18.05.2021

Deal |

2021

Boston Startup Klaviyo Raises $320 Million, Doubling Its Valuation To $9.5 Billion In Seven Months

Founded: 2012

Investment Raised: USD 320M €

USD 9.5B

Valuation

Investors: Sands Capital (http://sandscapitalventures.com/) Owl Rock Capital (https://owlrock.com/) Morgan Stanley Lone Pine Capital (http://www.lonepinecapital.com/) Accel (http://www.accel.com/) Summit Partners (http://www.summitpartners.com/)

18.05.2021

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2021

Back Market raises $335M for its refurbished device marketplace, now valued at $3.2B

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 335M €

USD 3.2B

Valuation

Investors: General Atlantic (http://www.generalatlantic.com/)

12.05.2021

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2021

Holidu books $45M after growing its vacation rentals business ~50% YoY during COVID-19

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 45M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: 83North (http://www.83north.com/) Chris Hitchen Claret Capital Partners (https://www.claret-capital.com/) coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/en) EQT Ventures (https://eqtventures.com/) Kees Koolen Prime Ventures (http://www.primeventures.com/) Senovo (https://www.senovo.vc/) Venture Stars (http://www.venture-stars.com/)

06.05.2021

Deal |

2021

The Briefing: Kahoot Buys Clever, Shift Technology Lands $220M, And More

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 220M €

USD 500M

Valuation

Investors: Accel (http://www.accel.com/) Advent International (http://www.adventinternational.com/) Avenir Growth Capital (http://avenirgrowth.com/) Bessemer Venture Partners (http://www.bvp.com/) General Catalyst (http://www.generalcatalyst.com/) Iris Capital (http://www.iriscapital.com/)

19.04.2021

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Calendar Week # 17 |

2021

Brex hits $7.4bn valuation on $425m funding round

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 425M €

USD 7,4 Billion

Valuation

Investors: Tiger Global TCV GIC Baillie Gifford Madrone Capital Partners Durable Capital Partners LP Valiant Capital Management Base10 Y Combinator Continuity Ribbit Capital DST Global Greenoaks Capital Lone Pine Capital IVP

29.03.2021

Deal |

2021

German startup Staffbase raises €122M for its internal communications platform for enterprise companies

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: EUR 122M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Capnamic Ventures (http://capnamic.com/) e.ventures General Atlantic (http://www.generalatlantic.com/) Insight Partners (http://www.insightpartners.com/) KIZOO Technology Capital

23.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Nuvemshop, LatAm’s answer to Shopify, raises $90M in Accel-led Series D

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Accel (http://www.accel.com/) ThornTree Capital Partners (http://www.thorntreecap.com/) Qualcomm Ventures (https://www.qualcommventures.com/) Minesh Shah Mike Micucci Mark Lenhard Mark Lavelle Kevin McKeand Kaszek and Jamie Sutton.

17.03.2021

Deal |

2021

PayFit raises €90m amid SaaS for SMEs surge

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: EUR 90M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Eurazeo (https://www.eurazeo.com/en/) Bpifrance (http://bpifrance.fr/) Xavier Niel and Accel

15.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Airtable is now valued at $5.77B with a fresh $270 million in Series E funding

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 270M €

USD 5.77B

Valuation

Investors: Greenoaks Capital (http://www.greenoakscap.com/) WndrCo (https://www.wndrco.com/) Thrive Capital (http://thrivecap.com/) CRV and Caffeinated Capital

11.03.2021

Deal |

2021

BlockFi lands a $350M Series D at a $3B valuation for its fast-growing crypto-lending platform

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 350M €

USD 3B

Valuation

Investors: Valar Ventures (http://www.valarventures.com/) Tiger Global Management (http://tigerglobal.com/) Third Prime (http://www.thirdprime.vc/) The Venture Collective (https://www.theventurecollective.com/) Susquehanna Government Products Pomp Investments PJC (http://pjc.vc/) ParaFi Capital (https://www.parafi.capital/) Paradigm (http://www.pdgm.com/) Pacific Century Group Morgan Creek Digital (https://www.morgancreekcap.com) Kenetic (https://kenetic.capital/) Jump Capital (http://www.jumpcap.com/) Hudson River Trading (http://www.hudson-trading.com/) Gaingels (http://www.gaingels.com/) DST Global (http://dst-global.com/) CMS Holdings (http://cmsholdings.io/) Castle Island Ventures (http://www.castleisland.vc/) Breyer Capital (http://breyercapital.com/) Bain Capital Ventures (http://baincapitalventures.com/) Akuna Capital (https://akunacapital.com/)

09.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Spain’s Jobandtalent raises EUR 100m from Softbank

Founded: 2009

Investment Raised: EUR 100M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: SoftBank Vision Fund (https://visionfund.com/)

07.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Starling Bank swoops in £270m share sale to global investors

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: GBP 270M €

GBP 1.1B (pre-money)

Valuation

Investors: RPMI Railpen (https://www.rpmirailpen.co.uk) Qatar Investment Authority (https://www.qia.qa) Millennium Management (https://www.mlp.com) Fidelity Management and Research Company (https://www.fidelity.com/)

03.03.2021

Deal |

2021

atai Life Sciences Announces the Closing of its USD 157 M Series D Financing Round

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 157M €

USD 184B

Valuation

Investors: Apeiron Investment Group Catalio Capital Management Falcon Edge Capital Fearless Ventures Highline Capital Management Pura Vida Investments Subversive Capital Thiel Capital Woodline Partners

03.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Volocopter raises £173M, German flying taxi startup expects to launch services by 2023

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: GBP 173M €

EUR 841M

Valuation

Investors: Atlantia (https://www.atlantia.com/en/) Avala Capital (https://avalacapital.com/) BlackRock (https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/global-directory) btov Partners (https://btov.vc/) Continental (https://www.continental.com/en/investors/) Daimler (https://www.daimlertruck.com/) DB Schenker (https://www.dbschenker.com/at-de) Intel Capital (https://www.intelcapital.com/) Jericho Capital (https://www.jerichocap.com/) Klocke (https://www.klocke-online.de/) Matthias Hilpert MS&AD Ventures (https://msad.vc/) Team Europe (https://teamglobal.net/) Tokyo Century (https://www.tokyocentury.co.jp/en/) Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (http://www.zgh.com/)

01.03.2021

Deal |

2021

BetterUp Raises $125M in Series D Funding, at $1.73 Billion Valuation

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 125M €

USD 1.73B

Valuation

Investors: ICONIQ Growth (https://iconiqgrowth.com/) Threshold Sapphire Ventures Salesforce Ventures (https://www.salesforce.com/company/ventures/) Plus Capital Mubadala Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners

01.03.2021

Deal |

2021

Skydio Raises USD 170M In Series D Funding

Founded: 2014

Investment Raised: USD 170M €

>USD 1B

Valuation

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) Linse Capital (https://www.linsecapital.com/) Next47 (https://next47.com/) IVP and UP.Partners.

26.02.2021

Deal |

2021

N26 secures €30 million

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: EUR 30M €

USD 3.5B

Valuation

Investors: Crystalon Finanz (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/crystalon-finanz) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) Ilavska Vuillermoz Capital (https://ivc.fund/) Left Lane Capital (https://www.leftlanecap.com/)

17.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Public.com, a NYC-based investing social network, raised USD 220M in Series D funding

Founded: 2017

Investment Raised: USD 220M €

USD 1.2B

Valuation

Investors: Accel (https://accel.com/) Aglae Ventures (http://aglaeventures.com/) Dreamers VC (https://www.dreamers.vc/) Greycroft (https://www.greycroft.com/) Inspired Capital (https://inspiredcapital.com/) Intuition Capital (https://www.intuition.fund/) Lakestar (https://www.lakestar.com/) Mantis VC (https://www.mantisvc.com/) Phil DeFranco Tiger Global (https://www.tigerglobal.com/)

08.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Nexthink Reaches $1.1 Billion Valuation with $180M in Series D Financing Round, Names Former Adobe CEO to its Board of Directors

Founded: 2004

Investment Raised: USD 180M €

EUR 1.1B

Valuation

Investors: Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/) Permira (https://www.permira.com/)

08.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Nexthink nabs USD 180M Series D on USD 1.1B valuation

Founded: 2004

Investment Raised: USD 180M €

USD 1.1B

Valuation

Investors: Permira (https://www.permira.com/) Highland Europe (https://www.highlandeurope.com/) Index Ventures (https://www.indexventures.com/)

03.02.2021

Deal |

2021

Vivino raises USD 155M for wine recommendation and marketplace app

Founded: 2010

Investment Raised: USD 155M €

Valuation Remains Undisclosed

Investors: Kinnevik (https://www.kinnevik.com/) Sprints Capital (https://sprintscap.com/) GP BullHound (https://www.gpbullhound.com/) existing investors

13.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Digital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion

Founded: 2015

Investment Raised: USD 160M €

USD 840M

Valuation

Investors: Accel (https://www.accel.com/) Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (https://www.cnp.be/) Earlybird Venture Capital (https://earlybird.com/) GR Capital (https://gr.capital/) H14 (http://www.h14.it/) HV Capital (https://www.hvcapital.com/) Lakestar (https://www.lakestar.com/) Perpetual Investors (https://www.prptl.com/) Project A Ventures (https://www.project-a.com/) Scania Growth Capital (https://www.scania.com/group/en/home.html)

07.01.2021

Deal |

2021

Berlin start-up Mambu becomes a unicorn

Founded: 2011

Investment Raised: EUR 110M €

EUR 1.7B+

Valuation

01.10.2020

Deal |

Cazoo attracts all-star lineup of leading investors

Founded: 2018

Investment Raised: USD 311M €

USD 2.5B+

Valuation

Investors: General Catalyst (https://www.generalcatalyst.com/) D1 Capital Partners (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/d1-capital-partners) Fidelity Management & Research Co (https://www.fidelity.com/) Blackrock.

05.05.2020

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N26 raises another USD 100M in Series D extension

Founded: 2013

Investment Raised: USD 100M €

USD 3.5B+

Valuation