Collaboration of Ortivity, Stark, Loft Dynamics, Quantagonia, and Topi in partnership with Robin Capital

In this week's roundup, we bring you the latest news from the tech and startup world. From acquisitions to funding rounds, here's what you need to know:

Mergers and Acquisitions

PEAC Solutions, an American company owned by Blackrock, has acquired Berlin-based FinTech topi through a share deal.
Norwegian software giant Visma has bought Aachen-based startup Taxy.io.
The Berlin-based AdTech Almedia, which operates the reward system platform Freecash, acquired the Nuremberg-based cashback platform zave.it.
Munich-based charging station operator Wirelane has acquired Berlin's Ladegrün.
The American investment company The Friedkin Group, which owns AS Roma and Everton, has invested in Loft Dynamics, a Swiss startup previously known as VRM Switzerland.
The American quantum computing company Strangeworks has acquired the Bad Homburg-based quantum computing startup Quantagonia.
The Norwegian company Otovo has acquired the B2C customers of the Berlin-based green tech Zolar.
Singapore-based The Agridence Group has acquired Geneva-based startup farmer connect.

Funding Rounds

Sequoia Capital and others invested 62 million US dollars in Stark Defense, with a valuation of around 500 million dollars.
Robin Capital, an active Berlin investor, has announced its second fund.
The investors who invested in Evulpo last week include existing investors such as Serpentine Ventures and several notable entrepreneurs, who led the €9.3 million Series A funding round for the Zurich-based EdTech startup.
The Berlin-based early-stage investor Revent, the impact investor Green Generation Fund (GGF), and the Bochum-based real estate company Vonovia invested 4.2 million in Wallround.
The Swiss private equity investor Unigestion, as well as selected new Apheon investors, invested 200 million euros in Ortivity.
The Berlin-based investor Project A Ventures, Visionaries Tomorrow, Founders Factory, Viessmann Generations Group, Interface Capital, Founderlake, and business angels like Florian Seibel, Moritz von der Linden, and Roman Höhl invested 5.5 million euros in Hades Mining.

Insolvencies and Liquidations

Berlin-based recycling startup Kleiderly and climate tech company meloon are insolvent. Additionally, Berlin-based startup Venderly is being liquidated.

New Startups

In the past few days, the following startups were introduced: Zentio, Smarobix, Getwing, Regyro, nono, Roket, eras.fyi, Green Banana, Beep! Technologies, MediPulse, OllyGarden, CYNiO, Parabella Analytics, suplify, Careli, Atira, Scipio, Pyck, vyzn, PartPrinZ, Ark Climate, Forgent, fore ai, Mirelo AI, Kommondo, Peak Quantum, DocToRead, Tenmin AI, Reyo, and Seroton.

Events

On November 5th, the second STARTUPLAND event will take place.

Notable Mentions

In the Startup-Radar newsletter, startups such as Autonomiq, brAIniacs, Fenexity, GlobalPoints, Fioro, signalist, Tenderflow, Schaffsch, Avaly, Genow, Remove.tech, tenitt, Beawear, dittert, Performula, RedMimicry, BioExoTec, BeAFox, Pedlar, adric, FION Energy, Kumo, Tasy, Hyground, thinver, Famories, ChemTherm, Centinel Analytica, Re-Twin, and LiqVits were reported on.

Stay tuned for more updates next week!