Early-stage
NETHERLANDS – PPM Oost backs ProductIP
PPM Oost (East Netherlands Participation Company) has invested an undisclosed sum in business support services firm ProductIP. The investment was made possible with EU ERDF funds and a contribution from the province of Gelderland.
BELGIUM – Gimv and Capricorn in EUR 3m round for NovoPolymers
Gimv and Capricorn have co-led a EUR 3m series-A round of funding for Belgian cleantech company NovoPolymers.
GERMANY – HTGF and Hannover Innovations back Rodos BioTarget
High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Hannover Innovations Fonds have provided start-up financing for biotechnology firm Rodos BioTarget GmbH.
UK - NSEI backs £610,000 MySapient funding
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has invested ТЃ420,000 into virtual gaming site MySapient as part of a ТЃ610,000 funding round, with management and directors holding the balance.
GERMANY - Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in Feedzilla
Hasso Plattner Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum into software company Feedzilla AG, alongside business angels Arnon Katz and Mehrdaad Piroozram.
FRANCE - 360 and Gant invest EUR 1m into Vupen Security
360 Capital Partners and Gant & Partners have injected EUR 1m into Vupen Security, a security research company that advises on potential IT threats.
GERMANY - Target Partners backs Scoreloop
Target Partners has provided an undisclosed seed investment to software company Scoreloop AG.
BELGIUM - Gimv leads EUR 3m Eclipse investment
Gimv has invested EUR 2m as part of a EUR 3m series-A funding round for software business Eclipse International NV, alongside the Vlaamse Innovatiefonds Vinnof (Flemish Innovation Fund) and management.
UK - NSEI invests further in Quick.tv
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI), alongside new and existing investors, has led a ТЃ335,000 funding round for online video company Quick.tv.
GERMANY - HTGF invests EUR 500,000 into RapidRabb
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested EUR 500,000 into software prototyping company RapidRabb GmbH in a first round of financing.
SWEDEN - Chalmers et al. support GreenClip with SEK 1.5m
Chalmers Innovation has backed GreenClip, a Swedish business which develops automated processes for attaching tags to various products, in a SEK 1.5m funding round, alongside Start Invest AB, Brunnen Invest and private investors.
GERMANY - Doughty backs SoundCloud with EUR 2.5m
Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures has invested EUR 2.5m into online music platform SoundCloud.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE and Scientipôle Capital in EUR 1m round for SaaS firm
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Scientipôle Capital have invested EUR 1m into software as a service company (SaaS) firm Scan & Target in a series-A round.
GERMANY – DVC leads EUR 8m round in KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG
DVC Deutsche Venture Capital has led a EUR 8.2m Series-C round of funding for KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG.
GERMANY – 360° Capital Partners joins Invendo investment round
360° Capital Partners has backed Invendo Medical, a developer and distributor of novel disposable endoscopy products. The investment brings the recent financing round, co-lead by Wellington Partners and TVM Capital, to EUR 6.5m.
GERMANY - T-Online Venture Fund invests in sones
T-Online Venture Fund has invested a single digit million euro sum into software company sones GmbH in a second round of financing.
GERMANY - Seventure leads EUR 7m investment into Retailo
Seventure has led a EUR 7m funding round for gift cards retailer Retailo AG, alongside existing investors Wellington Partners and Endeavour Vision.
GERMANY - bmp backs second mando funding round
A consortium of investors led by incumbent backer bmp and including existing investor VC Fonds Technologie and new investor ERP-Startfonds has supported Mando, a mobile television service provider, with an undisclosed a second round of funding.
UK - Mercia et al raise £1m for Warwick Effect Polymers
The Mercia Technology Seed Fund, Catapult Venture Managers and Oxford Technology have participated in a ТЃ1m funding round alongside private investors and management for polymer chemistry company Warwick Effect Polymers Ltd (WEP).
FINLAND - Health Cap and LSP back EUR 5.7m Nexstim investment
Existing investors Health Cap and Life Sciences Partner (LSP) have, together The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES), invested close to EUR 6m into medical device company Nexstim Oy.
UK - Imperial and EF support £330,000 SSA funding
Imperial Innovations and EF Investments, alongside the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), have invested ТЃ330,000 into medical devices company Smart Surgical Applicances (SSA).
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE backs Exosun with EUR 4.5m
Crédit Agricole Private Equity, through the Crédit Agricole PE Capenergie fund, has backed renewable energy business Exosun with an investment of EUR 4.5m.
DENMARK – Vækstfonden et al. invest DKK 11m into games developer
Government-backed Vækstfonden backed an DKK 11m investment into Playdead, a Danish business that develops the online game Limbo, together with CAT Science and FAHU.
ITALY - Quantica to invest in Banzai
Quantica SGR is to invest an undisclosed sum into Italian web operator Banzai.