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Fundraises - European startups

A running record of who raised what across Europe: the company, the backers, the founders, and a link to the original report. Newest first.

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  • Festina Finance

    €25M · Growth

    Copenhagen, Denmark · Jun 19, 2026

    Cloud-native modular platform for pensions, life insurance and financial planning, valued at around €200 million after its growth round.

    Backers

    Birchway Capital

    Founders

    Morten Schantz

    Festina Finance Raised €25 Million Selling Pension Software Nobody Notices
  • SOMAREALITY

    €3M · Series A

    Vienna, Austria · Jun 19, 2026

    Eye-tracking software that reads cognitive load, attention and fatigue in real time, moving from B2B into wearables.

    Backers

    Catalyst Romania, MT-Lab, RDY Ventures, Moondust Ventures, Gateway Ventures

    Founders

    Adrian Brodesser, Michel Varilek

    SOMAREALITY Raised €3 Million to Read Your Mind Through Your Eyes
  • eMabler

    €5.5M · Series A

    Helsinki, Finland · Jun 19, 2026

    API-first EV charging software that embeds charging into retailers', utilities' and parking operators' own apps.

    Backers

    Greencode Ventures, Swiss Post Ventures, Rethink Ventures, Helkama Kiinteistöt

    Founders

    Juha Stenberg

    eMabler Raised €5.5 Million to Kill the EV Charging App
  • Cargofy

    €9.6M · Series A

    Kyiv, Ukraine · Jun 18, 2026

    AI “digital workers” that automate freight dispatch and back-office logistics operations.

    Backers

    u.ventures, Toloka, Movens Capital, Des Traynor

    Founders

    Stakh Vozniak, Alex Kovalchuk, Dimitri Alexiou

    Cargofy Wants to Sell You Employees, Not Software
  • Comand AI

    €32M · Series A

    Paris, France · Jun 18, 2026

    Command-and-control software (Prevail) that turns battlefield data into decisions for military units.

    Backers

    Blossom Capital, Saab, Expeditions

    Founders

    Loïc Mougeolle

    The Most Contested Ground in Defense Tech Is a Laptop
  • NeuralTrust

    €17.2M · Seed

    Barcelona, Spain · Jun 17, 2026

    Platform to secure and govern enterprise AI agents, said to be the largest EU cybersecurity seed to date.

    Backers

    Alstin Capital, VentureFriends, Seaya, Kibo Ventures, Banc Sabadell

    Founders

    Joan Vendrell, Victor Garcia, Alejandro Domingo

    Everyone Is Deploying AI Agents. NeuralTrust Sells the Off Switch.
  • THEKER

    $85M · Series A

    Barcelona, Spain · Jun 11, 2026

    AI-native generalist robots built for live industrial production lines, in Europe's largest-ever robotics Series A.

    Backers

    CRV, Samsung, LVMH, Cathay Innovation, 20VC, Korelya Capital, Inditex, Kfund, Kibo Ventures

    Founders

    Carla Gómez Cano, Jiaqiang Ye Zhu

  • GR3N

    €15.5M · Series B

    Lugano, Switzerland · Jun 5, 2026

    Microwave-assisted chemical recycling that breaks down all types of PET plastic and polyester waste.

    Backers

    360 Capital, VP Textile

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    GR3N Can Recycle the Plastic Everyone Else Gives Up On
  • Fonoa

    €94.4M · Series C

    Dublin, Ireland · May 29, 2026

    AI tax operating system for global businesses; acquired PwC’s Indirect Tax Edge platform in the same deal.

    Backers

    Headline, Eurazeo, Forestay Capital, Index Ventures, OMERS, Coatue, Dawn Capital

    Founders

    Davor Tremac, Filip Sturman, Ivan Ivankovic

    Fonoa Raised €94 Million and Spent Some of It Buying a Tax Business From PwC
  • Lucis

    $20M · Series A

    Paris, France · May 26, 2026

    AI-driven preventive health platform built on 110+ blood biomarkers and physician-reviewed insights.

    Backers

    Singular, General Catalyst, Y Combinator

    Founders

    Maxime Berthelot, Baptiste Debever

    Lucis Raised $20M to Find What Your Doctor Isn't Looking For
  • Pivot

    $40M · Series B

    Paris, France · May 21, 2026

    AI-native operating system for enterprise procurement.

    Backers

    Emblem, Notion Capital, Visionaries Club, Forestay Capital, Cocoa

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Pivot Is Trying to Make Buying Things at Work Less Miserable
  • Viktor

    €64.7M · Series A

    Warsaw / Munich, Poland · May 20, 2026

    An AI “coworker” that lives in Slack and Teams and completes work end-to-end; $15M run rate in ten weeks.

    Backers

    Accel, Bek Ventures, Kaya VC, Inovo VC, Tenacity Capital

    Founders

    Fryderyk Wiatrowski, Peter Albert

    Viktor Hit a $15 Million Run Rate in Ten Weeks. Then the Cap Table Got Silly.
  • eleQtron

    €57M · Series A

    Siegen, Germany · May 15, 2026

    Trapped-ion quantum computing hardware, scaling toward industrial deployment.

    Backers

    Earlybird Venture Capital, NRW.BANK, European Innovation Council Fund

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    eleQtron Raised €57M to Build Quantum Computers in Siegen
  • Cytospire Therapeutics

    £61M · Series A

    Altrincham, United Kingdom · May 14, 2026

    Immuno-oncology developing pan-gamma delta T cell engager antibodies for cancer.

    Backers

    British Business Bank, Modi Ventures, Abingworth, 4BIO Capital, Sound Bioventures

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Cytospire Raised £61M to Aim a Strange Kind of Immune Cell at Cancer
  • Eyeo

    €40M · Series A

    Eindhoven, Netherlands · May 13, 2026

    Nanophotonic imaging sensors for next-generation cameras and OEM partners.

    Backers

    Innovation Industries, HTGF, Invest-NL, imec.xpand, Qbic Fund

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Eyeo Raised €40M to Rebuild the Camera Sensor From the Light Up
  • Mantle8

    €31M · Series A

    Sassenage, France · May 12, 2026

    Exploration technology hunting for commercially viable natural (geologic) hydrogen reservoirs.

    Backers

    Bpifrance, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, IP Group, Sandwater

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Mantle8 Is Drilling for Hydrogen That's Already in the Ground
  • Geordie AI

    $30M · Series A

    London, United Kingdom · May 11, 2026

    Platform for securing and governing autonomous enterprise AI agents at scale.

    Backers

    Balderton Capital, General Catalyst, Ten Eleven Ventures, Crosspoint Capital

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Geordie AI Raised $30M to Police the Robots, From London
  • Lithosquare

    $25M · Seed

    Paris, France · May 8, 2026

    Combines AI with geological expertise to accelerate critical-mineral discovery.

    Backers

    Daphni, Kindred Capital, Omnes Capital, World Fund, OVNI Capital

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Lithosquare Raised $25M to Find the Metals the Energy Transition Needs
  • Prelude

    $20M · Series A

    Paris, France · May 7, 2026

    SMS verification and trust infrastructure with ML-based fraud detection.

    Backers

    Singular, Deel, Seedcamp

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Prelude Raised $20M to Fix the Text Message That Logs You In
  • Wonderful

    €129.8M · Series B

    Amsterdam, Netherlands · Mar 12, 2026

    Enterprise AI agent platform with locally embedded deployment teams, valued at €1.7 billion after its Series B.

    Backers

    Insight Partners, Index Ventures, IVP, Bessemer Venture Partners, Vine Ventures

    Founders

    Bar Winkler, Roey Lalazar

  • AMI Labs

    $1.03B · Seed

    Paris, France · Mar 10, 2026

    Yann LeCun's world-model startup, building an alternative to large language models, in Europe's largest-ever seed round.

    Backers

    Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, Bezos Expeditions, NVIDIA, Samsung

    Founders

    Yann LeCun, Alexandre LeBrun

  • Nscale

    $2B · Series C

    London, United Kingdom · Mar 9, 2026

    Vertically integrated AI-infrastructure hyperscaler, GPU compute to orchestration, in the largest funding round in European history at a $14.6B valuation.

    Backers

    Aker ASA, 8090 Industries, NVIDIA, Dell, Nokia, Citadel, Jane Street, Lenovo, Point72, Astra Capital Management

    Founders

    Josh Payne

  • Wayve

    €1B · Series D

    London, United Kingdom · Feb 25, 2026

    Embodied-AI autonomous driving platform licensed to automakers, valued at €7.2 billion after its Series D.

    Backers

    Eclipse Ventures, Balderton Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Baillie Gifford, British Business Bank, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Uber

    Founders

    Alex Kendall

  • terralayr

    €112M · Series A

    Zug, Switzerland · Jan 29, 2026

    Grid-scale battery storage with a flexibility-as-a-service platform, scaling its assets across Germany.

    Backers

    Norrsken VC, Creandum, Picus Capital, ABN AMRO Bank, Eurazeo

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Nomagic

    €8.3M · Series B ext.

    Warsaw, Poland · Jan 28, 2026

    General-purpose Physical AI for warehouse robotics and logistics automation.

    Backers

    Cogito Capital Partners

    Founders

    Kacper Nowicki

    Nomagic Raised €8.3M More to Take Warehouse Robots to America
  • Swap

    €84.6M · Series C

    London, United Kingdom · Jan 27, 2026

    E-commerce operating system that unifies commerce, shipping, and returns for online brands.

    Backers

    QED Investors, ICONIQ Capital, BNVT Capital, Cherry Ventures, Portfolio Ventures

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Synthesia

    $200M · Series E

    London, United Kingdom · Jan 26, 2026

    AI avatar video platform for corporate training; valuation doubled to $4 billion.

    Backers

    GV, Kleiner Perkins, Accel, NEA, NVentures, PSP Growth

    Founders

    Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild

    Synthesia Is Worth $4 Billion, and Its Employees Actually Get to Feel It
  • Aikido Security

    €51M · Series B

    Ghent, Belgium · Jan 22, 2026

    Developer-first platform securing code, cloud, and runtime while streamlining vulnerability management.

    Backers

    Inovia Capital, PSG Equity, Singular, QuantumLight, Notion Capital

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Preply

    $150M · Series D

    Barcelona, Spain · Jan 21, 2026

    Online language-learning marketplace; round valued the company at $1.2 billion.

    Backers

    WestCap, Índico Capital Partners

    Founders

    Kirill Bigai

    Preply Became a Unicorn by Betting Against Full Automation
  • Cloover

    $1.22B · Series A + debt

    Berlin, Germany · Jan 21, 2026

    AI operating system for decentralized residential energy; $22M equity plus a $1.2B debt facility.

    Backers

    MMC Ventures, QED Investors, Lowercarbon Capital, Bosch Ventures

    Founders

    Jodok Betschart

    Cloover Raised $22M in Equity and $1.2 Billion in Debt
  • Orbem

    €55.5M · Series B

    Munich, Germany · Jan 20, 2026

    AI-powered MRI that analyzes biological materials non-invasively, from egg sexing to produce quality.

    Backers

    Innovation Industries, Supernova Invest, General Catalyst, 83North

    Founders

    Not disclosed

    Orbem Put an MRI Machine to Work Sexing Eggs
  • Tenpoint Therapeutics

    €71.9M · Series B

    Camborne, United Kingdom · Jan 19, 2026

    Eye-disease biotech preparing the commercial launch of YUVEZZI, its first presbyopia treatment.

    Backers

    British Business Bank, Hillhouse Investment, EQT Life Sciences, EQT, Janus Henderson Investors

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Harmattan AI

    $200M · Series B

    Paris, France · Jan 12, 2026

    Autonomous defense drones and mission systems; France’s first defense unicorn at a $1.4B valuation.

    Backers

    Dassault Aviation, Motier Ventures, FirstMark, Atlantic

    Founders

    Mouad M’Ghari, Martin de Gourcuff

    France Built a Defense Unicorn in 20 Months. Then Dassault Bought In.
  • Nscale

    $700M · Strategic Investment

    London, United Kingdom · Sep 15, 2025

    AI-infrastructure specialist pairing data-centre capacity with software for hyperscale GPU deployments.

    Backers

    NVIDIA

    Founders

    Josh Payne

  • Mistral AI

    €1.7B · Series C

    Paris, France · Sep 9, 2025

    Europe's largest-ever AI round: a €1.7B Series C led by chip-equipment giant ASML, valuing the Paris LLM lab at €11.7B post-money.

    Backers

    ASML, DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Bpifrance, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, NVIDIA

    Founders

    Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, Timothée Lacroix

    Arthur Mensch Could Have Built Mistral Anywhere. He Built It in Paris on Purpose.
  • Lovable

    $200M · Series A

    Stockholm, Sweden · Jul 17, 2025

    AI app builder that turns natural-language prompts into working software, one of Europe's fastest-growing startups.

    Backers

    Accel, 20VC, Creandum, byFounders

    Founders

    Anton Osika, Fabian Hedin

  • Helsing

    €600M · Series D

    Munich, Germany · Jun 17, 2025

    Series D for the defence-AI leader, valued near €12 billion as Europe rearms.

    Backers

    Prima Materia, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Saab

    Founders

    Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler

  • Quantum Systems

    €160M · Series C

    Munich, Germany · May 13, 2025

    Dual-use reconnaissance drones for defence and civil operators, a German defence unicorn.

    Backers

    Balderton Capital, HV Capital, Porsche SE

    Founders

    Florian Seibel

  • NEoT

    €350M · Growth Equity

    Paris, France · May 1, 2025

    Investment platform financing low-carbon mobility fleets and charging infrastructure as a service.

    Backers

    Alba Infra Partners, Mirova, Banque des Territoires

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Isomorphic Labs

    $600M · Growth

    London, United Kingdom · Mar 31, 2025

    DeepMind-spun AI drug discovery company, raising its first external capital.

    Backers

    Thrive Capital, GV, Alphabet

    Founders

    Demis Hassabis

  • ElevenLabs

    $180M · Series C

    London, United Kingdom · Jan 30, 2025

    AI voice and audio generation platform for dubbing, narration, and conversational agents.

    Backers

    Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth, NEA, Sequoia Capital, Salesforce Ventures

    Founders

    Mati Staniszewski, Piotr Dabkowski

  • Neko Health

    $260M · Series B

    Stockholm, Sweden · Jan 21, 2025

    Preventive health scanning clinics combining full-body sensors with AI analysis.

    Backers

    Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Atomico, Lakestar

    Founders

    Hjalmar Nilsonne, Daniel Ek

  • Synthesia

    $180M · Series D

    London, United Kingdom · Jan 9, 2025

    AI avatar video platform for corporate training and communications.

    Backers

    NEA, Atlassian Ventures, WiL, GV

    Founders

    Victor Riparbelli, Steffen Tjerrild

  • Nebius

    $700M · Private Placement

    Amsterdam, Netherlands · Dec 2, 2024

    AI-cloud infrastructure provider running GPU clusters for intensive AI workloads.

    Backers

    NVIDIA, Accel, Orbis Investments

    Founders

    Arkady Volozh

  • Oura

    $200M · Series D

    Oulu, Finland · Dec 1, 2024

    Smart-ring maker tracking sleep, recovery, and metabolic health.

    Backers

    Fidelity Management and Research, Dexcom

    Founders

    Petteri Lahtela, Kari Kivelä, Markku Koskela

  • Poolside

    $500M · Series B

    Paris, France · Oct 1, 2024

    Foundation models for software engineering that fine-tune to a company's own codebase.

    Backers

    Bain Capital Ventures, DST Global, eBay, NVIDIA

    Founders

    Jason Warner, Eiso Kant

  • Zepz

    $267M · Growth

    London, United Kingdom · Aug 1, 2024

    Cross-border remittance group behind WorldRemit and Sendwave, focused on emerging markets.

    Backers

    Accel, TCV, Leapfrog Investments

    Founders

    Ismail Ahmed

  • Helsing

    €450M · Series C

    Munich, Germany · Jul 9, 2024

    Series C for the defence-AI company, scaling strike drones and electronic-warfare software.

    Backers

    General Catalyst, Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Saab, Elad Gil

    Founders

    Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler

  • Flo Health

    $200M · Series C

    London, United Kingdom · Jul 9, 2024

    Women's health and cycle-tracking app, Europe's first femtech unicorn.

    Backers

    General Atlantic

    Founders

    Dmitry Gurski, Yuri Gurski

  • Mistral AI

    €468M · Series B

    Paris, France · Jun 11, 2024

    Series B for the Paris foundation-model champion, at a €5.8 billion valuation.

    Backers

    General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Bpifrance, NVIDIA, Salesforce, Cisco

    Founders

    Arthur Mensch, Timothée Lacroix, Guillaume Lample

  • SumUp

    €1.5B · Growth

    London, United Kingdom · Jun 1, 2024

    Growth financing for the merchant-payments company, now serving over 4 million businesses.

    Backers

    Goldman Sachs

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • DeepL

    $300M · Growth

    Cologne, Germany · May 22, 2024

    Neural machine translation platform for businesses, valued at $2 billion.

    Backers

    Index Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Teachers' Venture Growth, Bessemer Venture Partners

    Founders

    Jaroslaw Kutylowski

  • Wayve

    $1.05B · Series C

    London, United Kingdom · May 7, 2024

    Embodied-AI autonomous driving; this Series C was one of Europe's largest-ever AI rounds.

    Backers

    SoftBank Group, NVIDIA, Microsoft

    Founders

    Alex Kendall

  • Monzo

    $448M · Series I

    London, United Kingdom · Mar 5, 2024

    UK digital bank crossing into profitability with millions of personal and business customers.

    Backers

    CapitalG, GIC, Hongshan, Passion Capital, StepStone Group

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Electra

    €304M · Series B

    Paris, France · Jan 17, 2024

    Fast-charging network for electric vehicles rolling out hubs across European cities.

    Backers

    PGGM, Bpifrance, RIVE Private Investment, Eurazeo, Serena

    Founders

    Aurélien de Meaux, Julien Belliato

  • Mistral AI

    $415M · Series A

    Paris, France · Dec 11, 2023

    Open-weight foundation models built as a European rival to OpenAI, founded in Paris in 2023.

    Backers

    Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce, BNP Paribas, CMA-CGM, General Catalyst, Elad Gil, Conviction

    Founders

    Arthur Mensch, Timothée Lacroix, Guillaume Lample

  • Aleph Alpha

    $500M · Series B

    Heidelberg, Germany · Nov 6, 2023

    Sovereign large language models for European enterprises and the public sector.

    Backers

    Bosch Ventures, SAP, Schwarz Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Christ&Company

    Founders

    Jonas Andrulis

  • Helsing

    €209M · Series B

    Munich, Germany · Sep 13, 2023

    Series B for the defence-AI company, scaling its sensor-fusion software across European militaries.

    Backers

    General Catalyst, Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Founders

    Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler

  • H2 Green Steel

    €1.5B · Growth Equity

    Stockholm, Sweden · Sep 7, 2023

    Follow-on private placement, Europe's largest of 2023, to build its giga-scale electrolyzer and green steel plant.

    Backers

    Altor, GIC, Hy24, Just Climate, Andra AP-fonden, Temasek, AMF, Hitachi Energy, Kinnevik, Schaeffler

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Zenobe Energy

    £870M · Growth Equity

    London, United Kingdom · Sep 1, 2023

    Battery storage and EV fleet electrification, the largest independent operator in the UK.

    Backers

    KKR, Infracapital

    Founders

    James Basden, Nicholas Beatty, Steven Meersman

  • Quantexa

    $129M · Series E

    London, United Kingdom · Apr 18, 2023

    Decision intelligence platform connecting data to surface fraud and financial-crime risk.

    Backers

    GIC, Warburg Pincus, Dawn Capital, AlbionVC, Evolution Equity Partners

    Founders

    Vishal Marria

  • PowerField

    €500M · Structured Equity

    Almere, Netherlands · Feb 1, 2023

    Solar developer building virtual power stations that link solar farms to storage and EV charging.

    Backers

    EIG, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Pasqal

    €100M · Series B

    Palaiseau, France · Jan 24, 2023

    Neutral-atom quantum computing hardware, scaling toward industrial deployment.

    Backers

    Temasek, European Innovation Council Fund, Wa'ed Ventures, Bpifrance, Quantonation

    Founders

    Georges-Olivier Reymond

  • H2 Green Steel

    €260M · Series B

    Stockholm, Sweden · Oct 19, 2022

    Hydrogen-powered green steel plant in northern Sweden cutting steelmaking emissions up to 95%.

    Backers

    AMF, GIC, Schaeffler, Altor, Hitachi Energy, Kobe Steel, Kinnevik

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Aqemia

    €30M · Series A

    Paris, France · Oct 19, 2022

    Drug discovery platform combining quantum-inspired physics with generative AI to design candidates.

    Backers

    Eurazeo, Bpifrance, Elaia

    Founders

    Maximilien Levesque, Emmanuelle Martiano

  • SumUp

    €590M · Growth

    London, United Kingdom · Jun 1, 2022

    Card-reader and payments platform for small merchants across Europe and beyond.

    Backers

    Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, BlackRock, btov Partners, Centerbridge, Crestline, Fin Capital, Sentinel Dome Partners

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • EcoVadis

    €480M · Growth

    Paris, France · Jun 1, 2022

    Sustainability ratings platform scoring the environmental and ethical risk of global supply chains.

    Backers

    General Atlantic BeyondNetZero, Astorg, GIC, Princeville Capital

    Founders

    Pierre-François Thaler, Frédéric Trinel

  • Climeworks

    €595M · Growth

    Zurich, Switzerland · Apr 5, 2022

    Direct air capture pioneer running the world's largest commercial CO2 removal plant.

    Backers

    Partners Group, GIC, Baillie Gifford, M&G, Swiss Re

    Founders

    Christoph Gebald, Jan Wurzbacher

  • Doctolib

    €500M · Growth

    Paris, France · Mar 1, 2022

    Healthcare booking and telehealth platform, France's most valuable VC-backed company in 2022.

    Backers

    Eurazeo, General Atlantic

    Founders

    Stanislas Niox-Chateau

  • Rohlik

    €220M · Series D

    Prague, Czech Republic · Mar 1, 2022

    Online grocery delivery operating across Central and Western Europe.

    Backers

    Sofina, Index Ventures, Quadrille Capital

    Founders

    Tomáš Čupr

  • FNZ

    $1.4B · Growth

    London, United Kingdom · Feb 1, 2022

    Wealth management technology platform administering trillions in assets for financial institutions.

    Backers

    Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Motive Partners

    Founders

    Adrian Durham

  • Checkout.com

    $1B · Series D

    London, United Kingdom · Jan 12, 2022

    Full-stack payments platform for global enterprise merchants, briefly Europe's most valuable startup.

    Backers

    Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton, GIC, Insight Partners, Qatar Investment Authority, Tiger Global Management, Oxford Endowment Fund

    Founders

    Guillaume Pousaz

  • Qonto

    €486M · Series D

    Paris, France · Jan 11, 2022

    Business banking and finance management platform for European SMEs and freelancers.

    Backers

    Tiger Global Management, TCV, Alkeon, Exor Seeds, Tencent

    Founders

    Alexandre Prot, Steve Anavi

  • Flink

    $750M · Series B

    Berlin, Germany · Dec 7, 2021

    Hyperfast grocery delivery operating its own network of dark stores.

    Backers

    DoorDash, Prosus, Bond, Mubadala

    Founders

    Oliver Merkel, Christoph Cordes, Julian Dames

  • Owkin

    $180M · Series B

    Paris, France · Nov 18, 2021

    AI applied to medical research, connecting hospitals and pharma to find drug targets.

    Backers

    Sanofi, Fidelity, Bpifrance

    Founders

    Thomas Clozel, Gilles Wainrib

  • Helsing

    €102.5M · Series A

    Munich, Germany · Nov 9, 2021

    Defence AI processing real-time sensor data into battlefield decision advantage for democracies.

    Backers

    Prima Materia

    Founders

    Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler

  • IONITY

    €700M · Growth

    Munich, Germany · Nov 1, 2021

    Manufacturer-agnostic high-power EV charging network spanning two dozen European countries.

    Backers

    BlackRock Global Renewable Power, BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, Hyundai Motor Group, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • bit.bio

    $103M · Series B

    Cambridge, United Kingdom · Nov 1, 2021

    Cell-coding platform (OPTi-OX) engineering human cells for research and cell therapies.

    Backers

    Arch Venture Partners, Foresite Capital, Charles River Laboratories, Tencent

    Founders

    Mark Kotter

  • N26

    $900M · Series E

    Berlin, Germany · Oct 18, 2021

    Mobile-first challenger bank serving millions of customers across the EU.

    Backers

    Third Point Ventures, Coatue, Dragoneer Investment Group

    Founders

    Valentin Stalf, Maximilian Tayenthal

  • DNA Script

    $165M · Series C

    Paris, France · Oct 13, 2021

    Benchtop enzymatic DNA printer that produces synthetic oligos in hours.

    Backers

    Coatue, Catalio Capital Management, Danaher

    Founders

    Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel, Xavier Godron

  • Global Processing Services

    $300M · Growth

    London, United Kingdom · Oct 1, 2021

    Cloud payment processing platform powering cards for Europe's leading fintechs.

    Backers

    Advent International, Viking Global Investors

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • MindMaze

    $125M · Growth

    Lausanne, Switzerland · Oct 1, 2021

    Neurotherapeutics platform using VR and AR games to restore motor function after brain injury.

    Backers

    AlbaCore Capital Group

    Founders

    Tej Tadi

  • Lhyfe

    €50M · Series A

    Nantes, France · Oct 1, 2021

    Pioneer of renewable green hydrogen produced directly from wind power at industrial scale.

    Backers

    SWEN Capital Partners, Banque des Territoires

    Founders

    Matthieu Guesné

  • Gorillas

    $950M · Series C

    Berlin, Germany · Sep 23, 2021

    Instant grocery delivery from dark stores, racing to scale across European cities.

    Backers

    Delivery Hero, Coatue, DST Global, Tencent

    Founders

    Kağan Sümer

  • Sorare

    $680M · Series B

    Paris, France · Sep 21, 2021

    NFT fantasy football platform, then Europe's largest-ever Series B.

    Backers

    SoftBank, Atomico, Bessemer Venture Partners, D1 Capital, Eurazeo, IVP, Benchmark, Accel, Headline

    Founders

    Nicolas Julia, Adrien Montfort

  • Oviva

    $80M · Series C

    Zurich, Switzerland · Sep 1, 2021

    Digital therapeutics for diet-related conditions, pairing an app with certified dieticians.

    Backers

    Sofina, Temasek, Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital

    Founders

    Kai Eberhardt, Manuel Baumann

  • Revolut

    $800M · Series E

    London, United Kingdom · Jul 15, 2021

    Super-app for banking, trading, and FX, valued at $33 billion in 2021.

    Backers

    SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Tiger Global Management

    Founders

    Nikolay Storonsky, Vlad Yatsenko

  • Verkor

    €100M · Series A

    Grenoble, France · Jul 6, 2021

    French gigafactory venture building low-carbon battery cells for EVs and storage.

    Backers

    EQT Ventures, Renault Group, EIT InnoEnergy, Groupe IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Arkema

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Mollie

    $800M · Series C

    Amsterdam, Netherlands · Jun 22, 2021

    Payments platform powering online checkout for small and mid-sized European merchants.

    Backers

    Blackstone Growth, EQT Growth, General Atlantic, HMI Capital, TCV

    Founders

    Adriaan Mol

  • Bought By Many

    $350M · Series D

    London, United Kingdom · Jun 15, 2021

    Pet insurance provider (later ManyPets) that grew rapidly through the pandemic pet boom.

    Backers

    EQT Growth, Octopus Ventures, Munich Re Ventures

    Founders

    Steven Mendel, Guy Farley

  • Ledger

    $380M · Series C

    Paris, France · Jun 10, 2021

    Hardware wallets and security infrastructure for self-custody of crypto assets.

    Backers

    10T Holdings, Cathay Innovation, Draper Esprit

    Founders

    Pascal Gauthier

  • Northvolt

    $2.75B · Growth Equity

    Stockholm, Sweden · Jun 9, 2021

    Sustainable lithium-ion battery gigafactories built to give Europe a homegrown cell supply chain.

    Backers

    Goldman Sachs, Volkswagen Group, AP funds 1-4, OMERS, Baillie Gifford, Baron Capital Group, Daniel Ek, EIT InnoEnergy, Norrsken VC, Scania

    Founders

    Peter Carlsson, Paolo Cerruti

  • Celonis

    $1B · Series D

    Munich, Germany · Jun 2, 2021

    Process-mining platform that maps how work actually flows through enterprise systems.

    Backers

    Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price, Franklin Templeton, Qatar Investment Authority

    Founders

    Alexander Rinke, Bastian Nominacher, Martin Klenk

  • Trade Republic

    $900M · Series C

    Berlin, Germany · May 20, 2021

    Commission-free neobroker bringing stocks, ETFs, and savings plans to retail Europe.

    Backers

    Sequoia, Accel, Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, TCV

    Founders

    Christian Hecker, Thomas Pischke, Marco Cancellieri

  • Ada Health

    $90M · Series B

    Berlin, Germany · May 1, 2021

    AI symptom assessment app used by millions to understand their health.

    Backers

    Leaps by Bayer

    Founders

    Daniel Nathrath, Claire Novorol, Martin Hirsch

  • MessageBird

    $800M · Series C

    Amsterdam, Netherlands · Apr 1, 2021

    Omnichannel communications platform connecting businesses with customers across messaging channels.

    Backers

    Spark Capital, Owl Rock, Eurazeo, Tiger Global Management, LGT Lightstone

    Founders

    Robert Vis

  • CeQur

    $115M · Growth

    Lucerne, Switzerland · Apr 1, 2021

    Wearable discreet insulin delivery patch for people managing diabetes.

    Backers

    Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital, Endeavour Vision

    Founders

    Not disclosed

  • Starling Bank

    £272M · Series D

    London, United Kingdom · Mar 8, 2021

    Profitable UK digital bank for personal and small-business accounts.

    Backers

    Fidelity Management and Research, Qatar Investment Authority, RPMI Railpen, Goldman Sachs

    Founders

    Anne Boden

  • Klarna

    $1B · Growth

    Stockholm, Sweden · Mar 1, 2021

    Buy-now-pay-later and shopping platform that became Europe's most valuable fintech.

    Backers

    SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Silver Lake, GIC, BlackRock, Sequoia

    Founders

    Sebastian Siemiatkowski

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