Early-stage
Firm of the month: Advent Venture Partners
Venture is not renowned for consistent homeruns. But one firm has hit a hat-trick of exits in four months, netting an average 6x. Greg Gille reports
MTI leads investment in Oxford Photovoltaics
MTI Partners has led a ТЃ650,000 investment round in UK cleantech company Oxford Photovoltaics Limited (OPV).
S-Refit et al. close finance round for Lophius
Venture capital firms S-Refit, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayernkapital have closed a €1.4m financing round for diagnostic test systems developer Lophius Biosciences.
unquote" Private Equity Barometer – Q2 2011
Preliminary figures released today in the Q2 2011 unquote" Private Equity Barometer reveal renewed activity during Q2.
Nordic unquote" Private Equity Index Q2 2011
In the latest edition of Nordic unquoteт Private Equity Index, in association with KPMG.
Venture firms agree on start-up funding guidelines
A series of venture industry-sanctioned guidelines, designed to facilitate entrepreneurs’ access to seed funding, were announced today.
Consortium invests $6.7m in myFC AB
A consortium, including KTH Chalmers Capital and the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund, has invested $6.7m in Swedish fuel cell technology company myFC AB.
French tech investments in need of higher gear?
Although optimistic about the sector’s growth prospects in the coming months, French tech entrepreneurs claim capital is hard to come by. Do tech-focused venture firms need to step up their game? Greg Gille reports
Industrifonden et al. invest in Sol Voltaics
Industrifonden and other investors have injected SEK 40m in Swedish solar cell company Sol Voltaics AB.
HTGF backs Krauttools with €500,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested €500,000 in customer voting solution provider Krauttools.
Consortium provides €7m funding for NonWoTecc
NRW.Bank, Rheinland Venture Capital, Kreissparkasse Köln, HTGF and KfW have backed NonWoTecc Medical in a second financing round worth €7m.
Alven et al. inject €750,000 in AntVoice
Alven Capital and Nestadio Capital have contributed to a €750,000 seed funding round for French software publisher AntVoice.
SEB VC leads SEK 15m Actiwave investment
SEB Venture Capital has led a SEK 15m investment in Swedish technology company Actiwave AB.
BB Biotech provides further €1m for Natural Dental Implants
BB Biotech Ventures has led a follow-on financing round for Natural Dental Implants AG with €1m.
HTGF and Seedfonds BW back Compositence
HTGF and Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg have invested an undisclosed amount in technology company Compositence.
Kernel Capital invests €500,000 in FeedHenry
Kernel Capital has invested тЌ500,000 in Waterford-based cloud solutions provider FeedHenry Limited.
CAN backs Laboratorios Ojer Pharma with €500,000
Corporación Caja Navarra (CAN), the private equity arm of Caja Navarra, has invested €500,000 in biotech company Laboratorios Ojer Pharma in return for a 11.22% in the business.
Accel et al. invest $12m in Supercell
Accel Partners, alongside existing investor London Venture Partners and Klaas Kersting, has invested $12m in Finnish game developer Supercell.
HTGF backs MYR GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested €500,000 in German biotech firm MYR GmbH.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital back Lumatix
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested €600,000 sofware developer Lumatix GmbH.
Vesalius Biocapital et al. back ProFibrix
A consortium of venture investors led by Vesalius Biocapital and INKEF Capital has provided Dutch biotech company ProFibrix with a series-B follow-on financing round.
HTGF et al. close finance round for Protectimmun
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Enjoy Venture and KfW have completed a €1.3m financing round for biopharmaceutical company Protectimmun.
HTGF backs Transcatheter Technologies
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed medical equipment provider Transcatheter Technologies in a €1.7m series-A financing round.
unquote" UK Watch Q1 2011
In the latest edition of the unquote” UK Watch, in association with Corbett Keeling: