Early-stage
HTGF backs siOptica
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed siOptica, a manufacturer and provider of special optics.
Exact Invest backs Danmagi
Exact Invest has invested in Danmagi, a Danish cloud-based guest internet provider.
Peppermint Venture Partners et al. back CAP-CMV
Peppermint Venture Partners has led a €800,000 seed financing round for CAP-CMV, a German medical start-up, alongside other investors.
Index invests in TheFamily
Index Ventures has backed TheFamily, a Paris-based start-up accelerator.
Early-stage deals further recover in Q2
Both the volume and overall value of early-stage activity registered a welcome uptick across Europe in the second quarter, according to unquote" data.
Affaredelgiorno raises €1.1m
Italian online grocery discount aggregator Affaredelgiorno.it has raised €1.1m from Principia and Dpixel.
HTGF backs exelonix in seed round
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has provided seed funding to exelonix, a provider of internet-based assistance systems for elderly people.
HTGF's CorTec receives €3m series-A funding
KfW Banking Group and seed investor M-Invest have injected €3m into High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) portfolio company CorTec.
HTGF backs NovaPump in series-A funding
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in medical company NovaPump as part of a series-A funding round.
Idinvest et al. back Grand Cru with €8.5m
Idinvest Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Nokia Growth Partners have taken part in an тЌ8.5m series-A funding round for Finnish game developer Grand Cru.
HTGF's Capical receives series-A funding
KfW and M-Invest have invested in Capical, a medical technology company backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), in a series-A funding round.
Midven backs Learning Labs
Midven has invested ТЃ300,000 in Learning Labs' language learning product FlashSticks, which uses 3Mтs Post-it notes.
Principia backs Rysto with $1m
Italian venture capital firm Principia has injected $1m into Rysto, an online portal for jobseekers in hospitality and catering.
Strong branding boosts dealflow
A new study has revealed that 88% of CEOs believe a strong venture capital brand helps to attract entrepreneurs and improves dealflow.
Earlybird et al. back EyeEm
Earlybird Venture Capital and existing investors have injected $6m into EyeEm, a German mobile photography community.
Fondamenta and IMI back MilkyWay
Italian investors Fondamenta and IMI Fondi Chiusi have made a €720,000 capital injection into extreme biking and sports equipment firm MilkyWay.
Balderton Capital et al. in follow-on for Vivino
Balderton Capital has led a тЌ7.9m ($10.3m) follow-on series-A funding round for Vivino, a Danish social wine-focused app developer.
Principia backs Weekend-a-gogo
Italian VC player Principia has injected €450,000 into Neapolitan social tourism platform Weekend-a-gogo.
XAnge leads series-B round for Studitemps
French GP XAnge has invested €3.5m in Cologne-based recruiting agency Studitemps as part of the company's series-B funding round.
Idinvest et al. back Pathoquest with €3.8m
Idinvest Partners and Aurinvest, as well as existing backer Kurma Life Sciences Partners (KLS), have injected €3.8m into Paris-based biotechnology firm Pathoquest.
EdRip in CHF 18m OncoEthix series-B round
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRip) has participated in a series-B funding round totalling CHF 18m for Swiss oncology drug development firm OncoEthix.
CloudArena raises $1.5m from Aslanoba and 212 Capital
Istanbul-based CloudArena, a hospitality-focused cloud software provider, has received $1.5m in early-stage funding from Aslanoba Capital and existing backer 212 Capital Partners.
VC investors back Magine
A number of Swedish and international investors have closed a series-A funding round of $19m for Magine, a Swedish cloud-based cable operator.
Octopus backs UltraSoC
Octopus Investments has invested a further $2.3m in a series-B funding round for UltraSoC, a UK-based provider of system-on-chip infrastructure (SoC).