Venture
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
Karma Ventures gears up for second fund
Estonia-based VC held a final close on EUR 70m for its inaugural fund in 2018
Getir investors to cash in USD 100m with secondary sale
Stake being sold amounts to around 1.3% of Getir's total share capital
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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
Panakès Partners holds EUR 150m first close for second fund
Vehicle's target has been extended to EUR 180m and the fund will focus on medtech and biotech deals
Speedinvest holds EUR 60m close for Speedinvest x Fund 2
Fund will back B2B and B2C marketplaces, as well as subscription and circular economy startups
Revolut raises USD 800m Series E at USD 33bn valuation
Company becomes the second most valuable fintech in Europe, behind Sweden's Klarna
Project A opens first international office in London
Principals Sam Cash and Jack Wang, plus associate Luc de Leyritz, will head the new office
Eka Ventures closes early-stage impact fund on GBP 68m
Founding partners have experience backing companies including Gousto, Bloom & Wild, Peak and Elder
DN Capital holds final close for fifth fund on €300m
Vehicle surpassed its тЌ200m target and is тЌ100m larger than the firm's fourth fund
Novalis Biotech closes second fund on €25m
Fund aims to back around 20 companies in total, with four investments already inked
Bain Capital, Thrive lead €126m round for Pleo
Company was founded six years ago and has since raised nearly тЌ200m over three funding rounds
Fortino Capital eyes new fund launch for late 2021
Firm will look to mandate a placement agent prior to launching the growth fund
SoftBank leads $600m series-D for CMR Surgical
Series-D values the business at around $3bn, according to an FT report
Sparkmind closes first Edtech fund on €55m
Vehicle will back up to 25 companies with up to тЌ5m in stages ranging from seed to series-B rounds
High-Tech Gründerfonds to launch fourth seed fund
Fund expects to launch its official fundraising process in September 2021, subject to BaFin approval
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