From Venture Capital Dispatch:
Where does the $350 million raised by Berlin-based online food-delivery company Delivery Hero rank among the top venture deals ever for a Europe-based company?
As it turns out, it was the biggest in years.
The financing round, co-led by New York-based growth firm Insight Venture Partners,
was topped only by a $585.2 million round raised at the height of the
dot-com boom by a Luxembourg-based wireless services company and a
$388.7 million round raised in 2009 by a German shopping center,
according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
The Delivery Hero round came in well ahead of the most recent deal on
the list, the $250 million raised by music-streaming service Spotify.
Here’s the top ten:
The massive round is in keeping with a general trend toward bigger
rounds in Europe....MORE
