Early-stage
GERMANY – HTGF provides seed funding for Raumfeld
High-Tech Gründerfonds has provided seed funding for hi-fi systems maker Raumfeld GmbH.
GERMANY - Earlybird leads EUR 3m round for EBS Technology
Earlybird has led a EUR 3m investment in medical device business EBS Technology GmbH, together with BC Brandenburg Capital.
UK - The Aspire Fund invests inTalentPuzzle
Capital for Enterprise's The Aspire Fund has invested an undisclosed amount into TalentPuzzle, an online recruitment platform, alongside Venrex Investment Managemnet and two angel investors.
NETHERLANDS - Thuja et al. in series-A round for FABPulous
Thuja Capital, Health Innovation Fund, Limburg Ventures and NV Industriebank LIOF have co-led an indisclosed investment into biotechnology firm FABPulous, in a first round of institutional funding.
FRANCE - Natixis and Emerging back USD 22.6m EyeGate investment
Natixis Private Equity and Emerging Capital, alongside return backers Ventech, Innoven Partners and Medicis Capital, have invested close to USD 23m in a series-D financing round for pharmaceutical company EyeGate Pharma.
FINLAND - Inventure and Nexit in EUR 3m round for Rightware
Venture investors Inventure and Nexit Ventures have co-led a EUR 3m financing round for software company Rightware.
AUSTRIA – MP Healthcare and Merck Serono lead EUR 8m round for f-star
MP Healthcare Venture Management and Merck Serono Ventures have co-led a EUR 8m extended Series A financing round for f-star Biotechnologische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsges mbH.
DENMARK - ViaVenture backs Adform
Danish venture fund Via Venture Partners has invested in online marketing platform provider Adform.
UK - WHEB Ventures invests in PassivSystems
WHEB Ventures has invested an undisclosed amount into home energy management company PassivSystems.
SWITZERLAND - Essex leads CHF 46m Molecular Partners investment
Essex Woodland Health Ventures has led a CHF 46m Series-B funding round for biotech company Molecular Partners, alongside the businesses existing investors including Index Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, BB Biotech Ventures and Endeavour....
SWITZERLAND - Aravis & Wellington invest further CHF 16m in Evolva SA
Aravis and Wellington Partners have co-led a CHF 16m investment in Swiss biotechnology company Evolva in a second tranche of the company's Series-B financing, taking the total amount raised to EUR 44m.
UK - Imperial Innovations leads £15m Circassia funding
Imperial Innovations has led a ТЃ15m third founding round for drug company Circassia, alongside return backers Invesco Perpetual and Lansdowne Partners.
AUSTRIA - Target Partners invests in Hetras
Target Partners has invested an undisclosed sum in hotel management software developer Hetras.
EUROPE - Venture: resilient, and proving lucrative
While 2009 was a grim year indeed for European buyouts, venture and growth investing has proven more resilient. By Mareen Goebel
GERMANY - Consortium invests EUR 2.4m into eZelleron
eCAPITAL and Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) have led an investment into fuel cell systems company eZelleron totalling EUR 2.4m.
NETHERLANDS - BioGenerations invests in Medisse
BioGenerations Ventures has led an investment in Medisse, a biotechnology company, alongside Crédit Agricole Private Equity.
NETHERLANDS - BioGenerations invests in Medisse
BioGenerations Ventures has led an investment in Medisse, a biotechnology company, alongside Crédit Agricole Private Equity.
UK - Epi-V invests £7m in Moorland Energy
Specialist investor Epi-V has invested a further ТЃ7m in Moorland Energy, an upstream exploration and production company.
UK - Curzon Park leads £1m funding round for Q Chip
Cleantech venture investor Curzon Park Capital has led a ТЃ1m funding round for bioencapsulation technology specialist Q Chip Life Sciences, alongside Finance Wales.
GERMANY - LSP leads EUR 18.5m Series-A for Curetis
Life Sciences Partners has led a Series-A financing round of medical diagnostics company Curetis AG, raising a total of EUR 18.5m.
GERMANY - Crédit Agricole et al. invest in Upside Shopping
Crédit Agricole (CA) Private Equity has participated in an undisclosed financing round for internet business Upside Shopping, alongside seed investors Rocket Internet GmbH and existing backers.
NETHERLANDS - Crédit Agricole PE invests EUR 1.7m in arGEN-X
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has invested close to EUR 2m in biopharmaceutical firm arGEN-X in a second close of the firm's series-A funding round, taking the total raised to EUR 12.5m.
SWITZERLAND - Ventech backs Covagen
Venture firm Ventech has invested an undisclosed sum in biotechnology company Covagen.
UK - Dawn Capital invests in series A round for Manic Monkey
Dawn Capital has invested an undisclosed amount into 3D animation specialist Manic Monkey in a series-A round of financing.