This week, more than 70 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary transactions between February 26 – March 1:
Investments:
3 France, 2 United Kingdom (UK), 1 Germany, 1 Spain
Secondary Transactions:
1 Denmark, 1 Italy
Sectors Received Investments:
1 Aerospace & Marine Technology
1 Photo Editing & AI
1 Biotechnology
1 Apps
1 Software
1 Financial Services
News of the Week
🎯 Maritime surveillance provider Unseenlabs raised €85 million.
Unseenlabs, which offers maritime surveillance via space-based RF detection, tracking ships worldwide by electromagnetic signatures, has raised €85 million in Series C funding round. The investment round was led by Supernova Invest, ISALT and UNEXO, with participation from 360 Capital, OMNES, Breizh Up, S2G Ventures and Bpifrance.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Supernova Invest, ISALT, UNEXO, 360 Capital, OMNES, Breizh Up, S2G Ventures, Bpifrance
Co-founders: Clement Galic, Jonathan Galic
Headquarters: France
🎯 Image capturing app Photoroom raised $43 million.
PhotoRoom, an ai-enabled image capturing app that lets users create studio-quality product pictures in seconds, has raised $43 million in Series B funding round, led by Balderton Capital. Aglaé and Y Combinator.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Balderton Capita, Aglaé, YCombinator
Co-founders: Eliot Andres, Matthieu Rouif
Headquarters: France
🎯 Screening platform Curve Therapeutics raised £40.5 million.
Therapeutics, a biotechnology company that provides an intracellular screening platform to enable the discovery of innovative therapeutics, has raised £40.5 million in Series A funding round. The investment round was led by Pfizer Ventures, with participation from Columbus Venture Partners, British Patient Capital, Epidarex Capital and Advent Life Sciences.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Pfizer Ventures, Columbus Venture Partners, British Patient Capital, Epidarex Capital, Advent Life Sciences
Co-founders: –
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Photo-sharing app Lapse raised $30 million.
Lapse, a friends-focused photo-sharing app, has raised $30 million in Series A funding, led Greylock and DST Global Partners. Google Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Speedinvest, Naveen Gavini, Soleio Cuervo, Nima Khajehnouri and Praveen Murugesa.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Greylock, DST Global Partners, Google Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Speedinvest, Naveen Gavini, Soleio Cuervo, Nima Khajehnouri, Praveen Murugesa
Co-founders: Ben Silvertown, Dan Silvertown
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 No-code platform Heyflow raised $16 million.
Heyflow, which combines workflows, web pages, integrations, analytics, and optimisation in a unified, comprehensive, no-code platform, has raised $16 million in Series A funding round from Singular.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Singular
Co-founders: Amir Bohnenkamp, Dustin Jaacks
Headquarters: Germany
🎯 Corporate treasury management solution Embat raised $16 million.
Embat, which automates treasury with AI for accounting, payments, and cash forecasting, has raised $16 million in Series A funding round. The investment round was led by Trade Republic, Klarna, iZettle, Pleo and Creandum, with participation from Samaipata, 4Founders, Venture Friends and Martin Blessing.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Trade Republic, Klarna, iZettle, Pleo, Creandum, Samaipata, 4Founders, Venture Friends, Martin Blessing.
Co-founders: Antonio Berga, Carlos Serrano
Headquarters: Spain
🎯 Threat intelligence platform Filigran raised €15 million.
Filigran, which provides enterprises with a threat intelligence platform to prioritise alerts, investigate threats and optimise their existing cybersecurity stack, has raised €15 million in Series A funding round, led by Accel. Moonfire Ventures and Motier Ventures also participated in the investment round.
Investors: Accel, Moonfire Ventures, Motier Ventures
Co-founders: Samuel Hassine, Julien Richard
Headquarters: France
🛒 CycleØ acquires Biogasclean.
Biomethane platform CycleØ has acquired biological methanation and desulphurisation systems supplier Biogasclean.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: CycleØ
Co-founders: –
Headquarters: Denmark
🛒 Exelab acquires The Client Group.
System Integrator Enterprise of HubSpot Exelab has acquired consulting firm The Client Group.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Exelab
Co-founders: –
Headquarters: Italy
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