This week, more than 75 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary transactions between September 30 – October 4:
Investments:
3 United Kingdom (UK), 1 Spain, 1 France
Secondary Transactions:
1 Denmark, 1 Finland, 1 Belgium
Sectors Received Investments:
1 Data Visualization
1 Energy Efficiency
1 Biotechnology
1 Financial Services
1 Legal & SaaS
News of the Week
🎯 Robotics and data intelligence startup Dexory raised $80 million.
Dexory, which provides comprehensive real-time visibility across warehouses of any size through its autonomous mobile robots and AI, has raised $80 million in Series B funding round, led by DTCP. Latitude Ventures, Wave-X, Bootstrap Europe, Atomico, Lakestar, Capnamic and angel investors.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: DTCP, Latitude Ventures, Wave-X, Bootstrap Europe, Atomico, Lakestar, Capnamic, angel investors
Co-founders: Andrei Danescu, Adrian Negoita
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Cooling solutions provider Submer raised $55.5 million.
Submer, which provides technology enabling datacenters around the world to leverage immersion cooling for HPC, hyperscale, data centers, Edge, AI, DL, and blockchain applications, has raised $55.5 million in Series C funding round. The investment round was led by M&G Investments with participation from Mundi Ventures, Planet First Partners and Norrsken VC.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: M&G Investments, Mundi Ventures, Planet First Partners, Norrsken VC
Co-founders: Patrick Smets, Daniel Pope
Headquarters: Spain
🎯 Biotechnology startup Enara Bio raised $32.5 million.
Enara Bio, which develops cancer immunotherapies, has raised $32.5 million in Series B funding round, led by Pfizer Ventures and M Ventures. RA Capital, Samsara BioCapital, SV Health Investors and The Francis Crick Institute also participated in the investment round.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Pfizer Ventures, M Ventures, RA Capital, Samsara BioCapital, SV Health Investors, The Francis Crick Institute
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Data and analytics BMLL raised $21 million.
BMLL, a firm that specializes in data and analytics for global equity and futures markets, has raised $21 million from Optiver, FactSet, Nasdaq Ventures and IQ Capital’s Growth Fund and CTC Venture Capital.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Optiver, FactSet, Nasdaq Ventures and IQ Capital’s Growth Fund, CTC Venture Capital
Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)
🎯 Contract management platform Formality raised €8 million.
Formality, a platform that dedicated to intelligent contract management for clients and suppliers, has raised €8 million from Partech and Serena.
Transaction Type: Investment
Investors: Partech, Serena
Headquarters: France
🛒 Podimo acquires Podads.
Subscription-based podcasting and audiobook services provider Podimo has acquired podcast agency Podads.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Podimo
Co-founders: Anne-Kathrine Pommergaard
Headquarters: Denmark
🛒 Syklo acquires Elastopoli.
Circular economy company Syklo has acquired biocomposite company Elastopoli.
Transaction Type: Acquisition
Investors: Syklo
Headquarters: Finland
🛒 Quantios acquires Klea.
Wealth and corporate services SaaS solutions provider Quantios has acquired AI-powered legal entity management tool Klea.
Transaction Type: Acquisition Investors: Quantios
Headquarters: Belgium
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