31.01.2022

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Calendar Week # 6 |

2022

Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2020

  • Series C
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

USD 675M

Valuation

Investors: Greenoaks (https://www.greenoaks.com/) Ribbit Capital (https://ribbitcap.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

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26.01.2022

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2022

Cowboy raises $80M to take its e-bike business up a gear

  • HQ: BE

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Automotive

Investment Raised: USD 80M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: aldeA Ventures (https://aldea.ventures/) Eothen (https://eothen.com/) Exor Seeds (https://www.exor.com/) Future Positive Capital (https://www.futurepositivecapital.com/) HCVC (https://www.hcvc.co/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Isomer Capital (https://isomercapital.com/) Siam Capital (https://www.siamcapital.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) TriplePoint Capital (https://www.triplepointcapital.com/)

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26.01.2022

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2022

Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon

  • HQ: EE

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: Cyber Security

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1.4B

Valuation

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Institutional Venture Partners (https://www.ivp.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

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25.01.2022

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2022

Wandelbots raises another $84 million to teach robots without code

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Machine Learning

Investment Raised: USD 84M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (https://www.83north.com/) Atlantic Labs EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund (https://m12.vc/) Next47 (https://next47.com/) Paua Ventures (https://www.pauaventures.com/)

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25.01.2022

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2022

Top Russian Colocation Provider IXcellerate Closes Latest Round of Funding to Accelerate Expansion Plans

  • HQ: RU

Founded: 2011

  • Series C
  • Sector: Information Technology

Investment Raised: USD 190M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Mubadala (https://www.mubadala.com/) Russian Direct Investment Fund (https://rdif.ru/Eng_Index/)

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18.01.2022

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2022

Spendesk becomes fifth French unicorn of 2022, secures €100M funding

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

EUR 1B

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global (https://www.tigerglobal.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Eight Roads Ventures (https://eightroads.com/en/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) eFounders (https://www.efounders.com/)

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18.01.2022

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2022

Dream Games Raises $255m at $2.75bn Valuation – as Royal Match Becomes One of the World’s Top Grossing Mobile Games

  • HQ: TR

Founded: 2019

  • Series C
  • Sector: Gaming

Investment Raised: USD 255M €

USD 2.75B

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Makers Fund (https://makersfund.com/) funds and accounts managed by BlackRock IVP Kora Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

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17.01.2022

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Calendar Week # 4 |

2022

Identity verification provider Veriff raises $100M Series C co-led by Tiger Global and Alkeon

  • HQ: EE

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: Cyber Security

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1.4B

Valuation

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Alkeon Capital (https://www.alkeoncapital.com/) Institutional Venture Partners (https://www.ivp.com/) Tiger Global Management (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

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13.01.2022

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2022

Flipdish becomes newest Irish tech unicorn with $1.25bn valuation

  • HQ: IR

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: e-commerce

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 1.25B

Valuation

Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/)

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12.01.2022

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2022

Defi Technologies Co-Leads Investment into SEBA Bank (a Swiss Global Digital Assets Bank)

  • HQ: SZ

Founded: 2018

  • Series C
  • Sector: Financial Services

Investment Raised: CHF 110M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Alameda Research (https://www.alameda-research.com/) Altive (https://www.active-vp.com/) DeFi Technologies Julius Baer Group (https://www.juliusbaer.com/eu/de/) Ordway Selections (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ordway-selections?originalSubdomain=ch) Summer Capital (http://summercapital.com/)

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10.01.2022

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2022

Just two years after launching, Ankorstore anchors its position as a unicorn; raises €250M at €1.75B valuation

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2019

  • Series C
  • Sector: e-commerce

Investment Raised: EUR 250M €

EUR 1.75B

Valuation

Investors: Aglaé Ventures (https://aglaeventures.com/) Alven (https://alven.co/) Bain Capital Ventures Bond (https://www.bondcap.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) Global Founders Capital

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10.01.2022

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Calendar Week # 3 |

2022

Dream Games Raises $255m at $2.75bn Valuation – as Royal Match Becomes One of the World’s Top Grossing Mobile Games

  • HQ: TR

Founded: 2019

  • Series C
  • Sector: Gaming

Investment Raised: USD 255M €

USD 2.75B

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Makers Fund (https://makersfund.com/) funds and accounts managed by BlackRock IVP Kora Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)

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04.01.2022

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2022

DNA Script bags US$200m financing

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2014

  • Series C
  • Sector: Health Care

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Baillie Gifford Casdin Capital (https://casdincapital.com/) Catalio Capital Management Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Columbia Threadneedle Investments

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29.11.2021

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2021

Thought Machine closes $200 million round, now at a unicorn valuation

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2014

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 200M €

USD +1 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Nyca Partners (https://www.nyca.com/) with participation from ING Ventures JPMorgan Chase (https://www.jpmorganchase.com/) Standard Chartered Ventures Lloyds Banking Group (https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/) British Patient Capital (https://www.britishpatientcapital.co.uk/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en) SEB (https://sebgroup.com/) Molten Ventures (https://www.moltenventures.com/) Backed (https://www.backed.vc/) IQ Capital (https://iqcapital.vc/)

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28.11.2021

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2021

Second-hand car auction platform Motorway hits Unicorn status after $190M raise with Index, ICONIQ

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Automotive

Investment Raised: USD 190M €

USD 810 Million

Valuation

Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com) ICONIQ Growth (https://iconiqgrowth.com/) Latitude (https://www.latitudeim.com/) Unbound (https://un-bound.com/) and BMW iVentures

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23.11.2021

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2021

Bitrise hooks $60M as mobile app development skyrockets

  • HQ: HU

Founded: 2014

  • Series C
  • Sector: Mobile Apps

Investment Raised: USD 60M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Fiedler Capital (https://www.fiedler.capital/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) Insight Partners OpenOcean (https://openocean.finance/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) Y Combinator Zobito (https://zobito.com/)

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16.11.2021

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2021

AnyDesk, a maker of remote destkop software, raises USD 70M at a USD 660M valuation

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2012

  • Series C
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: USD 70M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Possible Ventures (https://www.possible.ventures/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/)

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16.11.2021

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2021

Synthace raises USD 35M, helps scientists automate biology experimentation and insight sharing

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2011

  • Series C
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: USD 35M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Sofinnova Partners (https://www.sofinnovapartners.com/) Horizons Partners (https://horizonpartners.com/)

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15.11.2021

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2021

Lifen raises USD 58M to digitize the healthcare industry

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2015

  • Series C
  • Sector: Healthcare

Investment Raised: USD 58M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Serena (https://www.serena.vc/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) MACSF (https://www.macsf.fr/) Lauxera Capital Partners (https://lauxera.com/) Creadev (https://www.creadev.com/)

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11.11.2021

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2021

London customer data platform Ometria raises USD 40M in Series C round

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: SaaS

Investment Raised: USD 40M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Summit Action (https://www.summitaction.com/) Sonae IM (https://sonaeim.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) Lance Batchelor InfraVia Capital Partners (https://infraviacapital.com/) Columbia Lake Partners (https://clpgrowth.com/) Adjuvo (https://www.adjuvo.at/)

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04.11.2021

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2021

Kitman Labs, a sports analytics and technology company, raises USD 52M Series C funding round

  • HQ: IR

Founded: 2012

  • Series C
  • Sector: Artificial Intelligence

Investment Raised: USD 52M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Guggenheim Investments (https://www.guggenheiminvestments.com/)

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02.11.2021

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2021

Permutive raises USD 75M in SoftBank led round

  • HQ: UK

Founded: 2013

  • Series C
  • Sector: Advertising

Investment Raised: USD 75M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Softbank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/) Octopus Ventures (https://octopusventures.com/) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) ACE & Company (https://aceandcompany.com/)

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01.11.2021

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2021

Moonfare raises USD 125M in Series C led by Insight Partners to accelerate global growth

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Fidelity Strategic Ventures (https://fisv.com/)

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28.10.2021

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2021

SimScale raises EUR 25M for its SaaS engineering simulation platform from Insight Partners, Draper Esprit, others

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2012

  • Series C
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: EUR 25M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Vsquared Ventures (https://vsquared.vc/) Union Square Ventures (https://www.usv.com/) June Fund (https://june.fund/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Draper Esprit (https://draperesprit.com/)

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26.10.2021

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2021

DNA Script Raises USD 165M in Oversubscribed Series C Financing to Accelerate Commercialization of Enzymatic DNA Printing Platform

  • HQ: FR

Founded: 2014

  • Series C
  • Sector: BioTech

Investment Raised: USD 165M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: M Ventures (https://www.m-ventures.com/) Moore Strategic Ventures (https://www.moore-ventures.com/) Life Sciences Partners (https://www.lspvc.com/) Kurma Partners (https://www.kurmapartners.com/en) Illumina Ventures (https://www.illuminaventures.com/) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/about-fidelity/our-company) Farallon Capital Management (https://www.faralloncapital.com/) Danaher Life Science (https://www.danaher.com/our-businesses) Columbia Threadneedle Investments (https://www.columbiathreadneedle.com/en/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Catalio Capital Management (https://www.cataliocapital.com/) Casdin Capital (https://casdincapital.com/) Bpifrance (https://www.bpifrance.com/) ArrowMark Partners (https://arrowmarkpartners.com/) Alexandria Venture Investments (https://www.are.com/venture-investments.html) Agilent Technology (https://www.agilent.com/)

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25.10.2021

Deal of the Week |

Calendar Week # 44 |

2021

German investing start-up Moonfare raises $125m in Series C round

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 125 M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Insight Partners Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (http://www.fisv.com/)

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25.10.2021

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2021

Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises USD 100M on a USD 540M pre-money valuation

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: FinTech

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 540M

Valuation

Investors: Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/) Speedinvest (https://www.speedinvest.com/) Picus Capital (https://www.picuscap.com/) Klarna (https://www.klarna.com/at/) GR Capital (https://gr.capital/) Global Founders Capital (https://www.globalfounderscapital.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/) Creandum (https://www.creandum.com/)

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19.10.2021

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2021

Managed open source data infrastructure provider Aiven raises $60M

  • HQ: FI

Founded: 2016

  • Series C
  • Sector: Software

Investment Raised: USD 160M €

USD 1.9B

Valuation

Investors: World Innovation Lab (https://wilab.com/) Institutional Venture Partners (https://www.ivp.com/) Atomico (https://atomico.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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17.10.2021

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2021

Enpal closes Series C with USD 174M USD from SoftBank for technology to make it easier for homeowners to switch to solar

  • HQ: DE

Founded: 2017

  • Series C
  • Sector: Energy

Investment Raised: USD 174M €

USD 930M

Valuation

Investors: SoftBank (https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/)

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