Early-stage
UK - NewMedia SPARK backs MarketClusters with $3m funding round
NewMedia SPARK has led a $3m series-A funding round for MarketClusters Ltd, developer of the 'StrategyWire' intelligence platform which enables corporates to accurately filter expert opinions created in blogs and news feeds.
UK - Braveheart invests £1m in NiTech Solutions
Braveheart Investment Group has invested approximately ТЃ1m in NiTech Solutions Ltd, a spinout company from Heriot Watt University, which has developed a patented mixing technology for process industries. The investment includes monies from the Scottish...
UK - Green Biologics awarded £560,000 to boost 'Green' Fuel Development
An Oxfordshire biotechnology company is set to develop a new low-cost тnext generationт biofuel, with ТЃ250,000 funding from the Department of Trade and Industryтs Technology Programme and ТЃ310,000 from shareholder investors and business angels. Green...
FRANCE - Erytech Pharma raises EUR 12m
AGF Private Equity, Auriga Partners and AXA Private Equity have invested joined seed investors Cap décisif and Rhône-Alpes Amorçage in the EUR 12m second round of funding for Erytech Pharma.
UK - Tate & Lyle Ventures makes first investment
Tate & Lyle Ventures, a fund launched with backing from the sugar refiner and ingredients producer to invest in next generation food ingredients, has completed its first deal. The fund has invested in food safety diagnostics company Lumora Ltd, a spin-out...
FRANCE - Novexel receives Europe's largest biotech fundraising in 12 months
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has led a EUR 50m series-B funding for Paris-based Novexel, a laboratory which researches and develops novel types of anti-infectives for the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections.
ESTONIA - Celecure receives EUR 1.6m from four Skype founders
Ambient Sound Investments (ASI) has agreed to invest EUR 1.6m in Estonian biotechnology drug developer Celecure to accelerate the international breakthrough of its projects.
UK - Wellington Partners leads EUR 18m investment in Truphone
Wellington Partners has led an EUR 18m series-A funding round for London-based mobile VoIP start-up Truphone. Also participating in financing Truphone are existing investors Eden Ventures and a number of business angels, as well as Independent News and...
BELGIUM - Movetis raises EUR 49m
Drug development company Movetis NV has secured EUR 49m in a series-A round of financing led by Sofinnova Partners and Life Sciences Partners and including Sofinnova Ventures, KBC, GIMV, Quest for Growth and BIP Investment Partners.
UK - University of Leeds spin-out raises £685,000
White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund, which provides funding for spin-out companies from the universities of Leeds, York and Sheffield, has participated in a ТЃ685,000 equity financing for Tissue Regenix Ltd, a Leeds-based developer of revolutionary tissue...
FINLAND - Aspida secures EUR 500,000 in funding
Finnish Industry Investment and private investors have invested EUR 500,000 in software company Aspida Oy.
SWEDEN - CapMan invests EUR 1.4m in QuickCool
Funds managed by CapMan will invest EUR 1.4m in Swedish medtech company QuickCool AB, a developer of a new method to prevent brain damage by cooling of the brain. CapMan Life Science IV Fund will have a 25% stake in the company. The majority of the remaining...
NL - Liquavista attracts EUR 12m in series - A financing round
Amadeus Capital Partners and GIMV have led a EUR 12m series-A financing round in Liquavista BV, a fabless display manufacturing company based in Eindhoven. New Venture Partners, which led the spinout of Liquavista from Philips Research in April this year,...
UK - North West Equity Fund in £500,000 fundraising for Into Technology
The North West Equity Fund, alongside Liverpool Seed Fund, has invested in a ТЃ500,000 fundraising round for Into Technology Holdings Ltd.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners participates in £5m series-A funding for OrthoMimetics
Oxford Capital Partners has announced its investment in OrthoMimetics Limited, the first technology spin-out from the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI). Oxford Capital Partners joins a syndicate of investors including Schroders Investment Management Ltd,...
GERMANY – vertico software raises EUR 2m
FirstVentury Equity GmbH has invested EUR 2m in Karlsruhe-based VoIP manufacturer vertico software GmbH in a first financing round. The funding was made via the venture capitalist’s aeris Technology Fund.
UK - North West Equity and NWBIS invest in SnG Technologies
Cheshire-based technology company SnG Technologies has received total funding of ТЃ250,000 from North West Equity Fund and NWBIS. The deal includes a further potential investment of ТЃ750,000 in aggregate based on progress within the business. SnG Technologies...
SWEDEN - TranSiC secures SEK 4m in funding
Energy business TranSiC AB has raised SEK 4m in a first round of funding from Volvo Technology Transfer AB and Midroc New Technology AB. Founded in 2005, TranSiC is a Stockholm Innovation & Growth incubator company. It aims to bring silicon carbide power...
NL - Lowland commits EUR 5m to eBuddy
Amsterdam-based eBuddy, a provider of web-based messaging, has raised €5m in a first round of funding from Lowland Capital Partners. eBuddy offers an internet service which enables users to chat with AOL, MSN and Yahoo accounts without having to install...
FRANCE - Cytheris raises EUR 24.3m second round
France-based Cytheris, a pharmaceutical company developing new therapies for the immune system, has raised EUR 24.3m from CDC Entreprises Innovation, ABN Amro Capital Life Sciences and its historical investors.
DENMARK - Nordic Venture Partners invests in mobile data back-up company
Nordic Venture Partners has invested several million euros in ZYB, a free mobile back-up and sharing service operating on a global level. ZYB was founded in 2005 and it is doubling its number of employees before entering into next year.
SPAIN - Lemon Quest receives EUR 2m in first financing round
Lemon Quest, a Madrid-based developer of games for mobile phones, has received its first round of financing from Debaeque Capital, the venture capital firm managed by Patrick Raibaut. Debaeque has injected EUR 2m and has taken a stake in Lemon Quest...
ITALY - Strategia Italia invests in Microcinema
Audiovisual distributor Microcinema Srl received EUR 1.2m of funding from a consortium led by Strategia Italia. The Turin-based company will seek to introduce digital cinema to the Italian market. Microcinema plans to distribute audiovisual contents,...
UK - launch of venture-backed Healthcare Brands International
Healthcare Brands International (HBI), a new company helping to turn innovative medical product technology into successful consumer brands, was officially launched today. Backed by ТЃ25m of venture capital from a syndicate of investors including Abingworth,...