Early-stage
FRANCE/US - CAPE leads $8m Bizanga funding
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has led an $8m investment into US-based software company Bizanga, alongside returning investor Galileo Partners.
IRELAND - Novartis et al. invest EUR 18m into Opsona
Novartis Venture Fund, Foundtain Heathcare Partners, Inventages Venture Capital and Seroba Kernel Life Sciences have invested EUR 18m in a second round of funding for biotechnology company Opsona Therapueutics.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden and Broken Arrow back Conveneer with SEK 36m
Swedish government-backed venture fund Industrifonden and a group of American investors operating under the name Broken Arrow have invested SEK 18m each into mobile technology company Conveneer.
ITALY - 360° invests EUR 5.4m into EPS
360° Capital Partners has led a EUR 5.4m funding round for renewable energy company Electro Power Systems (EPS).
GERMANY - HTGF invests EUR 500,000 into Liquiverse
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 into software business Liquiverse.
FRANCE - Cerenis raises EUR 2.5m
Cerenis Therapeutics SA, which is backed by Alta Partners, EDF Ventures, HealthCap Private Equity, NIF Ventures, OrbiMed, Sofinnova Partners and TVM Capital, has raised EUR 2.5m from OSEO, a French public holding company that provides financial support...
NORWAY - Northzone et al. back ChapDrive with NOK 52m
Existing investors NorthZone Ventures, Hafslund Ventures and Energy Capital Management (formerly StatoilHydro Ventures), alongside new backers StatoilHydro and Innvovation Norway, have invested NOK 52m into Chapdrive, a developer of patented systems for...
UK - NorthStar invests £420,000 into MySapient
NorthStar has invested ТЃ420,000 as part of a ТЃ610,000 funding round for virtual gaming site MySapient.com, with the management and directors of the company providing the balance.
GERMANY/US - Neuhaus and ERP back sofatronic
Returning backer Neuhaus Partners and ERP-Startfond have invested an undisclosed seven-figure sum into blue-ray company sofatronic GmbH in a second round of funding.
BELGIUM - GIMV et al. invest EUR 13.5m into ActoGeniX
A consortium of investors, including existing backers Gimv, Biotech Fund Flanders, Baekeland Fund, VIB, LSP, Aescap Venture and Ventech, as well as new investor Biovest, have invested EUR 13.5m round into biopharmaceutical business ActoGeniX in a series-B...
GERMANY - TGFS invests in UroTec GmbH
Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) has invested in Dresden-based biotechnology company UroTec GmbH.
FRANCE - Neptune Technologies backs EUR 3m Squid Solutions funding
Neptune Technologies and Banque de Vizille, along with a number of private investors, have invested EUR 3m into Squid Solutions, a customer intelligence software company, in a first round of financing.
SWEDEN - Chalmers et al. provide SEK 1.5m for Syspiro
Chalmers Innovation has, together with Innovationsbron and business angels, provided a SEK 1.5m investment for medical equipment company Syspiro Diagnostics.
SWEDEN - Innovationsbron and Chalmers invest SEK 1.5m into Capeco
Chalmers Innovation, alongside Innovationsbron, has subscribed to a SEK 1.5 share issue for Capeco, a developer of encapsulating biocides to protect painted surfaces againt mold and algae growth.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Microstim
High-Tech-Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 in medical technology start-up company Microstim GmbH.
SPAIN - Bullnet backs Códice Software
Bullnet Capital has invested in software developer Códice Software.
UK - EV further supports Acal Energy and Medalytix
Enterprise Ventures (EV) has provided further funding to portfolio companies Acal Energy, a fuel cell business, and medical screening business Medalytix.
GERMANY - Hasso Plattner Ventures and KfW invest in VIOSO
Hasso Plattner Ventures has, alongside KfW, invested in smart projecting company VIOSO.
SWEDEN - Capricorn and SEB Venture invest EUR 3.3m into Xylophane
Capricorn Venture Partners, via Capricorn Cleantech Fund, and SEB Venture Capital have invested EUR 3.3m into renewable packaging material company Xylophane AB. The two firms join existing investor KTH Chalmers Capital, which has been involved with the...
UK - Albion makes first investment
Albion Ventures, formerly Close Ventures, has invested ТЃ2.5m as part of a ТЃ6.1m funding round into medical device company Forth Photonics, alongside Scottish Enterprise and current backer NBGI Ventures.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden backs QuiQom Systems
Government-backed Industrifonden has invested an undisclosed sum into QuiQom Systems, a developer of solutions for high-speed broadband access in residential properties.
NORWAY - Picasso et al. invest NOK 73m into Lytix
Norwegian drug developer Lytix Biopharma has secured NOK 73m funding from existing investors including Picasso Kapital AS, SåkornInvest Nord AS, The University of Tromsø and Norinnova AS, among others.
FRANCE - Sofinnova leads EUR 6m DBV funding
Sofinnova Partners has provided EUR 4m as part of a EUR 6m financing round for biopharmaceutical company DBV Technologies, with the balance being supplied by new investor ALK-Abello, a leading worldwide immunotherapy company.
UK - Delphic acquires iQur
Delphic Ltd, a provider of specialist diagnostics for HIV backed by MMC Ventures, The Capital Fund and Ulive Enterprise, has acquired the diagnostics business of biotechnology company iQur.