#DealMonitor
#DealMonitor is our overview of investments and exits, providing all transactions of the day on working days. Today is about Gorillas, Pliant, byways, Swarm64 and ServiceNow, as well as Lana Labs and Appian. Schenker Ventures is also getting started.
At present #DealMonitor On August 6, we will once again review the most important, exciting and interesting investments and exits of the day in the DACH region.All transactions of the previous few days were big and clear #DealMonitor-File.
Investment etc.
Gorilla
+++ US delivery service DoorDash plans to enter the Flash supermarket Gorillas-see Financial Times. Recently, there will be weekly news about new (planned) investments in this young Berlin startup, which recently raised 240 million euros and has emerged as a unicorn. Sifted also reported on the possibility of selling to DoorDash, and even mentioned bad words about FireSale. “Two sources told Sifted that this Berlin-based startup expects to raise funds at a valuation of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, far below its previous target of 6 billion U.S. dollars,” the article said. In the insider podcast, we recently reported on the possibility of a smaller internal investment in Gorillas. In some cases, the startup is recently looking for $1 billion in new investor funding. More information about gorillas
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Supple
+++ Sponsor Alstin and early sponsor seed+speed Ventures, each is a TV lion Carsten Maschmeyer, as well as the main incubator (Deutsche Commerzbank) and the Austrian family office Sabre are investing 5.5 million euros in Pliant-see the startup scene. The Berlin financial technology company founded by Malte Rau and Fabian Terner relies on corporate credit cards such as Brex and Moss. FinTech even promises to its customers that “the latest generation of corporate credit cards can perfectly adapt to your business processes and needs.”
Bypass
+++ Rider Global, Reflex Capital, some angel investors and old investors Entrepreneur First and Venista Ventures are investing in seven figures on the sidelines. This Berlin startup was founded in 2020 by Alexander Palffy and Simon Jordan, positioning itself as a “digital logistics partner”. The concept said: “byways is providing SaaS solutions for warehouse employees and shipping companies to further optimize inbound and outbound logistics. In addition, byways is reducing delivery costs and increasing the reliability and transparency of the entire order fulfillment process.”
Mergers and acquisitions
Swarm64
+++ US technology company ServiceNow took over Swarm64. “By acquiring Swarm64, ServiceNow has not only expanded its database of experienced database technicians-this is also a major investment in open source. Swarm64’s open source database technology is very suitable for large data sets, so our customers can manage and manage their extensive data Transactions can run complex analyses in real time to gain the enterprise-wide insights they need,” the company said. Swarm64 provides hardware and software solutions designed to accelerate databases. Eivind Liland, Thomas Richter and Alfonso Martínez founded Swarm64 in the incubator of Humboldt University in Berlin in 2013. Intel Capital, Investinor, Alliance Venture and Target Partners recently invested $12.5 million in this German-Norwegian data startup.
Lana Lab
+++ Appian, a US company responsible for business automation, took over Lana Labs, a spin-off of HPI. The start-up company relies on the analysis of the business and production processes supported by artificial intelligence. This Berlin startup was founded in 2016 by Karina Buschsieweke and two HPI alumni Thomas Baier and Rami-Habib Eid-Sabbagh. In recent years, it has received funding support from Capnamic Ventures, WestTech Ventures and major incubators.
Venture capital
Schenker Ventures
+++ Logistics group DB Schenker and Schenker Ventures are launching a “logistics innovation” investment branch. “Schenker Ventures will bundle and expand DB Schenker’s existing corporate venture activities and related investments. In addition, Schenker Ventures will cooperate with the Berlin agency MVP Factory to create a venture studio that combines the advantages of entrepreneurial freedom and mature global partners. “The press release said. Schenker Ventures is led by Patric Hoffmann.
Mandala
+++ Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) joined the Company Builder mantro as part of the silent participation (mezzanine). mantro supports mid-sized companies and enterprises to develop new digital business models. For this reason, as part of the joint venture, mantro established a new company with industrial customers.
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