Weekly Startup Ecosystem Overview in Europe / November 27 - December 1

This week, more than 90 funding rounds took place in European entrepreneurship ecosystem. Here is the notable funding rounds and secondary?transactions between November 27 - December 1:

Investments:

2 United Kingdom (UK), 1 France, 1 Finland, 1 Czech Republic, 1 Switzerland, 1 Sweden, 1 Italy

Secondary?Transactions:

1 United Kingdom (UK)

Sectors Received Investments:

1 Quantum Computing

1 Analytics / AI

1 Environmental Consulting

1 Data Integration

1 Biotechnology / AI

1 Insurance

1 Travel Tech

1 Cloud Computing

News of the Week

?? Quantum compute-as-a-service company Oxford Quantum Circuits raised $100 million.

Oxford Quantum Circuits, which develops quantum computers designed for breakthrough discoveries, has raised $100 million. The investment round was led by SBI Investment, with participation from Oxford Science Enterprises, University of Tokyo?Edge Capital, Lansdowne Partners, and OTIF.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: SBI Investment, with participation from Oxford Science Enterprises, University of Tokyo?Edge Capital, Lansdowne Partners, OTIF

Co-founders: -

Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)

?? Manufacturing analytics company Braincube raised €83 million.

Manufacturing data software platform Braincube, has raised €83 million in growth equity. The investment round was led by Scottish?Equity Partners, with participation from Bpifrance.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: Scottish Equity Partners, Bpifrance

Co-founders:?Laurent Laporte

Headquarters: France

?? Decarbonisation platform One Click Lca raised €40 million.

One Click LCA, a decarbonisation platform for the construction and manufacturing industries, has raised €40 million from PSG Equity and InfraVia Capital Partners.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: PSG Equity, InfraVia Capital Partners

Co-founders:?Panu Pasanen

Headquarters: Finland

?? Data preparation platform Keboola raised $32 million.

Keboola, a cloud platform that helps clients combine, enhance and publish crucial information for internal analytics & data products, has raised $32 million in Series A funding round, led by Viking Global Investors. Presto Ventures, Reflex Capital, TCF Capital, Eduard Ku?era and other angel investors also participated in the investment round.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: Viking Global Investors, Presto Ventures, Reflex Capital, TCF Capital, Eduard Ku?era, other angel investors

Co-founders:?Pavel Dolezal, Petr Simecek

Headquarters: Czech Republic

?? AI-powered protein programming platform Cradle raised $24 million.

Cradle, a biotech company that uses prediction algorithms and AI design recommendations to assist biologists in designing proteins, has raised $24 million in Series A funding round. The investment round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Kindred Capital, Chris Gibson and Thomas Glocer.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: Index Ventures, Kindred Capital, Chris Gibson, Thomas Glocer

Co-founders:?Stef van Grieken, Elise de Reus

Headquarters: Switzerland

?? Pet insurance ecosystem?Lassie raised €23 million.

Lassie, a pet insurance company that offers digital pet insurance services to reduce the risk of pet injury, has raised €23 million in Series B funding round, led by Balderton Capital. Felix Capital, Inventure, Passion Capital and Philian also participated in the investment round.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: Balderton Capital, Felix Capital, Inventure, Passion Capital, Philian

Co-founders:?Hedda B?verud Olsson

Headquarters: Sweden

?? Traveltech startup WeRoad raised €18 million.

WeRoad, a traveltech company that offers a group adventure travel platform specifically designed for solo travelers, has raised €18 million in Series B funding round from H14.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: H14

Co-founders:?Erika De Santi,?Fabio Bin,?Paolo De Nadai

Headquarters: Italy

?? Supply chain management software Cloudsmith raised $11 million.

Cloudsmith, a cloud-native platform that serves as a centralized solution for managing and distributing software assets or artifacts, has raised $11 million in Series A2 funding round from MMC Ventures.

Transaction Type: Investment

Investors: MMC Ventures

Co-founders:?Alan Carson,?Lee Skillen

Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)

?? NomuPay acquires Total Processing.

Payment platform NomuPay has acquired payment solutions provider Total Processing.

Transaction Type: Acquisition

Investors: NomuPay

Co-founders:?Alex Leigh

Headquarters: United Kingdom (UK)

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