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Clark
+++ One less mythical creature! The Frankfurt-based InsurTech Clark is probably no longer a unicorn – as Manager Magazine reports. “Sales have collapsed, losses have exploded, and investors have quietly devalued Clark from €1 billion to €613 million,” the report says. The main investor in the busy company is the insurance giant Allianz. Allianz recently held almost 23% of the company, which became a unicorn in 2021. In recent years, numerous startups around the world have lost their former billion dollar valuation. In this country, the technology rental company Grover was also affected. (Manager Magazine) More about Clark
Vambiant – OG3
+++ Experienced founders are relying on the roll-up trend! There are also some serial founders in the currently booming roll-up segment! Below SellerX-Founder Painted Horeyseck. He is currently drifting Vambiant ahead. “We invest in owner-managed engineering offices that are looking for a long-term succession solution through a majority or complete sale. The prerequisite is a strong team and a successful business model,” says the young company. Also builds Onefootball-Founder Lucas von Cranach together with Marcel Hartmann, Simon Freiherr von Poschinger-Bray and Richard Malley OG3 on, a roll-up concept around opticians. “Our vision is to make a long-term difference for you. To continue your life’s work and your calling in your spirit,” it says on the website. The investors in the young company include the Flix founders. More about the roll-up boom
Unframe
+++ Transatlantic success story! The German AI founder Larissa Schneider (from East Westphalia) receives money for her startup Unframe (Cupertino, Tel Aviv, Berlin) another $50 million. In total, the company, founded in 2024 by Larissa Schneider, Shay Levy and Adi Azarya, raised 100 million within twelve months. The young company’s investors include Highland Europe, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures, TLV Partners, Third Point Ventures, Cerca Partners and Vintage Investment Partners. The startup, whose operational business is largely controlled from Berlin by founder Schneider, develops tailor-made AI solutions for all possible operational use cases for its customers within just a few days. In addition to Unframe, the German-American AI startup was also recently able to Dash0 convince. Balderton Capital, DTCP Growth, Accel, Cherry Ventures, DIG Ventures, July Fund and T.Capital recently invested $110 million in the company. As a result of the investment round, the company became a unicorn (valuation: $1 billion). In total, the team has already collected 155 million. The startup (New York, Solingen), founded in 2023 by serial founder Mirko Novakovic (Instana), Miel Donkers, Marcel Birkner, Ben Blackmore and Michaele Mancioppi, is developing a platform that helps developers fix problems. With one foot in the US, it should definitely be easier to raise large sums of money. It’s just a shame that there are no German donors on board with Unframe. More about Unframe
FinTech
+++ Finally big deals in the FinTech segment again! In addition to DefenseTech, AI and HealthTech, the topic of FinTech is currently extremely popular among investors – with a strong focus on B2B. In addition to the investment app Getquin were able to do so in the end Bunch (AI-Native Private Markets Infrastructure), Upvest (digital investment products), finperks (API infrastructure layer for the global prepaid market), Diligent (AI analysts for fighting financial crime) and Duna (AI native business identity platform) Collect money. Upvest in particular stands out! The Berlin FinTech, founded in 2017, recently raised $125 million (debt and equity) – including from Sapphire Ventures. But the investments in Getquin (12 million) and Bunch (35 million) are also impressive. In short, things are moving again in the FinTech segment – after a severe dry spell. More about FinTech
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Investments & Exits
+++ ClearOps raises 8.5 million +++ SportsTech coachbetter receives 8.2 million +++ ComplyDo receives 1.3 million +++ uni-assist invests in Compounder +++ Financial injection for Femi-ON +++ Infinite Roots takes over Bosque Foods. More in the deal monitor
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