This week, more than 70 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary transactions between December 9 – 13:
Investments:
2 Germany, 1 United Kingdom (UK), 1 Switzerland, 1 Finland, 1 Sweden, 1 France, 1 The Netherlands
Sectors Received Investments:
1 Artificial Intelligence
1 Financial Services & Banking
1 Industrial Automation
1 Advertising
1 Building Material
1 Payments
1 Data Center
1 Biomemory
News of the Week
🎯 GPU cloud platform Nscale raised $155 million.
Nscale, which develops sustainable AI-ready data centres, deploys massive-scale GPU infrastructure, and delivers AI cloud services, has raised $155 million in Series A funding round, led by Sandton Capital Partners. Kestrel, Bluesky Asset Management and Florence Capital also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Sandton Capital Partners, Kestrel, Bluesky Asset Management, Florence Capital
Co-founders: Joshua Payne
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Investment API Upvest raised €100 million.
Upvest, which enables businesses to offer end users access to fractional exchange-traded funds, stocks, mutual funds, and soon derivatives, has raised €100 million in Series C funding round from Hedosophia and Sapphire Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Hedosophia, Sapphire Ventures
Co-founders: Martin Kassing
Headquarters: Germany
🎯 Robotic inspection solutions provider ANYbotics raised $60 million.
ANYbotics, an AI-driven robotic inspection solutions provider, has raised $60 million. The investment round was led by Qualcomm Ventures and Supernova Invest, with participation from TDK Ventures, Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Swisscanto and Swisscom Ventures.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Supernova Invest, TDK Ventures, Walden Catalyst, NGP Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Swisscanto, Swisscom Ventures
Co-founders: Péter Fankhauser
Headquarters: Switzerland
🎯 B2B sales intelligence platform Dealfront raised €30 million.
Dealfront, a go-to-market platform that provides data, applications, and insights to sales and marketing teams, has raised €30 million from AshGrove Capital.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: AshGrove Capital
Co-founders: Bastian Karweg
Headquarters: Germany
🎯 Fiber-based acoustic tiles developer Aisti raised €29 million.
AISTI, which develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free, has raised €29 million in Series A funding round, led by Voima Ventures, Maki.vc and the Valve Ventures consortium, alongside private investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Voima Ventures, Maki.vc, Valve Ventures consortium, private investors
Co-founders: Mikko Paananen, Antti Fredrikson, Petri Jetsu
Headquarters: Finland
🎯 Corporate credit cards provider Mynt raised €22 million.
Mynt, a corporate credit cards and spend management software provider, has raised €22 million in Series B funding round. The investment round was led by Vor Capital, with participation from CNI, Incore Invest and other investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Vor Capital, CNI, Incore Invest, other investors
Co-founders: Baltsar Sahlin
Headquarters: Sweden
🎯 DNA data storage startup Biomemory raised $18 million.
Biomemory, a company acting at the intersection of biotechnology and information technology whose primary focus and main priority is the development of a DNA-based end-to-end storage bay as an appliance in data centers, has raised $18 million in Series A funding round from Crédit Mutuel Innovation, Prunay, Paris Business Angels, Next Sequence, Bpifrance, Blast.club and Adnexus.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Crédit Mutuel Innovation, Prunay, Paris Business Angels, Next Sequence, Bpifrance, Blast.club, Adnexus
Co-founders: Erfane Arwani
Headquarters: France
🎯 Smart building platform Next Sense raised €11.5 million.
Next Sense, a leading smart building platform SaaS solutions provider, has raised €11.5 million in Series A funding round, co-led by ABP and ETF Partners. Edge, SHAPE Capital and Timeless Investments also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: ABP, ETF Partners, Edge, SHAPE Capital, Timeless Investments
Co-founders: Ferdinand Grapperhaus
Headquarters: The Netherlands
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