German-Chinese startup Agile Robots raises USD 220M from investors
HQ: DE
Founded: 2018
Series C
Sector: Artificial Intelligence
Investment Raised: USD 220M €
USD 780M
Valuation
Investors: Xiamoi (https://www.mi.com/de/) SoftBank Vision Fund Sequoia Capital China (https://www.sequoiacap.cn/china/) Royal Group Midas.Investments Linear Capital Partners (https://linearinvestment.com/) Hillhouse Capital Group GL Ventures (https://glvllc.com/) Foxconn Industrial Internet (https://www.foxconn.com/en-us/)
Dutch e-bike maker Van Moof raises USD 128M to expand
HQ: NL
Founded: 2008
Series C
Sector: Transportation
Investment Raised: USD 128M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: TriplePoint Capital (https://www.triplepointcapital.com/) Norwest Venture Partners (https://www.nvp.com/) Hillhouse Capital Group (https://www.hillhouseinvestment.com/) Gilian Tans (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Tans) Felix Capital Balderton Capital (https://www.balderton.com/)
Investors: RA Capital Management (https://www.racap.com/) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/institutions/en-zz/strategies/alternatives/private-equity) Sands Capital (https://www.sandscapital.com/) Avidity Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/avidity-partners) Pura Vida Investments (https://www.puravidainvestments.com/)
Dixa raises $105M for its customer engagement platform; plans to quadruple its engineering team by 2022-end
HQ: DK
Founded: 2015
Series C
Sector: AI
Investment Raised: USD 105M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: General Atlantic (https://www.generalatlantic.com/) Notion Capital (https://notion.vc/) Project A Ventures (https://www.project-a.com/) Seed Capital (https://seedcapital.dk/)
MicroPort Cardiac Rhythm Management Business announces USD 150 Million Series C Investment
HQ: FR
Founded: 2017
Series C
Sector: Healthcare
Investment Raised: USD 150M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: CICC (https://en.cicc.com/) Country Garden Venture Capital (https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/country-garden-venture-capital) E Fund Management Co. Hillhouse Capital Group (https://www.hillhouseinvestment.com/) L Squared Capital Partners (https://www.lsquaredcap.com/) MicroPort (https://microport.com/) Wanhai Investment Yongrong Asset
Yoobic raises $50M for its chat and communications app aimed at frontline and service workers
HQ: UK
Founded: 2014
Series C
Sector: SaaS
Investment Raised: USD 50M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: BNF Capital (https://www.perwyn.com/) Felix Capital (https://www.felixcap.com/) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Insight Partners (https://www.insightpartners.com/)
Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform
HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
Series C
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 180M €
Valuation Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Temasek (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Sunley House Capital (https://www.adventinternational.com/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/)
Soldo raises $180M for its business expense management platform
HQ: UK
Founded: 2015
Series C
Sector: FinTech
Investment Raised: USD 180M €
Remains Undisclosed
Investors: Temasek (https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/index) Sunley House Capital (https://www.adventinternational.com/) Citi Ventures (https://www.citi.com/ventures/) Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Battery Ventures (https://www.battery.com/) Dawn Capital (https://dawncapital.com/)
Czech Republic’s new unicorn: Online grocery delivery startup Rohlik raises €100M at €1B valuation
HQ: CZ
Founded: 2014
Series C
Sector: Delivery Service
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
EUR 1 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) EBRD (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) J&T Banka (https://www.jtbank.eu/de/) Quadrille Capital (https://www.quadrillecapital.com/) R2G
Vienna’s GoStudent raises $244M at a $1.7B valuation for its online tutor marketplace
HQ: AT
Founded: 2016
Series C
Sector: EdTech
Investment Raised: USD 244M €
USD 1.7B
Valuation
Investors: DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) SoftBank (via its Vision Fund 2) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html) Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) DN Capital (https://www.dncapital.com/)
Czech Republic’s new unicorn: Online grocery delivery startup Rohlik raises €100M at €1B valuation
HQ: CZ
Founded: 2014
Series C
Sector: Grocery Delivery
Investment Raised: EUR 100M €
EUR 1 Billion
Valuation
Investors: Index Ventures Partech (https://partechpartners.com/) EBRD (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) (https://www.ebrd.com/home) J&T Banka (https://www.ebrd.com/home) Quadrille Capital (https://www.quadriga-capital.de/) R2G
Vienna’s GoStudent raises $244M at a $1.7B valuation for its online tutor marketplace
HQ: AT
Founded: 2016
Series C
Sector: EdTech
Investment Raised: USD 244M €
USD 1.7B
Valuation
Investors: DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) SoftBank (via its Vision Fund 2) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/about.html) Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) DN Capital (https://www.dncapital.com/)
Vienna’s GoStudent raises $244M at a $1.7B valuation for its online tutor marketplace
HQ: AT
Founded: 2016
Series C
Sector: EdTech
Investment Raised: EUR 205M €
EUR 1,4 Billion
Valuation
Investors: DST Global (https://dst-global.com/) SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (https://visionfund.com/) Tencent (https://www.tencent.com/en-us/index.html) Dragoneer (https://www.dragoneergrowth.com/) Coatue (https://www.coatue.com/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/) DN Capital
Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger bags $380M funding, London VC Draper Esprit and Felix Capital also participate
HQ: FR
Founded: 2013
Series C
Sector: Cryptocurrency
Investment Raised: USD 380M €
USD 1.5B
Valuation
Investors: 10T Holdings (https://10tfund.com/) Alliance Entreprendre (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alliance-entreprendre) Animoca Brands (http://www.animocabrands.com/) Ascendant Capital (http://ascendant-cap.com/) CapHorn Invest (https://caphorn.vc/) Cardinal Capital Partners (http://www.cardinalcapital.com/) Cathay Innovation (http://www.cathayinnovation.com/) CITA Investissement (http://cita-invest.com/) Crypto.com Capital (https://crypto.com/capital) Credit Agricole Centre Loire Cygni Capital Digital Currency Group (http://dcg.co/) Draper Associates (http://www.draper.vc/) Draper Dragon (http://www.draperdragon.com/) Draper Esprit (http://www.draperesprit.com/) Fabric Ventures (https://www.fabric.vc/) Felix Capital (http://www.felixcap.com/) FirstMark (http://www.firstmarkcap.com/) Global Founders Capital (http://www.globalfounders.vc/) Groupe Arnault iAngels (http://www.iangels.co/) Inherent Group (http://www.inherentgroup.com/) Korelya Capital (http://www.korelyacapital.com/) Libertus Capital (http://www.libertuscapital.com/) MACSF (https://www.macsf.fr/) Marcy Venture Partners (https://www.marcyvp.com/) Rosemoor Capital Management LLC (http://www.rosemoorcapital.com/) Scott Galloway Tekne Capital The Maze Group (https://themazegroup.com/) Uphold (https://uphold.com/) Warburg Serres Investments Wicklow Capital
Investors: ACE & Company (http://aceandcompany.com/) Alma Mundi Ventures (http://mundiventures.com/) Cascade Ventures (http://www.cascadevc.com/) CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/creditease-fintech-investment-fund) Decisive Capital Management (https://www.decisive.com/) EDBI (https://www.edbi.com/) Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en/) FinTLV Ventures (http://www.fintlv.com/) G Squared (http://gsquared.com/) GR Capital Horizons Ventures (http://horizonsventures.com/) Jupiter Fund Management (https://www.jupiteram.com/) LGT group Lightrock Merian Global Investors (https://www.lightrock.com/) Mountain Partners (https://mountain.partners/) Mubadala Capital
