Early-stage
GERMANY - SC invests in Ladon
SC-Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft, through Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen, has invested an undisclosed sum into lighting company Ladon GmbH.
UK - Catapult et al. invest £1m into Probe Scientific
Catapult Venture Managers has led a ТЃ1m funding round into medical device company Probe Scientific, alongside NESTA, existing shareholders and directors.
UK - NSEI invests £60,000 into Durham Mag-Lev
NorthStar Equity Investors, via its North East Proof of Concept Fund, has invested ТЃ60,000 into technology company Durham Mag-Lev.
FRANCE - Eco-Mobilite Partners invest EUR 1.6m in Lumeneo
Eco-Mobilite Partners, the venture subsidiary of the SNCF, alongside Objectif Gazelle 2 and a number business angels from the XMP-BA group, has led an investment into electric car developer Lumeneo worth EUR 1.6m.
SWEDEN - Creandum and Viking join EUR 12.5m round for Nanoradio
Scandiavian venture firms Creandum and Viking Venture has joined existing investors Ferd Venture, Industrifonden, Innovacom, Nordic Venture Partners, and Teknoinvest in a EUR 12.5m financing round for semiconductor developer Nanoradio AB.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Yatta Solutions GmbH
High-tech Gründerfonds has invested in software company Yatta Solutions GmbH, a specialist in model-driven software, enabling completion of the UML Lab prototype and subsequent market launch.
UK - EV further invests in Plant Impact
Enterprise Ventures (EV), via its RisingStars Growth Fund, has made a follow-on investment into publicly listed agriculture company Plant Impact of ТЃ1.5m. The deal forms part of a placing of 4,850,000 new ordinary shares.
SWEDEN - RWE Innogy invests SEK 12m into Mantex
The venture capital arm of German energy company RWE Innogy has invested SEK 12m into Swedish clean tech business Mantex AB.
GERMANY - BC Brandenberg and KfW lead EUR 4.5m Metaversum funding
BC Brandenburg Capital and KfW have led a EUR 4.5m round in GmbH, alongside return backers Balderton Capital and Grazia Equity.
BELGIUM - LSP et al. invest EUR 4.9m into Pronota
A syndicate of existing backers, including LSP, Gimv, Biotech Fund Flanders, KBC Private Equity, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Baekeland Fund have participated in a EUR 5m series-B funding round for biotech firm Pronota, alongside new...
GERMANY - HTGF et al. invest EUR 650,000 into Intana Bioscience
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and BioM AG have invested EUR 650,000 into Intana Bioscience GmbH.
FRANCE - Delta Partners invested EUR 2.75m in SpineGuard
Delta Partners has invested close to EUR 3m into medical equipment company SpineGuard in an extension to the business' first round of funding. Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Innoven Partenaires had originally co-led an $11m investment into the firm...
SPAIN - Adara and Neotec back AlienVault
Adara Ventures and Neotec have invested an undisclosed sum into software company AlienVault.
SWITZERLAND - Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital lead CHF 23m round for Symetis SA
Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital have co-led a CHF 23m round for medical technologies company Symetis SA.
UK - AGF et al. invest $4.5m in Vivacta
Existing investors AGF Private Equity, HBM Bioventures, Spark Ventures and Viking Technologies have invested $4.5m into Vivacta, a UK-based blood-drop test developer.
UK - Braveheart et al. invest £250,000 into NXVision
Technology-focused investor Braveheart has led a ТЃ250,000 funding round for place-shifting technology company NXVision, alongside Scottish Enterprise, LINC Scotland and management.
Norway ventured, Norway gained
Government-backed LP Argentum has published its venture returns, showing that, despite common belief, stable and good returns can be made from venture investments. By Rikke Lilla Eckhoff
UK - EV leads £920,000 Xeros investment
Enterprise Ventures (EV) has led a ТЃ920,000 funding round for cleaning technology company Xeros Limited, alongside South Yorkshire Investment Fund, IP Venture Fund and business angels.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE invests EUR 3m into Stentys
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has invested EUR 3m into biomedical company Stentys in an extension to its series-B funding round, which was initially raised in March 2008 and saw Sofinnova and Scottish Equity Partners inject EUR 12m into the business....
UK - Wellington Partners leads $10m Enecsys funding
Wellington Partners has led a $10m series-A funding round for micro-inverter company Enecsys, alongside BankInvest New Energy Solutions.
UK - Abingworth et al. invest £15m into Chroma Therapeutics
Returning backers Abingworth Management, Essex Woodlands Healthcare Ventures, Gilde Healthcare, Nomura Phase4 Ventures and The Wellcome Trust have backed a ТЃ15m series-D funding round for biotechnology company Chroma Therapeutics.
UK - YFM completes £500,000 Syphan funding
YFM Venture Finance, through the Yorkshire and Humber Equity Fund (YHEF) and Partnership Investment Fund (PIF), has invested ТЃ500,000 into security technology company Syphan Technologies. Both YHEF and PIF contributed ТЃ250,000 of the total.
GERMANY - HTGF et al. invest EUR 500,000 into wwg
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Holtzbrink Ventures and business angels Oliver Jung and Torsten Oppermann have invested EUR 500,000 into online gaming company wwg worldwidegames GmbH.
FRANCE - BNP PE invests EUR 700,000 into Acropolis Telecom
BNP Private Equity, through its Antin Proximité 1 fund, has invested EUR 700,000 into Acropolis Telecom, a telecoms operator.