Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Prosus — the international assets holding arm of South African multinational Naspers, has announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in GoodHabitz – a provider of online training for businesses. The deal was completed for approx €212 million. – Oslo’s SNÖ Ventures has […]
Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Germany-based online optician Mister Spex has confirmed its plans to go public on the stock exchange. The eyewear retailer targets a Q3 IPO to raise roughly €225 million. – European online fashion platform ABOUT YOU has set the final offer for its private placement at […]
Happy Friday! This week, our research team tracked more than 100 funding deals worth north of €4 billion in total, and about 20 M&A deals across Europe, including Russia, Israel, and Turkey. As always, we are putting all of them together for you in a handy list sent in our round-up newsletter (note: the full […]
Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Stockholm’s BNPL juggernaut Klarna has confirmed a new equity funding round of $639 million led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. With this raise Klarna now clocks in at a post-money valuation of $45.6 billion, a figure that is only eclipsed by Stripe in the fintech […]
Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – Stockholm-based sustainable lithium-ion battery maker Northvolt has raised $2.75 billion. – Hot on the heels of their $1.1 billion share issue raise, Stockholm’s Sinch has announced its intention to acquire the Melbourne-based firm MessageMedia for $1.1 billion in cash and 1,128,487 new shares in Sinch. […]
Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – About You, the German fashion e-commerce company that aims to digitalise mall visits by creating a personalised shopping experience on smartphones for young teens, is looking to raise €941 million euros in a Frankfurt IPO. Tuesday’s implied price range of between 21 euros and 26 […]
Hello! Here’s what happened today in European Tech. Deals – LetsGetChecked, the Irish home health testing kit startup, is now valued at more than $1 billion after its latest funding round. The company has raised $150 million in a Series D round led by Casdin Capital with pro golfer Rory McIlroy investing again. – Copenhagen-based […]