Deals/Venture
Bolt closes EUR 600m funding round
Investors include Sequoia, Tekne, Ghisallo, G Squared, D1 Capital and Naya
Tiger Global leads USD 175m round for Contentful
Berlin-headquartered mobile application and digital content developer is valued at USD 3bn
Belgian unicorn Odoo raises USD 215m from Summit
Sofinnova Partners sells shares, with the latest valuation being a 149x jump on its 2010 investment
Mega-rounds fuel record H1 for venture and growth
Largest rounds inked in the first six months of 2021 read like a veritable Who's Who of European fintech heavyweights
Revolut raises USD 800m Series E at USD 33bn valuation
Company becomes the second most valuable fintech in Europe, behind Sweden's Klarna
Bain Capital, Thrive lead €126m round for Pleo
Company was founded six years ago and has since raised nearly €200m over three funding rounds
SoftBank leads $600m series-D for CMR Surgical
Series-D values the business at around $3bn, according to an FT report
Patient Square leads $145m round for Apollo Therapeutics
Biotech company will use the funding to advance its lead therapeutic programmes into clinical development
OTPP's Innovation Platform leads $138m round for Beamery
UK-based recruitment software platform Beamery has raised a $138m funding round led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) via its Teachers' Innovation Platform (TIP).
Blue Cloud Ventures leads €50m round for Templafy
Insight Partners, Dawn Capital, Seed Capital and Damgaard Company also take part in the round
Point72 Ventures leads €20m round for Curb
Food startup was founded in 2020 and will use the funding to invest in technology and its expansion in Stockholm
AP Funds, Omers et al. in $2.75bn round for Northvolt
Battery maker has now raised more than $6.5bn in equity and debt, and will use the funding to expand its production capacity
VC-backed Wallbox goes public through $1.5bn SPAC merger
Transaction will result in proceeds of around $330m and will be completed in the third quarter of 2021
10T Holdings leads $380m round for Ledger
Another 27 investors take part in the funding round, which gives the company unicorn status
EQT Ventures backs Lenus with €50m series-A funding
Round is the largest series-A round ever secured by a startup in Denmark, according to EQT Ventures
Tencent leads $180m round for Scalable Capital
Existing investors BlackRock, HV Capital and Tengelmann also back the asset management firm
Great Hill invests $55m in software company Eloomi
GP reportedly acquired a third of the company in a deal that valued Eloomi at more than DKK 1bn
VCs in $240m round for Flink
Series-A round for the grocery delivery startup comes shortly after its foundation in December 2020
Canyon et al. in $650m series-G for FlixMobility
Latest round, which comprises both equity and debt, values the company at more than £3bn
EQT Growth leads $350m series-D for pet insurer Bought By Many
Latest round values the company at over $2bn, as it hopes to further penetrate the US market
Target Global leads $650m round for Wefox
Round is the largest ever raised in the European insurtech sector, according to Unquote Data
SoftBank leads $500m series-E round for Contentsquare
Latest funding brings Contentsquare's total funding to date to $810m and values it at $2.8bn
Sequoia leads €700m series-C round for Trade Republic
Funding brings the total amount Trade Republic has raised to €772m
Novo, HBM lead CHF 100m round for Numab
New investors in the round include Forbion, which is participating via its Growth Opportunities fund
