Official Record/Expansion
Goldman Sachs, 83North et al. in USD 335m round for Exotec
France's New Unicorn, Exotec, reaches valuation of USD 2bn following investment round
Altimeter, Dragoneer et al. in USD 1bn round for Checkout.com
UK-based payments processor reaches a valuation of USD 40bn following the Series D
Sequoia, Fidelity in EUR 628m investment round for Bolt
Ride-hailing service reaches a valuation of EUR 7.4bn, up from EUR 4bn at its last funding round in August 2021
Tiger Global, TCV et al. in EUR 486m Series D for Qonto
Tiger Global and TCV led a Series D round alongside eight new investors
Softbank leads USD 150m round for Gousto
Meal delivery startup receives USD 100m from Softbank and is now valued at USD 1.7bn
General Atlantic leads EUR 254m round for PayFit
HR and payroll software developer is valued at EUR 1.82bn; its existing backers include Eurazeo and Accel
Nordic Capital exits Vizrt; reinvests via secondary vehicle
Vizrt's revenues doubled during Nordic Capital's six-year tenure, driven partly by the 2019 acquisition of US peer NewTek
HungryPanda raises USD 130m in Series D round
London-headquartered company has now raised USD 220m over the last three years
Atomico et al. in USD 200m Series D for Infarm
Vcs raised USD 200m in Series D for Infarm at a valuation of over USD 1bn
PE-backed Ardonagh secures further investment at USD 7.5bn valuation
US private equity houses HPS and MDP merged five insurance firms to form Ardonagh in 2017
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
VCs support USD 475m first close of Monzo's latest round
Bank is expected to raise more than USD 500m on the round's second close at a USD 4.5bn valuation
Inflexion invests in WithWise
GP takes a minority stake in the UK-based staff management platform for logistics delivery firms
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
Motorway raises USD 190m in Series C
Index Ventures and Iconic Growth have co-led a USD 190m funding round for Motorway, valuing the UK-based used car sales platform at more than USD 1bn.
Tencent leads GBP 60m round for Ultraleap
Company develops haptics hardware technology, allowing touch-free interaction with devices
Insight Partners leads USD 125m Series C for Moonfare
Moonfare exceeded EUR 1bn in assets under management in September
Partners Group secures minority stake in Breitling
CVC agreed to acquire an 80% stake in the then-family-owned Swiss watchmaker in early 2017
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
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
TA Associates takes minority stake in Foncia
TA secures a 25% stake, while Partners Group remains the controlling shareholder
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