This week, more than 65 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds between January 27 – 31:
Investments:
1 Spain, 3 France, 1 Switzerland, 1 Germany
Sectors Received Investments:
1 Travel Tech
1 Quantum Computing
1 Banking
1 Hospitality
1 Environmental Consulting
1 Green Tech
News of the Week
🎯 Travel platform TravelPerk raised $200 million.
TravelPerk, a SaaS providing business travel and expense management services for travelers, has raised $200 million in Series E funding round, led by Atomico. EQT Growth, Noteus Partners, Kinnevik and General Catalyst also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Atomico, EQT Growth, Noteus Partners, Kinnevik, General Catalyst
Co-founders: Avi Meir, Ron Levin
Headquarters: Spain
🎯 Quantum computing startup Alice & Bob raised €100 million.
Alice & Bob, a quantum computing startup, has raised €100 million in Series B funding round. The investment round was led by Future French Champions, with participation from AXA Venture Partners and Bpifrance.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Future French Champions, AXA Venture Partners, Bpifrance
Co-founders: Théau Péronnin
Headquarters: France
🎯 Embedded finance platform Swan raised €42 million.
Swan, a banking-as-a-service platform that offers the easiest way for companies to embed accounts, cards and payments into their own product, has raised €42 million in Series B funding round, led by Eight Roads Ventures. Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Hexa and Bpifrance also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Eight Roads Ventures, Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Hexa, Bpifrance
Co-founders: Mathieu Breton, Nicolas Benady
Headquarters: France
🎯 Event tech startup Naboo raised €20 million.
Naboo, which specialises in simplifying corporate events planning, has raised €20 million in Series A funding round from Notion Capital.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Notion Capital
Co-founders: Maxime Eduardo
Headquarters: France
🎯 Novel technology developer Oxyle raised $15.7 million.
Oxyle, a novel technology developer that degrades hazardous micropollutants from wastewater, such as pesticides, chemicals etc., has raised $15.7 million from 360 Capital, Axeleo Capital, Founderful and SOSV.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: 360 Capital, Axeleo Capital, Founderful, SOSV
Co-founders: Dr. Fajer Mushtaq
Headquarters: Switzerland
🎯 Greentech startup OCELL raised €10 million.
OCELL, which innovates in forestry software and analytics, enabling forest enterprises to manage their forests more sustainably and efficiently, has raised €10 million in Series A funding round from Capnamic, Bayern Kapital, AENU and Summiteer.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Capnamic, Bayern Kapital, AENU, Summiteer
Co-founders: Christian Decher, David Dohmen, Felix Horvat
Headquarters: Germany
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