Hello!
Here’s what happened today in European Tech.
Deals
– Amsterdam-based CarNext, an online B2C and B2B used car marketplace, has announced that it has been carved out from LeasePlan with €400 million in fresh funding.
– Danish digital challenger bank Lunar has raised €210 million in a Series D funding round led by family-owned investment company Heartland, alongside European growth investor Kinnevik and Chinese tech giant Tencent.
– UK business banking platform Tide has raised over $100 million in Series C funding at a valuation of $650 million. The round was led by Apax Digital, the growth equity team of Apax Partners.
– Netherlands-based venture capital firm FORWARD.one has announced the launch of its second fund – three years after the start of its first fund. The firm says its second fund target size is €100 million, and that a large part of it has now been pledged by high net worth entrepreneurs, most of whom were already involved in the first fund.
– E-PANGO, a tech company specialising in the supply of electricity and gas to companies and…
