This week, more than 75 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary transactions between January 29 – February 2:
Investments:
2 France, 2 Switzerland, 2 United Kingdom (UK), 1 Italy, 1 Germany
Sectors Received Investments:
1 B2B & Finance
1 Pharmaceutical
1 Biotechnology & AI
1 Hardware & Internet
1 Environmental Consulting & Insurance
1 Clean Energy
1 Renewable Energy & Solar
1 Software
News of the Week
🎯 B2B payment solution provider Kriya raised £50 million.
Kriya, which offers B2B payment solutions and credit services, including trade credit, invoice finance, and authentication for businesses, has raised £50 million from Viola Group.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Viola Group
Co-founders: Anil Stocker
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Pharmatech company Aqemia raised €30 million.
Aqemia, a pharmatech company generating a drug discovery pipeline, has raised €30 million in Series A funding round. The investment round was led by Wendel Growth, with participation from Bpifrance Large Venture, Eurazeo and Elaia.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Wendel Growth, Bpifrance Large Venture, Eurazeo, Elaia
Co-founders: Emmanuelle Rolland-Martiano, Maximilien Levesque
Headquarters: France
🎯 Personalized health monitoring startup Spiden raised $15 million.
Spiden, which specializes in non-invasive biomarker monitoring technology, has raised $15 million additional funding from undisclosed existing investors, board members and new investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: –
Co-founders: Leo Grünstein
Headquarters: Switzerland
🎯 Electromagnetic wave control technology company Greenerwave raised €15 million.
Greenerwave, which developed a breakthrough technology using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) and algorithms to direct signal-carrying waves more effectively in real-time, has raised €15 million from Defence Innovation Fund, Safran Corporate Ventures, BNP Paribas Développement, Intelsat, Bpifrance and Plastic Omnium.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Defence Innovation Fund, Safran Corporate Ventures, BNP Paribas Développement, Intelsat, Bpifrance, Plastic Omnium
Co-founders: Geoffroy Lerosey, Mathias Fink, Timothee Laurent
Headquarters: France
🎯 Carbon credit insurance company CarbonPool raised $12 million.
CarbonPool, which provides credit insurance with claims payments made in-kind, ensuring companies can guarantee the carbon credits that they buy actually materialize, has raised $12 million. The investment round was co-led by The funding round was co-led by Heartcore Capital and Vorwerk Ventures, with participation from HCS Capital, Revent Ventures, Axel Theis and Christof Mascher.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Heartcore Capital, Vorwerk Ventures, HCS Capital, Revent Ventures, Axel Theis, Christof Mascher
Co-founders: Coenraad Vrolijk, Nandini Wilcke, Frederic Olbert
Headquarters: Switzerland
🎯 Energy transition and decarbonization technology company Tau Group raised €11 million.
Tau Group, a technology company that works for the energy transition, decarbonization of energy and electrification of transport, has raised €11 million in Series B extension round, led by CDP Venture Capital and Santander Alternative Investments.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: CDP Venture Capital, Santander Alternative Investments
Co-founders: Francesco Taiariol
Headquarters: Italy
🎯 Renewable energy supplier HDM Solar raised £10.2 million.
HDM Solar, a wholesaler and a supplier of renewable energy products to the trade and public, has raised £10.2 million. The investment round was led by Angel Invest, with participation from DF Capital.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Angel Invest, DF Capital
Co-founders: Daniel Rogers
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Carbon project development software BlueLayer raised $10 million.
BlueLayer, which focuses on building software stacks for project developers producing carbon credits, has raised $10 million cross Seed and pre-Seed funding rounds from Point Nine.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Point Nine
Co-founders: Vivian Bertseka, Gerardo Bonilla
Headquarters: Germany
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