Deals/Venture
Grocery delivery startup Flink closes USD 750m Series B round
German grocery delivery startup has comfortably exceeded unicorn status in just a year since inception
Kinnevik leads USD 500m round for JobAndTalent
Series E, which also features SoftBank Vision Fund 2, gives the company a USD 2.35bn valuation
VCs in USD 156m round for Quell Therapeutics
Series B for the Treg therapy developer was led by VCs including Jeito Capital and Ridgeback Capital
Tencent leads GBP 60m round for Ultraleap
Company develops haptics hardware technology, allowing touch-free interaction with devices
eEquity reaps 15x on sale of PriceRunner to Klarna
Deal values PriceRunner at more than SEK 9bn, allowing eEquity to exit in less than two years
Insight Partners leads USD 125m Series C for Moonfare
Moonfare exceeded EUR 1bn in assets under management in September
Softbank, Mubadala in USD 200m round for Tier
Series D adds to the record amounts deployed in VC and growth deals in the DACH region in 2021
Gorillas raises circa USD 1bn in Delivery Hero-led Series C
New funding comes just seven months after a Series B, with the company doubling in value
Third Point, Coatue lead USD 900m round for N26
Digital bank is now valued at more than USD 9bn, versus USD 3.5bn at the time of its previous round
French mega-rounds shoot up in 2021
France has already seen as many rounds of EUR 100m and above than in 2019 and 2020 combined, Unquote Data shows
Silver Lake et al. in USD 555m round for Mirakl
Mirakl's valuation has more than doubled since its USD 300m Series D a year ago
Sorare raises USD 680m Series B led by Softbank
Round follows a USD 50m Series A and gives Sorare a post-money valuation of USD 4.3bn
Lansdowne in USD 45m round for Raspberry Pi
Computer producer has a USD 500m pre-money valuation and plans to accelerate its product development
General Atlantic leads USD 150m Matillion round at USD 1.5bn valuation
Series E brings the total amount raised by the business to USD 310m
Accel leads USD 140m round for CommerceTools
Series C follows the company's USD 145m funding round in 2019, which was led by Insight Venture Partners
DocPlanner raises round valuing business at USD 1bn
Another undisclosed round is expected within the next year, sources say
Guidepost leads USD 150m round for Atheneum Partners
Existing investors including Crosslantic Capital have also backed the research platform
Highland, Brookfield lead USD 100m round for Plentific
Mubadala Investment Company and existing investors including Target Global have backed the round
VCs in USD 292m round for WorldRemit
Series E from Farallon, Leapfrog, TCV and Accel sees the firm rebrand as Zepz at a USD 5bn valuation
Valar Ventures leads USD 263m round for Bitpanda
Round brings the aggregate value of growth and VC deals in Austria in 2021 to more than EUR 1bn
Softbank leads USD 120m round for Adverity
Existing investor Sapphire Ventures is also backing the Austria-based marketing analytics software developer
L Catterton et al. in EUR 100m round for SellerX
SellerX has already raised amost EUR 250m in debt and equity in its 12 months since inception
General Atlantic leads EUR 100m Series C for Chrono24
Aglaé Ventures, Insight Partners and Sprints Capital also take part
Getir investors to cash in USD 100m with secondary sale
Stake being sold amounts to around 1.3% of Getir's total share capital