Early-stage
Caixa Capital Risc boosts biotech spin-offs
Caixa Capital Risc, the venture capital arm of La Caixa, has invested in two spin-off companies from the same sector: Sagetis Biotech and Chronobiotech.
Tallwood injects €5m into Accent
Silicon Valley investor Tallwood Venture Capital has given Italian semiconductor specialist Accent a €5m cash boost.
HTGF invests in two companies
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has announced two further investments.
360° leads €2.4m round for NSE Industry
360° Capital Partners has led a €2.4m funding round for a minority stake in Italian waste recycling business NSE Industry.
HTGF and MAZ invest in PAS-Analytik
High-Tech Gründerfonds and MAZ level one have invested around €550,000 into laser-based photoacoustics specialist PAS-Analytik.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. invest €2m in Neonga
A consortium of private and institutional investors led by High-Tech Gründerfonds have invested €2m in German video games developer Neonga.
Gamma III lead early-stage funding of Mobilizy
Austrian early-stage specialist Gamma Capital Partners had advised its latest fund, Gamma III, on a first round investment in Mobilizy GmbH. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.
High-Tech Gründerfonds backs Scopis
High-Tech Gründerfonds has provided German medical-equipment designer Scopis with a round of early-stage funding.
Government VCs and the venture ecosystem
Governments have been involved in funding small businesses for many years now, and government-backed VCs are a common sight in many European countries. While in the past, they might have been seen as just another source of funding for many start-up companies,...
UK large buyouts hit €8bn
Larger deals have made a major comeback in the UK, with an aggregate deal value of €8bn in he third quarter, according to the latest unquote” UK watch.
German venture: A ghost town?
At the very peak of the economic boom in 2007 the German venture market looked set to take off and regain much of the ground it had lost following the dotcom crash, with large sums of capital flowing into the hands of entrepreneurial businesses. However,...
Catapult and Mercia inject £1.1m into nanoTherics
Catapult Venture Partners and Mercia Technology Seed Fund have led a £1.1m funding round for gene replacement therapy firm nanoTherics.
Consortium invests €4m in Zimory
A consortium led by Creathor Venture, High-Tech Gründerfonds and VC Fonds Technologie Berlin have invested €4m in cloud computing company Zimory.
Octopus invests £275,000 in TouchType
Octopus Ventures has provided UK software company TouchType with £275,000 of seed funding.
m8 Capital injects $2m into Masabi
Venture capital firm m8 Capital has given mobile ticketing technology provider Masabi a $2m cash injection.
Octopus Ventures backs PrimaStar with £2m
Octopus Ventures has invested £2m in UK-based technology company PrimaStar.
Consortium invests in Medotech
A consortium consisting of Vækstfonden, Via Venture Partners and Syddansk Kapital have invested in Medotech A/S.
GE Capital invests £17m in Baird Group
Asset-based lending specialist GE Capital has provided two subsidiaries of Baird Group Limited with £17m of finance facilities.
SerComm, UMC and Pacific invest $5m in Ubiquisys
Asian investors SerComm Corporation, UMC Capital Corporation and Pacific Venture Partners have injected $5m into Ubiquisys as part of the company’s fifth round of funding.
Consortium invests €53.8m in immatics
A consortium of investors including Wellington Partners, dievini Hopp Biotech holding, MIG Verwaltungs and AT Impf have raised €53.8m in a series-C funding round for immatics biotechnologies GmbH.
Industrifonden co-invests in RxEye
Industrifonden (Swedish Industrial Development Fund) and Praktikerinvest have provided SEK 20m for medical imaging provider RxEye.
Bank of Ireland leads €1.8m round for InishTech
The Bank of Ireland has led a €1.8m round of funding for Dublin software start-up InishTech via its Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund.
DN Capital and HTGF give cash boost to baby care website
High-Tech Grunderfonds and DN Capital have teamed up to invest in a baby care speciality website which is scheduled to launch this month.