id,date,date_precision,status,transaction_type,round,amount_eur_low,amount_eur_high,lead_or_buyer,co_leads,valuation_eur_low,valuation_eur_high,valuation_basis,valuation_to_run_rate_multiple,multiple_bound,multiple_basis,step_up_vs_prior_closed,price_per_share_eur_low,price_per_share_eur_high,shares,source,source_url,other_source_urls,notes,last_updated
tender-2025-09-02,2025-09-02,day,Tender,secondary_share_sale,Discounted secondary share sale,,,,,,,Sifted: discounted secondary shares “suggest a 14% valuation drop on the €7.4bn peak”. No figure stated; 14% below €7.4B would be about €6.4B (GNF calc).,,,,,,,,"Sifted, 2 Sep 2025",https://sifted.eu/articles/bolt-valuation-secondary-share-sale,,Sale of existing shares; no new money to Bolt. Article is paywalled beyond the summary.,2026-11-13
round-2022-01-11,2022-01-11,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Funding round,628000000,628000000,"Sequoia, Fidelity Management",,7400000000,7400000000,Stated by Bolt (“increased Bolt’s valuation to €7.4B”); pre- or post-money not stated,,,,,,,,"Bolt announcement, 11 Jan 2022",https://bolt.eu/en/blog/bolt-secures-e628m-funding-in-the-largest-investment-round-to-date/,,Bolt’s largest round. Last primary round found. Step-up not computed: the prior valuation is only “over €4 billion”.,2026-11-13
series-e-2021-08-02,2021-08-02,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Series E,600000000,600000000,Sequoia Capital (Silicon Republic),"Also: Tekne, Ghisallo, G Squared, D1 Capital, Naya (Bolt)",4000000000,,Stated by Bolt: “increasing Bolt’s valuation to more than €4B”; Forbes: “over €4 billion”. Exact figure not stated,,,,,,,,"Bolt announcement, 2 Aug 2021",https://bolt.eu/en/blog/bolt-closes-a-600m-funding-round/,https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathankeane/2021/08/02/bolt-raises-600-million-to-build-the-european-super-app/ https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/bolt-raises-600m-sequoia-series-e,Bolt’s post says “a €600M funding round” and does not use “Series E” or “led by”; the Series E label and Sequoia as lead are from Silicon Republic (“Series E funding round led by Sequoia Capital”). Bolt’s investors page says Bolt “has raised over €1 billion in funding”.,2026-11-13
round-2020-12-16,2020-12-16,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Equity round,150000000,150000000,D1 Capital Partners,Also: Darsana Capital Partners,,,Bolt “declined to disclose its valuation but said it was up from the 1.7 billion euros it was worth” in May 2020 (CNBC). No figure stated,,,,,,,,"CNBC, 16 Dec 2020",https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/16/european-uber-rival-bolt-raises-more-than-180-million-for-ai-drive.html,https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/15/bolt-raises-182m-to-expand-its-on-demand-transportation-network-in-europe-and-africa/ https://news.err.ee/1209646/estonian-transport-company-bolt-raises-150-million,"TechCrunch calls it “an equity round”. A €3.5B figure in TechCrunch is the reporter’s own estimate, not a stated valuation, so it is not used.",2026-11-13
note-2020-05-26,2020-05-26,day,Closed round,convertible_note,Convertible note,100000000,100000000,Naya Capital Management,,1700000000,1700000000,"Valuation confirmed by Bolt (TechCrunch, CNBC); about $1.9B",,,,,,,,"TechCrunch, 26 May 2020",https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/26/bolt-the-european-on-demand-transport-company-raises-109m-on-a-1-9b-valuation/,https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/26/uber-rival-bolt-valued-at-1point9-billion-plans-for-coronavirus-recovery.html,"Single investor. Convertible note, not a priced equity round.",2026-11-13
round-2018-05-29,2018-05-29,day,Closed round,primary_equity,Funding round (as Taxify),,,Daimler,"Also: Korelya Capital, Taavet Hinrikus (new); Didi Chuxing (returning)",,,“takes it valuation to the $1 billion mark” (TechCrunch); basis not stated,,,,,,,,"TechCrunch, 29 May 2018",https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/29/taxify-raises-175m-led-by-daimler-at-a-1b-valuation/,,"Reported in US$ only: US$175M at US$1B (TechCrunch); not converted, so the EUR numeric cells are empty. Taxify rebranded as Bolt in 2019 (TechCrunch, CNBC). First major round; €2M raised before Didi’s undisclosed 2017 investment (TechCrunch).",2026-11-13