://seroba-lifesciences.com/) Taiho Ventures (https://taihoventures.com/) UTokyo Innovation Platform (https://www.utokyo-ipc.co.jp/en/)

13.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Fashion data exchange FashionCloud picks up €25 million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Anders Holch Povlsen Heartland (https://heartland.co/) Verdane (https://verdane.com/)

13.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Sana Raises $34M Series B to Transform the Way Organizations Learn Through AI

Founded: 2016

Investment Raised: USD 34M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Menlo Ventures (https://www.menlovc.com/)

05.12.2022

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 50 |

2022

Acin, the global operational risk control data network, today announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of industry-leading banks, comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Barclays Corporate Banking (https://www.barclayscorporate.com/) BNP Paribas (https://www.bnpparibas.at/en/) Citi (https://www.citi.com/) Fitch Ventures (https://www.fitch.group/) JP Morgan (https://www.jpmorgan.com/AT/en/about-us) Lloyds Banking Group Notion Capital (https://www.notion.vc/) Talis Capital (https://taliscapital.com/)

05.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Customer intelligence platform Chattermill raises $26 million

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 26M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Beringea (https://www.beringea.com/) Blossom Street Ventures (https://blossomstreetventures.com/) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) DN Capital (https://www.dncapital.com/) Runa Capital (https://runacap.com/) Silicon Valley Bank (https://www.svb.com/) Ventech (https://www.ventechvc.com/)

02.12.2022

Deal |

2022

UpStream Healthcare Raises $140 Million in Series B funding to scale its business model across the country

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 140M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Avidity Partners (https://www.aviditycapitalinc.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Define Ventures (https://definevc.com/) Dragoneer Investment Group (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/)

01.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Deepomatic Raises €10 Million from EnBW New Ventures and Orbia Ventures

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 10M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alven (https://alven.co/) EnBW New Ventures (https://www.env.vc/) Hi Inov – Dentressangle (https://www.hiinov.com/) Orbia Ventures (https://www.orbia.com/ventures/) Swisscom Ventures (https://ventures.swisscom.com/)

01.12.2022

Deal |

2022

Plant-based food brand Huel adds $24 million to the fire in new funding round

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 24M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Grace Beverley Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Idris Elba Jonathan Stephen Ross Sabrina Dhowre Elba

30.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Crypto market maker Keyrock raises $72 million

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 72M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Middlegame Ventures (https://www.middlegamevc.com/) Ripple (https://ripple.com/) SIX FinTech Ventures (https://www.six-group.com/en/company/innovation/start-ups.html)

29.11.2022

Deal |

2022

L’Oréal acquires minority stake in French microalgae firm Microphyt for €15 million

Founded: 2007

Investment Raised: EUR 15M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Business Opportunities for L’Oréal Development (https://www.loreal.com/en/beauty-science-and-technology/) IRDI Capital Investissement (https://iticapital.com/) IXO Private Equity (https://www.ixope.fr/en/) Sofilaro (https://www.sofilaro.fr/) Sofinnova Partners (https://sofinnovapartners.com/) Supernova Partners

28.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Dutch e-commerce brand buyer Dwarfs secures another €30 million

Founded: 2021

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Harlan Capital Partners (https://harlancapital.com/) Jan Kees de Jager Solid Ventures (https://www.solidventures.vc/)

23.11.2022

Deal |

2022

Brussels-Paris-based Dust Mobile raises €12M to offer cyber defence solution for mobile communications

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: EUR 12M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) Fonds Innovation Défense (https://www.defense.gouv.fr/aid) Omnes Capital (https://www.omnescapital.com/) Tikehau Ace Capital (https://tikehau-ace.capital/en/)