Deals/Venture
Gyroscope Therapeutics raises $148m in Forbion-led series C
Series-C round for the gene therapy company is led by Forbion’s Growth Opportunities Fund
VCs in $170m round for trading platform Bitpanda
According to Unquote Data, the round is the largest ever recorded for an Austrian company
OpenOcean and Spintop lead €3.6m series-A for Cambri
Lynda Clarizio, former president of Nielsen US Media, joins the board of directors
ByFounders leads $4.6m seed round for Proper
Other investors include PreSeed Ventures, Prehype, Vaekstfonden and Bjarke Ingels
Owl Ventures, Full in Partners lead $35m round for Preply
Round includes participation from Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, EduCapital, Diligent Capital, Evli Growth Partners and All Iron Ventures
Claris Ventures leads £15.2m series-B for NeoPhore
2Invest, 3B Future Health Fund, Astellas Venture Management and CRT Pioneer Fund also take part in the round
Goldman Sachs, Kennet sell Nuxeo to Hyland Software
Goldman Sachs and Kennet Partners are expected to make a 5x return on their investment in Nuxeo
BlackRock joins $100m series-C funding for Exscientia
Company plans to use the financing to expand its portfolio of drugs and grow its artificial intelligence capabilities
Consortium in $400m series-C for Hopin
Virtual event software was valued at $2.1bn at the time of its $125m round in November 2020
Korelya leads €157m round for Wallapop at €690m valuation
Previous backers Accel, Insight Partners, 14W, GP Bullhound and Northzone take part in the funding round
VCs in €200m round for Volocopter
New investors in the urban air mobility company include BlackRock and Avala Capital
Tiger Global et al. in €178m round for Vestiaire Collective
Previous backers Eurazeo, BPI France and Vitruvian Partners also take part in the investment
Global PayTech Ventures invests €4m in Subaio
Deal is Global PayTech’s first investment and will help Subaio expand into new European markets
Platinum-backed Cision buys Brandwatch for $450m
Brandwatch raised around $65m over three funding rounds from VCs including Partech and Nauta
Hiro Capital invests $15m in three gaming studios
Funding will help the studios expand their development pipelines and accelerate global growth
P101 invests €6m in series-B for Bipi Mobility
P101 deploys capital from its Programma 102 and Italia 500 vehicles for the deal
ND Group leads financing round for EGo Mobile
ND Group acquired the electric vehicle producer in August 2020 after its self-administration process
Left Lane Capital leads €8.2m series A for Memmo.me
Swedish platform allows users to request personalised video messages from celebrities
VCs in CHF 15m round for Carvolution
Entrepreneur Franvisco Fernandez, the founder of banking platform Avaloq, leads the round
Insight Partners leads $96m series-B for Copado
Lead Edge Capital, Isai Cap Venture and Perpetual Investors also take part in the investment
Downing leads $10m StorageOS series-B
StorageOS intends to invest further in its go-to-market strategy and scale its sales
Atomico leads $11m series-A for Katana
Company intends to use the fresh capital to scale up its team, further develop its product and boost its expansion
Moore Strategic Ventures, Rovida et al. in $120m round for Blockchain.com
Company has raised $190m since being founded in 2011
Oxx leads $21m series-B for Peak
Funding round was oversubscribed and saw participation from MMC Ventures and Praetura Ventures