This week our research tracked more than 85 tech funding deals worth over €1.3 billion. We saw over 10 exits and M&A transactions on the other end of the spectrum.
In addition to this week’s top financials, we’ve also indexed the most important/industry-related news items you need to know about.
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Notable and big funding rounds
ABB gets $547M loan From the European Investment Bank
Statera Energy secures £300M in debt financing for green projects
Matsmart-Motatos tackling food waste with €40M investment led by Circularity Capital
Noteworthy acquisitions and mergers
Partners Group sells UK software maker Civica to Blackstone
Aonic acquires VR game developer nDreams in $110M deal
Esseco Group acquires majority shares in winetech company WATGRID
Interesting moves from investors
Tiger Global’s private equity boss to step down
Denmark’s European Energy announces €150M funding facility for renewable energy projects
Tritemius launches a €50M fund to invest in Web 3.0 startups
Bcombinator will launch a fund of €40M to invest in startups
Dutch VC firm TIIN Capital launches new cyber tech fund with a target size of €100M
In other (important) news
Autumn Statement broadly welcomed by UK tech
UK law change allows patenting of key AI technology
Ukraine fires top cybersecurity officials
Deliveroo riders are not employees, Supreme Court rules
Hiring across European tech startups is down nearly 40 percent
Recommended reads and listens
Tech giants join Cambridge University’s Founders initiative for startup acceleration
How AI helped Earlybird find Aleph Alpha
ArK Kapital gears up for US expansion, welcomes former Blackstone executive John McCormick as investor
PrintyMed spins a web of innovation with bio-friendly spider silk
Former Tesla engineer leads Belgium’s first DAC technology climatetech startup Sirona Technologies
European tech startups to watch
Investors back Callyope’s AI tool for treating mental health conditions with €2.2M equity funding
Northern Gritstone invests £2M in Floreon’s sustainable bioplastics
Phare Health raises £2.5М сeed for AI-driven hospital fintech
RespiQ awarded €4M EIC Pathfinder grant for COPD monitoring device
Salus secures $4.7M for its personalised mental health platform
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