Early-stage
Global - Sofinnova Partners sign three biotech deals
French venture investor Sofinnova Partners has participated in funding rounds for three early-stage biotech companies, committing a total of GBP 30m. In the UK, Crescendo raised GBP 4.5m, while US-based Flexion Therapeutics and DNP Green Technology received...
NORWAY - InnKap et al in NOK 30m share issue for SantoSolve
Existing backers Nordic venture funds InnovationsKapital and Teknoinvest have participated in a NOK 30m share issue for pharmaceutical company SantoSolve AS. New investor, the Norwegian governement-owned venture fund Investinor, contributed NOK 15m for...
UK - MTI makes two investments in two days
MTI Partners has recently completed two transactions from its UMIP Premier Fund, the University of Manchester's technology transfer company, comprising a ТЃ1m co-investment in optical technology specialist Lein Applied Diagnostics and a ТЃ500,000 investment...
GERMANY - HTGF and T-Venture back Yoochoose
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and T-Venture have invested an undisclosed sum in recommendation software company Yoochoose.
UK - Ariadne syndicates £2.1m Enrich funding
Venture advisory firm Ariadne Capital has syndicated just over ТЃ2m of funding for media distribution firm Enrich Social Productions.
UK - Imperial Innovations et al. invest £1.2m in BioCeramic
Imperial Innovations and Longbow Capital have led a funding round valued at over ТЃ1m for bioactive materials company BioCeramic Therapeutics, alongside existing backers Comvest and the Esmee Fairbarn Foundation.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in C2Call
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in VoIP company C2Call GmbH, alongside two angel investors.
SWITZERLAND – Consortium funds Biocartis SA with EUR 10m
Aescap Venture led a EUR 10m Series-A round in diagnostics company Biocartis SA. Other members of the syndicate are Biovest, KBC Private Equity, Advent Venture Partners and existing shareholder Benaruca.
UK - KPCB in D-round for Shazam
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) has invested an undisclosed value into Shazam Entertainment, a mobile music discovery application. Existing Shazam backers include DN Capital and founding investor Acacia Capital Partners.
BELGIUM - Capital-E in EUR 2.5m B-round for PharmaDiagnostics
Capital-E has participated in a series-B round for PharmaDiagnostics NV, alongside an undisclosed group of investors, raising EUR 2.5m.
FRANCE - Oséo supports Ariana with EUR 1m
Oséo has provided Ariana Pharma, a software company focused on drug discovery, with EUR 1m as part of the IMAkinib initiative, a program focused on developing biomarkers for oncology.
IRELAND - Fountain Healthcare leads $70m Amarin financing
Existing backer Fountain Healthcare Partners has led a $70m financing for listed biopharmaceutical company Amarin Corporation, through a private placement.
UK - Sofinnova Partners leads £4.5m round for Crescendo Biologics
Sofinnova Partners has led a seed funding round worth close to ТЃ5m for therapeutics company Crescendo Biologics, alongside Aitua, Avlar BioVentures and the Rainbow Seed Fund.
UK - Imperial Innovations et al. invest £1m into Plaxica
Imperial Innovations has led a ТЃ1m funding round for sustainable plastics company Plaxica, alongside Carbon Trust Investments and NESTA.
FRANCE - XAnge provide KissKissBankBank with EUR 750k
XAnge Private Equity has provided KissKissBankBank, an internet platform, with EUR 750,000 in seed financing.
UK - Celtic Therapeutics to invest up to $15m into Spirogen
Pharmaceuticals-focused investor Celtic Therapeutics has agreed to invest up to $15m into Spirogen Ltd, a developer of DNA-interactive drugs.
UK - Mercia et al. invest £400,000 into Allinea Software
Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Midven, via its Advantage Growth Fund, have co-led a ТЃ400,000 seed funding round for specialist software developer Allinea Software, alongside management.
UK - Atlas and Novartis invest into Bicycle Therapeutics
Atlas Venture and Novartis Venture Fund have invested an undisclosed amount of seed funding into biotherapeutics start-up Bicycle Therapeutics.
UK - Amadeus Capital invests in Linkdex
Amadeus Capital Partners, via its Amadeus Seed Fund and Amadeus III vehicle, has invested EUR650,000 into software company Linkdex.
GERMANY - Gilde Healthcare Partners co-leads EUR 7m mtm funding
Gilde Healthcare Partners has co-led a EUR 7m investment for diagnostics company mtm Laboratories, in an extension to the business' series-C funding round.
GERMANY - BrainsToVentures invests in Linguee
Investors from BrainsToVentures have, together with its in-house fund, provided a second round of financing for online translation search engine provider Linguee GmbH.
IRELAND - Kernel and Dermot lead $33m Intune investment
Kernel Capital and Dermot Desmond have led a funding round for telecoms equipment supplier Intune Networks worth close to $33m.
UK - LCA invests second tranche of £1.2m QuantSol funding
Low Carbon Accelerator has completed the second tranche of funding for solar photovoltaic company QuantaSol, as part of a total financing round worth just under ТЃ1.2m.
BELGIUM - Big Bang in EUR 1.2m Racktivity funding
Big Bang Ventures has invested EUR 1.2m into management technology business Racktivity.