- Devo Technology, a startup developing cloud logging and cybersecurity products, announced that it raised $250 million in a series E funding round valuing the company at $1.5 billion. - TCV led the investment along with General Atlantic, Eurazeo, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Georgian, and Kibo Ventures, which brings Devo’s total funds raised to more than $400 million. - CEO Marc van Zadelhoff says that the money will be put toward “aggressive growth” across new regions and verticals and “significantly increas[ing] investment” in channel expansion and product R&D.

– Sorare is a Paris, France, NFT-based fantasy football platform.
– The company raised $680m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Softbank with participation from Atomico, Bessemer Ventures, D1 Capital, Eurazeo, IVP, Liontree and existing investors Benchmark, Accel and Headline, as well as football players Gerard Piqué, Antoine Griezmann, Rio Ferdinand and César Azpilicueta.
– The new investment will be used to accelerate growth within football while also replicating its model in other sports, expand its team by hiring across key roles, and launch marketing campaigns with partners, athletes, and media companies.

- Amolyt Pharma from Lyon develops therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and related diseases. - The company closed an $80m Series B round. - The round was co-led by Sectoral Asset Management and Andera Partners, with participation from ATEM Capital, LSP, Novo Holdings (Novo Ventures), Kurma Partners, Mass General Brigham Ventures, Innobio 2 managed by Bpifrance, Orbimed, Pontifax, Eurazeo, Sham Innovation Santé/Turenne Capital and Credit Agricole Creation. - The company plans to use the proceeds from the financing to advance its pipeline of potential therapeutics for rare endocrine and related diseases, including clinical development of AZP-3601 for hypoparathyroidism, pre-clinical development of AZP-3813 for acromegaly and ongoing research related to AZP-3404, and to further expand its early-stage pipeline through both internal research and development activities and potential in-licensing opportunities.

- Amolyt Pharma from Lyon develops therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and related diseases. - The company closed an $80m Series B round. - The round was co-led by Sectoral Asset Management and Andera Partners, with participation from ATEM Capital, LSP, Novo Holdings (Novo Ventures), Kurma Partners, Mass General Brigham Ventures, Innobio 2 managed by Bpifrance, Orbimed, Pontifax, Eurazeo, Sham Innovation Santé/Turenne Capital and Credit Agricole Creation. - The company plans to use the proceeds from the financing to advance its pipeline of potential therapeutics for rare endocrine and related diseases, including clinical development of AZP-3601 for hypoparathyroidism, pre-clinical development of AZP-3813 for acromegaly and ongoing research related to AZP-3404, and to further expand its early-stage pipeline through both internal research and development activities and potential in-licensing opportunities.

– Botify, provider of search engine optimization tools and apps, announced that it raised $55 million, bringing its total raised to date to $82 million.
– The funding — a series C, led by InfraVia Growth with participation from Bpifrance, Eurazeo, and Ventech — will enable the company to grow its platform, develop its partner ecosystem, and expand its global footprint as it focuses on product R&D.
– With an increasing number of businesses shifting to online as their primary channel, ensuring high placement in web searches has become a priority. There are 80,000 searches done per second, driving 53% of web traffic today. But it’s a moving target. Google alone made 4,500 algorithm updates and changes last year to Google Search.

– Stockeld Dreamery, a plant-based food company, raised $20m in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Astanor Ventures and Northzone, and joined by Gullspång Re:food, Eurazeo, Norrsken VC, Edastra, Trellis Road and angel investors David Frenkiel and Alexander Ljung.
– The company’s first product, Stockeld Chunk, launched in May.

– Dataiku announced $400m Series E investment led by Tiger Global, with participation from several existing investors, including ICONIQ Growth, CapitalG, FirstMark Capital, Battery Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, and Dawn Capital, as well as new investors including Insight Partners, Eurazeo, Lightrock, and Datadog CEO Olivier Pomel.
– This capital, which brings the company’s valuation to $4.6b, will power Dataiku’s mission to systemize the use of data for exceptional business results.
– Dataiku enables over 450 companies globally to leverage one end-to-end platform to design, deploy, and manage AI and analytics applications.

– Global investment group Eurazeo invested $53m in Pangaea Holdings for a minority investment in the Los Angeles e-commerce company rooted in creating premium men’s personal care brands.
– The investment is part of a larger $68m round that includes $15m in Series B funding from a group of backers including Unilever Ventures and GPO Fund and existing investors Base10 Partners and Gradient Ventures.
– This brings the company’s total funds raised to $87m since the company was founded by Richard Hong and Darwish Gani in 2018.

– YuLife is a tech-driven company that transforms traditional group life insurance into a suite of wellbeing and insurance products, creating a shift in the industry towards a model that simultaneously supports members, insurers and employers.
– The company raised $70m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Target Global with participation from Eurazeo and Latitude, Creandum, Notion Capital, Anthemis, MMC Ventures, and OurCrowd.
– The new investment will be used to develop new products, expand its UK market penetration, and broaden its reach into the markets.

– French startup Younited Credit has raised $170m funding.
– Goldman Sachs is leading the round with existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and AG2R La Mondiale also participating.
– The company offers several credit products to European consumers.
– It also has a diversified distribution strategy.

– French startup ManoMano has raised $355m funding.
– The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group and joined by Temasek, General Atlantic, Eurazeo, Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund, Aglaé Ventures, Kismet Holdings and Armat Group.
– The company operates an e-commerce platform focused on DIY, home improvement and gardening products.
– It is currently available in six European countries.
– Following today’s funding round, the company has reached a valuation of $2.6 billion.

– BreezoMeter closed its $30m Series C funding round.
– The round was led by Fortissimo Capital, an Israeli private equity investment group with $1.6 under management, together with Entrée Capital, which has backed BreezoMeter since its founding.
– Existing investors JumpSpeed Ventures, Launchpad Digital Health, AxessVentures and Eurazeo also participated in the round.
– BreezoMeter is entering the advanced stages of developing its new monitoring, forecasting and alert systems for environmental hazards, such as air pollution, pollen and fires.
– The funding will additionally fuel the development of products that transform real-time environmental data into actionable insights, so that individuals can make informed decisions about when to go outside, how to best protect themselves, which travel routes to take, and even where to live.

– Graph platform Neo4j announced that it raised $325m at an over $2bn valuation in a series F round led by Eurazeo, with additional investment from GV.
– The capital, which brings the company’s total raised to date to over $500m, will be put toward expanding Neo4j’s platform, workforce, and customer base, the company says.
– Markets and Markets anticipates the graph database market will reach $2.4bn by 2023 from $821.8m in 2018. And analysts at Gartner expect that enterprise graph processing and graph databases will grow 100% annually through 2022, facilitating decision-making in 30% of organizations by 2023.
– Graph databases and graph-oriented databases leverage graph structures for semantic queries, with nodes, edges, and properties that store and represent data.

– Malt, a marketplace for freelance developers, designers and others with technical skills, has raised $97m in funding.
– The round was led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Eurazeo.
– It brings Malt to a valuation of €400m.
– Malt plans to use the funding to expand its business to more markets.

– wefox is a digital insurance company based in Berlin.
– The company raised US$650m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by Target Global with participation from existing investors OMERS Ventures, Gsquared, Merian, Horizons Ventures, Eurazeo, Mubadala, Creditease, Salesforce Ventures, Speedinvest, Alma Mundi Ventures, Victory Park Capital, GR Capital, Mountain Partners, Seedcamp, and Sound Ventures.
– The new investment will be used to expand into the US and Asia within the next two years while strengthening its presence in its existing markets in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Poland.

– Prismic, a company building a content management system, has raised a $20m Series A funding round.
– The round was led by Aglaé Ventures and Eurazeo.
– Prismic is a headless CMS.

– Contentsquare is a global digital experience analytics company.
– Company raised $500M in Series E funding round.
– The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, which joined existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance, KKR, Canaan, Highland Europe, and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
– The new investment will be used to further develop its platform, advance AI innovation, and expand geographically.

– Back Market is a Paris, France-based premier refurbished marketplace dedicated to electronics.
– The company raised €276m in Series D funding.
– The round was led by General Atlantic with support from Generation Investment Management and existing investors Aglaé Ventures, Eurazeo, Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and daphni.
– The new investment will be used to consolidate the company’s position as a dedicated marketplace in refurbished electronics.

– Kaia Health, a NYC-based digital therapeutics company, raised $75m in Series C funding.
– The round was led by an unnamed growth equity fund with participation from existing investors Optum Ventures, Eurazeo, capital300, Balderton Capital, Heartcore Capital, Symphony Ventures (the investment vehicle of golf legend Rory McIlroy) and A Round Capital.
– The company will use the funds to grow its commercial team, accelerate product and partnership development and extend the offering within Europe.

– Cubyn, a logistics startup, raised €35m funding.
– The round was led by Eurazeo and Bpifrance Large Venture, with participation from First Bridge Ventures and Fuse Venture Partners.
– Existing backers DN Capital, 360 Capital, Bpifrance Smart Cities fund and BNP Paribas Développement followed on.
– The company will use the new funding to double its team of 85 to more than 170 employees by the end of 2021, and deploy its service more internationally.
– First up is Spain and Portugal (launching next month), followed by Italy, the U.K. and Germany.