DFJ Esprit
Draper Esprit acquires Elderstreet
Merger comes in response to VCT regulatory changes made over the past year
Partech leads $36m series-B for Finland’s M-Files
Round pushes the total funding raised by the Finnish enterprise software company past the $40m mark
SEP et al. in £9.5m series-C for SportPursuit
Round brings total raised to £19m
The long game: running beyond the 10-year fund life
A number of longer term funds are beginning to emerge – but will they work?
VC-backed Kiadis Pharma lists with €166.4m market cap
Shareholders to invest a combined €12m as part of flotation
VC-backed Kiadis Pharma lists with €166.4m market cap
Shareholders to invest a combined €12m as part of flotation
DFJ Esprit rebrands as Draper Esprit
VC's founding partner to refocus on European investments
DFJ Esprit Secondaries leads $16m Miura investment
Funding round was joined by DFJ's EIS fund
Trustpilot raises $73.5m series-D from Vitruvian
Round is among largest-ever VC investments in Denmark
DFJ et al. in £1.56m series-A for Fluidic Analytics
Cambridge biotech company set to launch its products
Deal in Focus: DFJ acquires TTP's venture portfolio
DFJ Esprit made its 10th direct secondary acquisition by taking over the £34m venture portfolio of TTP Group
DFJ acquires TTP's venture portfolio
Deal is DFJ's 10th direct secondary investment
RhodeCode raises $3.5m from Earlybird and DFJ Esprit
Earlybird and DFJ Esprit have led a $3.5m funding round in secure software developer, RhodeCode.
DFJ et al. in $14.5m round for Bright Computing
Company counts Amazon, Cisco and Dell among user-base
Xmos raises $26.2m in series-D
Investment comes from existing investors, including Amadeus
Sofinnova et al. inject €36m into Avantium
Capital injection is from consortium of VCs and strategic trade players
2014: the year of the VCT
From left, Tim Levett of NVM, Andrew Garside of Isis and Mark Wignall from Mobeus
Sunstone and DFJ Esprit back Crate Data
VCs inject $1.5m into data business
DFJ appoints healthcare specialist Gulati
Dr Vishal Gulati, DFJ Esprit
DFJ Esprit, Greencoat Capital invest £6m in Aveillant
Former parent Cambridge Consultants also invests
VC-backed Horizon Discovery raises £68.6m for IPO
Offering gives company £120.5m market cap
VC-backed Horizon Discovery plans £25m IPO
Horizon Discovery Group, a Cambridge-based biotech backed by DFJ Esprit and Roche Venture Fund among others, is planning to raise £25m in its IPO on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange.
Deal in focus: Hoxton and DFJ in Campanja series-A round
Hoxton Ventures and DFJ Esprit’s £3m series-A round for Campanja, a real-time search engine marketing platform, puts the European ad tech sector's fast growth and recent exits into the spotlight.
Hoxton and DFJ Esprit invest £3m in Campanja
Hoxton Ventures and DFJ Esprit have led a £3m series-A round for Campanja, a real-time search engine marketing platform.