This week, more than 60 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds between December 16 – 20:
Investments:
1 Finland, 1 United Kingdom (UK), 1 Ireland, 1 Germany, 1 Denmark
Sectors Received Investments:
1 Aerospace
1 Financial Services
1 Financial Services
1 Aircraft
1 Biotechnology
News of the Week
🎯 Satellite provider ICEYE raised $65 million.
ICEYE, which provides Earth observation data through a large SAR satellite constellation, has raised $65 million in growth financing from Solidium Oy, BlackRock, Seraphim, Plio Limited and Christo Georgiev.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Solidium Oy, BlackRock, Seraphim, Plio Limited, Christo Georgiev
Co-founders: Pekka Laurila, Rafal Modrzewski
Headquarters: Finland
🎯 Payments infrastructure provider BVNK raised $50 million.
BVNK, which unifies banks and blockchains in a single platform, so innovators can launch new payments products quickly, has raised $50 million in Series B funding round from, led by Haun Ventures. Tiger Global Management, Scribble Ventures, DRW, Coinbase Ventures and Avenir also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Tiger Global Management, Scribble Ventures, Haun Ventures, DRW, Coinbase Ventures, Avenir
Co-founders: Donald Jackson, Jesse Hemson-Struthers
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Travel tech startup Nuitée raised $48 million.
Nuitée, travel tech infrastructure startup, has raised $48 million in Series A funding round from Accel.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Accel
Co-founders: Med Benmansour, Said Rkaibi, Olivier Dheur
Headquarters: Ireland
🎯 Aircraft manufacturer VÆRIDION raised €14 million.
Vaeridion, which develops electric microliners for zero-emission regional air travel, has raised €14 million from World Fund, Project A Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, Andreas Kupke, Schwarz Holding and InnovationQuarter.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: World Fund, Project A Ventures, Vsquared Ventures, Andreas Kupke, Schwarz Holding, InnovationQuarter
Co-founders: Ivor van Dartel, Dr. Sebastian Seemann
Headquarters: Germany
🎯 Biotechnology startup HERVolution Therapeutics raised $11.7 million.
Hervolution Therapeutics, which develops immunotherapies targeting tumors using Human Endogenous Retroviral proteins, has raised $11.7 million in Series A from Serum Institute of India, European Innovation Council and other investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Serum Institute of India, European Innovation Council, other investors
Co-founders: J. Robert Coleman
Headquarters: Denmark
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