Early-stage
SEED Capital invests in Medichanical
SEED Capital has invested in Danish medical equipment company Medichanical Engineering ApS.
Nauta invests €1m in Yuilop
Buyout house Nauta Capital has invested €1m in Spanish technology start-up Yuilop, which specialises in developing software for smartphones.
Icos Capital backs Greenclouds
Dutch venture company Icos Capital has backed Greenclouds.
Phase4 spins out of Nomura
Nomuraтs life science investment team, Phase4 Ventures, has been spun out by its management team.
HTGF backs enexion
HTGF has backed German energy optimisation solution provider enexion GmbH.
eCapital and HTGF back saperatec
Venture firms eCapital and HTGF have backed raw materials recycling specialist saperatec with €1m.
eCapital backs Feranova
Venture firm eCapital has backed Feranova in a first round of finance with €1.5m.
HTGF et al. invest in UP Web Game
Existing investors HTGF and digital entertainment company RapidShare Entertainment have backed UP Web Game.
HTGF et al. back Entelios
HTGF and Dutch clean energy investor Yellow&Blue Investment Management have backed German Entelios in a series-A financing round.
HTGF et al. back Natural Dental Implants
HTGF, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and business angelshave provided $2m for Natural Dental Implants AG in a series-A funding round.
Intel Capital et al. back Sulfurcell
Intel Capital, Climate Change Capital, Bankinvest Group, Zouk Ventures, Masdar Cleantech Investments and Demeter have invested €18.3m in a fifth round of funding for Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH.
Conor Venture Partners invests €1m in Sensinode
Conor Venture Partners has backed Finnish IP-based software developer Sensinode Ltd with a тЌ1m investment.
Deal activity down but buyouts surge ahead
Private equity deal activity fell for a second consecutive quarter at the end of 2010 despite widespread optimism over the marketтs outlook, according to figures from the latest unquoteт Private Equity Barometer.
Industrifonden leads investment in InDex
Industrifonden and existing shareholders, including SEB Venture Capital, have made a SEK 75m investment in InDex Pharmaceuticals AB.
Leonardo Venture backs SmartMembranes
Venture house Leonardo Venture GmbH & Co. KGaA has acquired a 16.66% stake in SmartMembranes GmbH.
Emertec et al. invest €1.3m in Eviagenics
Emertec Gestion and CapDecisif Management have provided French biotech company Eviagenics with €1.3m of early-stage funding.
TGFS et al. back Caterna
Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen TGFS and HTG have invested €650,000 in Caterna GmbH.
Milestone Venture Capital backs protected-networks.com
Milestone Venture Capital has joined existing investor High-Tech Gründerfonds by backing German online company protected-networks.com with an investment thought to be worth between €1-10m.
Aurelia Private Equity et al. back GILUPI
Aurelia Private Equity, Brandenburg Capital, KfW Bankengruppe and High-Tech Gründerfonds have invested €3.6m in GILUPI GmbH in a third round of financing.
Sarsia Seed leads Avexxin funding round
Sarsia Seed has led a funding round in Norwegian pharma company Avexxin AS.
Index Ventures et al. back SoundCloud
Venture capital firms Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures have provided funding for audio distribution platform SoundCloud.
SICI invests €500,000 in Ecopol
Sviluppo Imprese Centro Italia (SICI) has invested €500,000 in Ecopol, an Italian producer of water-soluble and biodegradable products.
Axis invests €1m in Sabirmedical
Axis Participaciones has invested €1m in medical technology firm Sabirmedical via the FESpyme private equity fund.
Consortium provide €100m for Symphogen
A consortium led by Novo A/S, joined by Essex Woodlands, Gilde Healthcare Partners and Danish Pension Fund PKA, has provided тЌ100m for Symphogen, making it the largest funding round ever in Europe for a private biotech company.