Early-stage
PrimeVentures backs AppLift with additional $7m
PrimeVentures has backed mobile games marketing platform AppLift with $7m, after injecting $13m into the start-up in June this year.
IBB backs labfolder in 11th deal this year
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft has made its 11th transaction this year by backing software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform labfolder, alongside Vogel Ventures and business angel Jan Bohl.
KfW backs Schutzklick
KfW has invested in German start-up Schutzklick, a provider of gadget insurance, alongside business angels and family offices.
HTGF et al. invest in Inventorum
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Klingel New Media and Vogel Ventures have backed retail managing solutions provider Inventorum in an undisclosed seed round.
Project A Ventures receives €30m from Springer
German incubator Project A Ventures has raised €30m from media company Axel Springer after less than two years on the road.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital back Photonics Healthcare
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital have backed Photonics Healthcare, a medical equipment manufacturer.
Auven's ADC Therapeutics receives $40m funding round
Pharmaceuticals company ADC Therapeutics has raised $40m from existing backer Auven Therapeutics and corporation MedImmune.
Practica Capital invests in Trafi
Lithuanian venture capital firm Practica Capital has injected $500,000 into Trafi, a Lithuanian journey-planning application developer.
Almi Invest backs Peptonic
Venture capital firm Almi Invest has taken a stake in Swedish pharmaceutical company Peptonic.
Almi Invest backs Avalanche Biotech
Almi Invest and business angel PУЄr Ribbner have invested in Swedish life sciences business Avalanche Biotech in exchange for a minority stake in the company.
I2BF backs Dauria Aerospace with $20m
I2BF Global Ventures has supplied Dauria Aerospace, a Russian satellite manufacturer and services provider, with $20m for its series-B funding round.
Octopus et al. back Swoon Editions with £1.2m
Octopus Investments, Index Ventures and angel investors have injected ТЃ1.2m into furniture designer Swoon Editions.
True Ventures leads $3m round for Narrative
True Ventures has led a $3m funding round for Swedish firm Narrative (formerly Memoto), a developer of micro-camera software and hardware.
Investinor, Industrifonden invest SEK 96m in Pharmalink
Pharmalink has received SEK 96m in a series-C financing round co-led by existing investor Industrifonden and new backer Investinor.
VC-backed Merus secures additional €31m
Dutch biopharma company Merus has received a €31m extension of its 2010 series-B funding round from Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) and its existing venture capital backers.
Omnes injects €3m into Opsona
Omnes Capital has made a capital injection of тЌ3m into immunology drug developer Opsona Therapeutics, in an extension of the companyтs series-C round.
KfW and Born2grow back Rockethome
KfW and seed investor Born2grow have jointly backed home energy management technology provider Rockethome.
BPI France et al. fund new French biotech
BPI France, Ixo Private Equity and the Irdinov fund have backed the creation of new French biotech firm GamaMabs Pharma with a €3.1m investment, working in partnership with French pharma group LFB.
Tapastreet pulls in €500,000 funding round
Tapastreet, an Irish location-based media discovery app developer, has secured a тЌ500,000 investment from state-backed venture capital firms Kernel Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
IBB backs Myelo Therapeutics in series-A
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft has backed a series-A financing round for pharmaceutical company Myelo Therapeutics.
Sofinnova et al. invest £1.3m in Synthace
Sofinnova Partners has led a ТЃ1.3m funding round for Synthace, a London-based applied synthetic bioengineering company, alongside a syndicate of angel investors.
Inveready leads round for Mobincube
Spanish VC Inveready has led a €700,000 seed funding round for Mobincube, a Valencia-based mobile software developer, alongside the Bankinter Innovation Foundation and The Crowd Angel.
French VCs invest €12m in Fermentalg
BPI France, Viveris Management and IRDI have taken part in a €12m fundraising round for biotechnology company Fermentalg, alongside existing investors.
BayBG buys minority stake in impacore
Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) has bought a 11.3% stake in impacore, a performance-rating service provider.