Total financial services industry venture financing deals worth $1.1bn were announced in Europe in July 2021, led by $249.32m venture financing of Lunar, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 47.9% over the previous month of $2.09bn and a rise of 41.7% when compared with the last 12-month average of $769.25m.

Europe held a 26.65% share of the global financial services industry venture financing deal value that totalled $4.09bn in July 2021. With a 10.47% share and deals worth $428.4m, the UK was the top country in Europe’s venture financing deal value across financial services industry.

In terms of venture financing deal activity, Europe recorded 32 deals during July 2021, marking an increase of 3.23% over the previous month and a rise of 14.29% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 14 deals during the month.

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Europe financial services industry venture financing deals in July 2021: Top deals

The top five financial services industry venture financing deals accounted for 79.6% of the overall value during July 2021.

The combined value of the top five financial services venture financing deals stood at $871.32m, against the overall value of $1.1bn recorded for the month.

The top five financial services industry venture financing deals of July 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Lunar $249.32m venture financing deal with Heartland Financial USA,Kinnevik and Tencent Holdings

2) The $228m venture financing of bunq by Ali Niknam and Pollen Street Capital

3) Soldo Financial Services $180m venture financing deal with Accel,Battery Ventures,Citi Ventures,Dawn Capital,Sunley House Capital Management and Temasek Holdings (Private)

4) Zilch Technology $110m venture financing deal with DMG ventures and Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Equity

5) The $104m venture financing of Liqid Investments by Berliner Volksbank Ventures and LGT Group Foundation