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Seventure's Biophytis secures €2m B-round funding
Seventure Partners and CM-CIC Capital Privé have joined new investor Metabrain Research in a €2m series-B financing round for French pharmaceuticals company Biophytis.
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JC Flowers injects £65m into mortgage business Castle Trust
US private equity investor JC Flowers has committed £65m in equity to the launch of Castle Trust, a provider of retail mortgages.
Spark backs Molplex with £350,000
Spark Impact has invested £350,000 into drug discovery company Molplex.
Spanish VCs back ForMune with €4.4m
Venture capital firms Inveready and Caja Navarra, alongside public company Navarra Development Society (Sodena), have supported the spinout of biotech firm ForMune from parent company Digna Biotech with a capital commitment of €4.4m over the next three...
European VC "stronger now than in 2000"
Venture capital is on an upward trajectory, with phenomenal exits and a handful of fund closes building momentum. Kimberly Romaine interviews John Holloway, director at European Investment Fund, Europe's largest venture backer, about the industry's decade...
Telefónica and Caixa pump €3m into addFleet
Telefónica Ventures, the VC arm of telecommunications firm Telefónica Digital, and Caixa Capital have backed transportation network operator addFleet with €3m.
SAM Private Equity invests $12m in Nujira
British semiconductor business Nujira has secured a $12m financing round from SAM Private Equity.
SV Life Sciences et al. in $7.6m series-B for Karus
Karus Therapeutics has secured a $7.6m series-B financing round, led by SV Life Sciences, New Leaf Ventures, Novo A/S and International Biotechnology Trust.
Industrifonden et al. back Actiwave
Industrifonden and SEB Venture Capital have invested SEK 15m in Swedish audio technology developer Actiwave.
Octopus injects £1.6m into LifeBook
Octopus Investments has provided UK-based autobiographies publisher LifeBook with £1.6m of early-stage funding.
European buyout dealflow picks up in July
European private equity dealflow remained stable in July, with an increase in buyout activity making up for lackluster growth capital and early-stage investments, resulting in a significant value uptick.
Foresight backs £21m organic waste facility
Foresight has committed £11m to special purpose vehicle TEG Biogas London.
Peppermint et al. invest in IOP
Peppermint Venture Partners, Enjoy Venture and KFW's ERP Startfonds have invested €1.6m in German eye disease monitoring company Implandata Ophthalmic Products (IOP), completing its series-A funding round.
Hasso Plattner Ventures backs Monoqi
Hasso Plattner Ventures has backed Berlin-based online private shopping club start-up Monoqi.
Northstar Ventures backs TryLife
Northstar Ventures has invested £145,000 in UK online educational drama producer TryLife.
Finance Wales et al. complete Clinithink series-A
Finance Wales has taken part in the multi-million-dollar second tranche of a series-A funding round for UK-based healthcare software company Clinithink, alongside existing investors.
HTGF et al. invest €1m in Data Virtuality
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) have invested €1m in German software start-up Data Virtuality.
UK Watch: Smaller buyouts still growing
The UK’s smaller buyout space has gone from strength-to-strength in the second quarter of 2012, according to figures in the latest unquote” UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling.
HTGF et al. back in Epivios
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the investment arm of Life Science Inkubator have invested in German epigenetics specialist Epivios, alongside Technology Transfer Heinrich Heine University and a private investor.
EdRIP et al. in CHF 25m GenKyoTex series-C extension
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP), Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporate Venture and other investors have provided Swiss biopharma GenKyoTex with CHF 25m of early-stage funding.
VCs in £22m round for PsiOxus
Imperial Innovations and Invesco Perpetual have contributed £5.5m each to a £22m financing round in British biotech company PsiOxus Therapeutics.
Seguranza leads series-A round for Aquilón
Seguranza has led a €2m series-A funding round for veterinary services and products producer Aquilón CyL.
Ysios leads €2m round for Inbiomotion
Ysios Capital has led a €2m series-A funding round for Spanish molecular diagnostics company Inbiomotion.