Unwrapped: 25 Wins From 2025

It’s been another incredible year for Speedinvest and our portfolio, and we couldn't end the year without sharing some of the most notable highlights.

As a fund, we were ranked among the top 1% of venture capital investors globally and in EMEA by Dealroom this year, announced two continuation vehicles (€60 million) to build liquidity solutions and lasting impact for our founders and LPs alike, and launched The Power of More – a new brand identity to showcase the global platform we've built to help founders move faster, scale smarter, and go further.

Our portfolio of 400+ companies (35 of which were welcomed to the family this year) across nearly 50 countries achieved major milestones, from uprounds and exits to M&A activity, industry awards, and successful expansions into new markets. We also welcomed a new unicorn in the form of UK-based banking and SME lending company Tide!

With such a large family of companies, it's impossible to share every single win from the past 12 months. So in honor of the year that was, here are 25 of the most memorable portfolio highlights from across the Speedinvest portfolio in 2025.

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1: Tide reached a $1.5 billion valuation and became a unicorn after raising $120 million in fresh funding.

2: Wefox raised €151 million to expand its market positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and to expand its MGA and smart insurance distribution business.

3: Flowdesk raised $102 million from BlackRock and HV Capital, to scale its OTC derivatives business and launch a dedicated crypto credit desk.

4: Flow48 raised a $69 million Series A to expand into Saudi Arabia, led by Breega.

5: refurbed raised €50 million to accelerate its European expansion, including a major push into the UK.

6: Dronamic receives a €30 million EU grant from the European Innovation Council. Read more about Dronamics' journey to success in our latest Scaling at Speed blog article.

7: cylib received a €26.1 million EU grant to build one of Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery recycling facilities. Read more about Cylib's technology and continued success here.

8: GetVocal raised a $26 million Series A, led by Creandum, to expand its enterprise-ready AI agents across Europe.

9: Seqera raised $26 million in Series B funding to advance bioinformatics and life science R&D in a round led by Addition.

10: Finary raised a €25 million Series B, led by PayPal Ventures. You can learn more about Finary's growth story on our blog.

11: Trawa raised a €24 million Series A, led by Headline, to power Europe’s industrial comeback.

12: Mercanis raised a $20 million Series A, led by Partech and AVP, to further develop Agentic AI and expansion plans, including into the U.S.

13: Khazna raised a $16 million in pre-Series B funding from new and existing investors to fuel its growth in Egypt and expand into Saudi Arabia.

14: remberg raised a €15 million Series A+, led by Oxx and Acton Capital, to fuel expansion across Europe and enhance its AI-powered maintenance platform.

15: Stotles raised a $13 million Series A, led by Headline and Acton, to enter the US market and further develop its platform for private sector companies to grow their revenue in the public sector.

16: Qovery raised a $13 million Series A, led by IRIS, to support regional expansion, team growth, and continued AI-driven product development.

17: roclub raised an $11.7 million Series A led by Smedvig Ventures to fuel its continued US expansion.

18: QphoX received €10 million in equity funding from the EIC STEP Scale-Up scheme to advance their mission to deliver scalable, high-performance quantum computing solutions in Europe.

19: Gigs partnered with Klarna and Revolut in 2025, providing embedded telco infrastructure to millions of users across the two fintech giants.

20: Planqc, a Munich-based quantum computing startup, won the startup award at the German Entrepreneur Awards.

21: Greyparrot's Analyzer was named one of the best inventions of 2025 by TIME Magazine.

22: Flexkeeping, a hotel automation platform, was acquired by Mews, the Amsterdam-based hospitality tech unicorn.

23: Iron, a Berlin-based API first stablecoin startup, was acquired by crypto payments giant MoonPay, as it looks to expand into the enterprise market.

24: Fernride was acquired by German defense company Quantum Systems.

25: Fertifa, a reproductive health startup based in London, acquired reproductive health insurance company Juniper.

Remembering 2025, revving up for 2026

While there were many incredible wins to celebrate this year, we would be lying if we said 2025 was smooth sailing for our portfolio companies or us. High interest rates, slow global growth, lack of exits, trade tensions and tariffs, new AI and data regulations, and more made maneuvering through the year challenging, to say the least.

Major kudos to our founders and their teams for their relentless determination!

Despite some expected and many yet unforeseen challenges awaiting us in 2026, we're incredibly excited to get the year started.

With the 35 amazing new companies added to our portfolio in 2025, including a deep bench of successful scaleups backed by our Growth investment team, such as Deblock (France), mimic Robotics (Switzerland), Pliant (Germany), Runware (UK), and ARX Robotics (Germany), and an incredible, seasoned team of sector-focused investors partnering with EMEA's most promising early-stage startups, the sky truly is the limit.

We'll continue to champion change in Europe in 2026 to support our portfolio companies and the greater innovation ecosystem through our Build in Europe series, pushing for Europe-wide incentives to hire and retain top talent, fixing fragmentation and unifying regulation, and more. Stay tuned.

Thank you to everyone for your continued partnership and support. We are honored to continue working with you in 2026 and beyond. Because together, more is possible.