Early-stage
Earlybird supports Metrekare
Firm has recorded 100,000 listings in first year
Earlybird backs Romanian recruitment firm Tjobs
VC committed funds from Earlybird Digital East Fund
HTGF reinvests in Lophius Biosciences
HTGF portfolio company secures additional funding
Novartis and Versant co-lead Anokion series-A
Anokion plans to use capital for clinical trials to start in 2017
Wellington in triple-deal close
Investments come from Wellington V Digital Fund
PVP leads CryoTherapeutics €6.5m series-A extension
HTGF also involved in the round
Faber and Portugal Ventures inject $1m into Liquid
Company to use funding to make new hires and expand platform
Enterome raises €10m series-B
Paris-based Enterome Bioscience has raised €10m in a series-B round from existing backers Seventure, Lundbeckfond Ventures and Omnes Capital.
UK Watch: Q1 deal volume drops off
But increased exit activity is buoying the market
Mercia, Finance Wales in $1m series-A round for Thalia
Firm also receives grant from Welsh government
Sunstone and DFJ Esprit back Crate Data
VCs inject $1.5m into data business
Q1 Barometer: primary buyouts stand out
Overall buyouts down by 10% in lacklustre quarter
MIG Fonds et al. invest €5.5m in Isarna Therapeutics
German VCs reinvest in Munich-based biotech
Versant backs Crispr Therapeutics in €25m deal
VC firm's third investment in April
DACH: Growth capital value up as traditional buyouts suffer
Growth capital deals are proving more popular with businesses in the region
Abingworth, MVM lead $40m Wilson round
Previous investor HealthCap joins round
Heart Metabolics launches with $20m investment
Seroba Kernel Life Sciences and US firm venBio lead round
Kernel et al. invest €900,000 in AltraTech
Kernel Capital, Enterprise Ireland and the company's founders have collectively invested тЌ900,000 in AltraTech, the Irish developer of a diagnostics kit for food traceability.
Caixa in €2m round for Scutum
Sixth deal for the Caixa Innvierte Industria fund
Kurma et al. invest €7.5m in Oxthera
Deal marks first investment from Kurma Biofund II
Versant Ventures injects $12m into AAVLife
Inserm Transfert Initiative also took part in the series-A round
HTGF invests in CarJump
Deal follows CiteeCar round last week
Versant Ventures injects CHF 11m into Piqur
VC firm also brings industry expertise to Piqur's board