This week, more than 65 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary transactions between August 6 – 12:
Investments:
5 Germany, 1 Portugal, 1 Netherlands, 1 Denmark
Secondary Transactions:
1 United Kingdom (UK), 1 Germany, 1 Netherlands
Sectors Received Investments:
3 Renewable Energy
1 Food Processing
1 Satellite Communication
1 Biotechnology
1 Artificial Intelligence
News of the Week
🎯 Energy startup NeXtWind raised funding.
Nextwind, which develops land-based wind farms, has raised $750 million from Sandbrook Capital, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and IMCO.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $750.000.000
Investors: Sandbrook Capital, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), IMCO
Co-founders: Lars B. Meyer, Werner Süss, Ewald Woste
Country: Germany
🎯 Renewable energy company REGA Energy raised funding.
Rega Energy, a renewable energy company that focuses on accelerating the advent of a sustainable industry with biomethane and green hydrogen, has raised €60 million from Swen Capital Partners.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: €60.000.000
Investors: Swen Capital Partners
Co-founders: –
Country: Portugal
🎯 Climate tech firm Kraftbock raised funding.
High temperature energy storage system Kraftbock, has raised €20 million in Series B funding round. The investment round was joined by Shell Ventures, Finindus, Moore Strategic Ventures, A&G Energy Transition Tech Fund, TechEnergy Ventures and Future Industry Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: €20.000.000
Investors: Shell Ventures, Finindus, Moore Strategic Ventures, A&G Enery Transition Tech Fund, TechEnergy Ventures, Future Industry Ventures
Co-founders: Martin Schichtel, Susanne Konig
Country: Germany
🎯 Lab-grown meat company Meatable raised funding.
Meatable, a food production company that produces guilt-free meat, has raised $35 million in Series B funding round. The investment round was led by Agronomics, with participation from Invest-NL, BlueYard, Bridford, MilkyWay, DSM Venturing and Taavet Hinrikus.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $35.000.000
Investors: Agronomics, Invest-NL, BlueYard, Bridford, MilkyWay, DSM Venturing, Taavet Hinrikus
Co-founders: Daan Luining, Krijn de Nood
Country: Netherlands
🎯 Launch service provider Rocket Factory Augsburg raised funding.
Rocket Factory Augsburg, a space technologies company that offers fast & flexible launch solutions for satellite constellations, has raised €30 million from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: €30.000.000
Investors: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Co-founders: Jörn Spurmann, Stefan Brieschenk
Country: Germany
🎯 Biotech company Bactolife raised funding.
Bactolife, which helps in developing innovative solutions meeting the global need for reducing antimicrobial resistance, has raised €30 million in Series A funding round, led by Athos. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Novo Holdings also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: €30.000.000
Investors: Athos, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Novo Holdings
Co-founders: Andreas Laustsen, David Kauffmann, Mads Laustsen, Per Falholt, Sandra Wingaard Thrane
Country: Denmark
🎯 Enterprise platform deepset raised funding.
Deepset, an enterprise platform for building applications with LLMs is showing companies, has raised $30 million in Series B funding round. The investment round was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from Harpoon, Google Ventures, System.One and Lunar Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: $30.000.000
Investors: Balderton Capital, Harpoon, Google Ventures, System.One, Lunar Ventures
Co-founders: Malte Pietsch, Milos Rusic, Timo Möller
Country: Germany
🎯 Battery storage systems developer Stabl Energy raised funding.
Stabl Energy, a developer of a technology that significantly improves battery storage systems, has raised €15 million. The investment round was joined by Nordic Alpha Partners, European Innovation Council (EIC), UVC Partners‘ Unternehmertum VC Fund III and Energie 360 Grad’s Smart Energy Innovation Fund.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investment Amount: €15.000.000
Investors: Nordic Alpha Partners, European Innovation Council (EIC), UVC Partners, Energie 360 Grad
Co-founders: Christoph Dietrich, Arthur Singer, Nam Truong
Country: Germany
🛒 LMS365 acquires Weekly10.
Learning platform LMS365 has acquired performance management platform Weekly10 in a €4.5 million deal.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: LMS365
Co-founders: Andrew Roberts
Country: United Kingdom (UK)
🛒 SHS Capital acquires majority stake in Essert.
Private equity firm SHS Capital has acquired a majority stake in product designing and manufacturing company Essert.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: SHS Capital
Co-founders: –
Country: Germany
🛒 Leia Inc. acquires Dimenco.
Nanotechnology company Leia has acquired display technology company Dimenco.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Leia
Co-founders: Bas Böggemann
Country: Netherlands
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