Early-stage
UK - NorthStar leads £850,000 round for WorkCast
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has led a £850,000 funding round for online webcasting company The WorkCast Corporation.
SWEDEN - STING Capital backs Peepoople
Swedish venture fund STING Capital has, together with business angels, invested an undisclosed sum in Peepoople, a developer of single-use, biodegradable bags designed to provide access to affordable hygienic sanitation in third world countries.
SWEDEN - STING Capital backs FileRide with SEK 2m
Swedish venture investor STING Capital has backed social networking software company FileRide with SEK 2m.
NETHERLANDS - KBC-backed arGEN-X gets a further EUR 1.3m
Biopharmaceutical firm arGEN-X, which is backed by a venture capital consortium comprising KBC Private Equity, BioGeneration Ventures, Erasmus MC Biomedical Fund, Thuja Capital Healthcare Funds, has received a EUR 1.3m grant from the Institute for the...
AUSTRIA – MIG & EdRIP co-lead EUR 4m PDC Biotech round
MIG Verwaltungs AG and Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIP) have co-led a EUR 4m series-A funding round in biotechnology start-up PDC Biotech GmbH.
NETHERLANDS – Gimv et al in EUR 13m round for GreenPeak
Gimv and Robert Bosch Venture Capital have led a EUR 13m series-B funding round for semiconductor business GreenPeak, alongside existing investors DFJ Esprit, Motorola Ventures and the Allegro Investment Fund.
GERMANY - BioMedPartners leads EUR 11m investment into Activaero
BioMedPartners has led a series A round worth close to EUR 11m for medical equipment business Activaero, alongside VI Partners, Abalis Finance and Vesalius Biocapital.
AUSTRIA - Nomura et al. invest EUR 15m into Nabriva
Existing investors Nomura Phase 4 Ventures, HBM Partners, Wellcome Trust, GLS Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund have invested EUR 15m into biotechnology company Nabriva Therapeutics.
GERMANY - HTGF and BBAF invest EUR 550,000 into Autoaid
High-Tech Gründerfonds and BBAF Business Angels Fondsgesellschaft mbH have invested EUR 550,000 into car diagnostics software startup Autoaid GmbH.
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 £1m co-investment in optical technology specialist Lein Applied Diagnostics and a £500,000 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 £2m 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 £1m 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 £5m 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 £1m 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.