Total financial services industry venture financing deals worth $459.1m were announced in Europe in April 2021, led by $80m venture financing of Zilch Technology, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 44.9% over the previous month of $832.83m and a rise of 18.6% when compared with the last 12-month average of $387.07m.

Europe held a 12.97% share of the global financial services industry venture financing deal value that totalled $3.54bn in April 2021. With a 3.57% share and deals worth $126.35m, 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 26 deals during April 2021, marking a decrease of 40.91% over the previous month and a rise of 4.00% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded eight deals during the month.

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

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The top five financial services industry venture financing deals accounted for 73.5% of the overall value during April 2021.

The combined value of the top five financial services venture financing deals stood at $337.53m, against the overall value of $459.1m recorded for the month.

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

1) Gauss Ventures $80m venture financing deal with Zilch Technology

2) The $80m venture financing of BUX by ABN AMRO Ventures,Citius,Endeit Capital,HV Capital Adviser,Optiver,Prosus Ventures,Tencent Holdings and Velocity Capital

3) Breyer Capital and Tencent Holdings $80m venture financing deal with Viva Payments Services

4) The $72.53m venture financing of Vivid Money by Greenoaks Capital Management and Ribbit Capital

5) Alven Capital Partners,Anthemis Group and Cathay Innovation $25m venture financing deal with Qover