Early-stage
Q&A: European venture to outperform in cleantech area
Rob Genieser recently joined cleantech venture investor Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF), which currently invests from its £110m fund, closed in March 2008. Relocating from Vertex, which was headquartered in Singapore and Tel Aviv, he tells Rikke...
Bridges and Magenta support Halo
Bridges Ventures and Magenta Partners have supported Halo Insurance Services, a niche insurance company, with an undisclosed investment.
360 Capital Partners invests in Leetchi
Franco-Italian investor 360 Capital Partners has invested under €1m in Leetchi.com, an online payment company, alongside Kima Ventures.
Longbow et al. invest in Domainex
Longbow, The Capital Fund and Takeda Research Investment have invested an undisclosed amount of capital in biotechnology company Domainex.
Chalmers backs Orthocone with SEK 850,000
Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund has invested SEK 850,000 in technology start-up Orthocone.
Nauta in €1.5m round for Abiquo
Venture firm Nauta has led a €1.5m round for technology firm Abiquo, contributing €1m to the round and closing the first deal of its third fund Nauta III.
Novartis Ventures et al. in £8.65m round for ITS
Novartis Ventures, Sweden’s HealthCap, France’s Truffle Capital and London Technology Fund, have participated in a £8.65m funding round for British biotech company Immune Targeting Systems (ITS).
PTV and Sunstone invest €2.5m in Layar
Prime Technology Ventures (PTV) has together with Sunstone Capital, led a €2.5m series A round for Dutch augmented reality (AR) platform provider Layar.
MySQL founder backs MoSync
VC firm Open Ocean Capital, backed by MySQL founder Michael "Monty" Widenius has invested an undisclosed sum in MoSync, a provider of mobile application tools for standardisation.
Clave Mayor invests €4.5m in Ibetor
Spanish mid-market operator, Clave Mayor has invested €4.5m in technology business Ibetor via its Seguranza fund.
Eqvitec invests SEK 26m into Voddler
Finnish venture investors has backed Voddler, a company which providing video on-demand service, with SEK 26m.
Strong research bodes bright future for Dutch venture
The Netherlands’ excellence in the fields of ICT and Life Sciences is driving dealflow up and prompting optimism for the future. By Francinia Protti-Alvarez
Gründerfonds Münsterland completes first investment
eCAPITAL has invested a six-figure sum into Variowell Development GmbH.
Scottish Enterprise invests in Sistemic
Scottish Enterprise and ChimeraBio have led a series A funding round for biotech company Sistemic.
Consortium funds Eucodis with EUR 2m
Existing investors Pontis Capital, Wiener Wachstumsfonds, IBG und Arax have invested EUR 2m in enzyme company Eucodis Bioscience.
HTGF and Bayern Kapital invest in InnoMotix
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested in pneumatics company InnoMotix GmbH.
Entrepreneurs sour towards private equity model
Despite research suggesting that a large number of entrepeneurs will look to private equity as a source of capital in the coming months, anecdotal evidence reveals a far more negative attitude towards the industry. Deborah Sterescu investigates.
Amadeus Capital further invests in seed round for Ambient
Amadeus Capital Partners has invested an additional amount of seed capital in Ambient Industries, a mobile software company.
Secondaries players to fill later-stage gap
A lack of LP appetite has left a void at the later-stage end of the European venture market. Could secondaries players hold the key, asks Emanuel Eftimiu
LSP in €21.7m series B round for Merus
Life Sciences Partners (LSP), Novartis Option Fund, Pfizer and Bay City Capital have co-led a €21.7m series B financing round for biopharmaceutical Merus.
Rainbow Seed Fund et al invest £2m into Microvisk
Existing investor the Rainbow Seed Fund, alongside Oxford Technology Management, the Advantage Growth Fund, Finance Wales and New Hill, have invested £2m into medical diagnostic company Microvisk Technologies.
Optiomi and Veraventure back SongHi
Optiomi Invest has joined forces with the Finnish public early-stage investor Veraventure and backed SongHi Entertainment.
Veraventure leads USD 1m round for XIHA Life
Finnish public venture capital fund Veraventure has led a USD 1m investment round for multilingual social networking site XIHA Life
eVenture and Holtzbrinck back EUR 4m mycitydeal funding
eVenture Capital Partners and Holtzbrinck Ventures, alongside strategic investor Rocket Internet, have invested EUR 4m into mycitydeal, a provider of online discounted entertainment offers.