Early-stage
UK - Celtic Therapeutics to invest up to $15m into Spirogen
Pharmaceuticals-focused investor Celtic Therapeutics has agreed to invest up to $15m into Spirogen Ltd, a developer of DNA-interactive drugs.
UK - Mercia et al. invest £400,000 into Allinea Software
Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Midven, via its Advantage Growth Fund, have co-led a £400,000 seed funding round for specialist software developer Allinea Software, alongside management.
UK - Atlas and Novartis invest into Bicycle Therapeutics
Atlas Venture and Novartis Venture Fund have invested an undisclosed amount of seed funding into biotherapeutics start-up Bicycle Therapeutics.
UK - Amadeus Capital invests in Linkdex
Amadeus Capital Partners, via its Amadeus Seed Fund and Amadeus III vehicle, has invested EUR650,000 into software company Linkdex.
GERMANY - Gilde Healthcare Partners co-leads EUR 7m mtm funding
Gilde Healthcare Partners has co-led a EUR 7m investment for diagnostics company mtm Laboratories, in an extension to the business' series-C funding round.
GERMANY - BrainsToVentures invests in Linguee
Investors from BrainsToVentures have, together with its in-house fund, provided a second round of financing for online translation search engine provider Linguee GmbH.
IRELAND - Kernel and Dermot lead $33m Intune investment
Kernel Capital and Dermot Desmond have led a funding round for telecoms equipment supplier Intune Networks worth close to $33m.
UK - LCA invests second tranche of £1.2m QuantSol funding
Low Carbon Accelerator has completed the second tranche of funding for solar photovoltaic company QuantaSol, as part of a total financing round worth just under £1.2m.
BELGIUM - Big Bang in EUR 1.2m Racktivity funding
Big Bang Ventures has invested EUR 1.2m into management technology business Racktivity.
UK - Mercia Technology et al. back Nightingale
The Mercia Technology Seed Fund, alongside government-backed investor Finance Wales, has invested an undisclosed amount into start up technology company Nightingale EOS.
UK - NBGI Ventures et al. invest £9m into Quanta
NGBI Ventures, Seroba Kernel and Wellington Partners have co-led a £9m series-A round of funding for home haemodialysis systems developer Quanta Fluid Solutions, alongside investor network BrainsToVentures.
GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners and T-Venture invest in WWG
German venture investor Neuhaus Partners and T-Venture, the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom, have joined existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures and High-Tech Grunderfonds, in a series A round of funding for online games portal Worldwidegames...
NETHERLANDS - PPM Oost invests in Can-iT
Governmanet-backed venture investor PPM Oost has invested an undisclosed sum into internet firm Can-iT, acquiring a 16% stake in the business.
UK - YFM Venture Finance invests £400,000 into Lattice Voice
YFM Venture Finance, via its PIF and YHEF vehicles, has invested £406,000 into telecoms software company Lattice Voice Technologies.
FRANCE - Emertec supports Insiteo
Emertec, alongside a group of business angels, has provided a first round of funding for Insiteo, an indoor geo-location company, valued at several million euros.
SWEDEN - Chalmers in SEK 2.3m funding for Aluwave
Chalmer Innovation Seed Fund has alongside Innovationsbron and existing backers participated in a SEK 2.3m funding round for Aluwave, a LED technology company.
UK/EUROPE - Wellington leads $16m Livebookings funding
Pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has led a $16m funding round for online restaurant marketing and reservations service Livebookings, along existing investors.
UK - Curzon Park Capital leads £1.3m Lysanda funding
Curzon Park Capital, via its Sustainable Technology Fund, has led a second round of funding worth more than £1m for automotive systems specialist Lysanda, alongside LogiSpring and private investors.
NETHERLANDS - Point One leads $3m Recore funding
Point One Innovation Fund has led a $3m round of financing for semiconductor business Recore System, along side government-backed investor PPM Oost.
GERMANY - Earlybird leads azeti investment
Earlybird has led a first round of financing for software company azeti Networks GmbH, alongside NRW Bank.
GERMANY - HTGF and Bayern back H C Carbon with EUR 600,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have invested EUR 600,000 into H C Carbon Company, a specialist refiner of carbon additives.
UK - Imperial Innovations leads £2m Cell Medica funding
Imperial Innovations Group has led a funding round worth close to £2m for cellular therapeutics company Cell Medica, alongside private investors.
FRANCE - Ventech and Auriga invest EUR 2m into BonitaSoft
Ventech and Auriga Partners have invested EUR 2m into software company BonitaSoft.
NETHERLANDS - PPM Oost backs GreenGran
Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland (PPM Oost) has invested an undisclosed sum in thermoplastic company GreenGran, in exchange for a 20% stake in the business. The transaction was also supported by ERDF/EU funds and a contribution from the province...