Early-stage
SWEDEN/UK - Wellington et al to back Spotify with futher USD 50m
Existing investors Wellington Partners, Northzone Ventures and Creandum is believed to be participating in a USD 50m round for music streaming service Spotify, led by the Hong-Kong based Li Ka Shing foundation.
GERMANY – Consortium invests seven-figure sum in United Maps
Return backers High-Tech Gruenderfonds, SeedFonds Bayern and SpaceTec Capital Partners have teamed up with ClusterFonds StartUp! to extend the initial seed investment for mapping company United Maps into a seven-figure Series-A round.
GERMANY – HTGF and Sympasis invest in Deal United
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Sympasis Innovation Capital has invested in e-commerce start-up Deal United GmbH.
GERMANY – HTGF backs ReCoTech with EUR 500,000
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 in software start-up ReCoTech GmbH.
GERMANY – HTGF invests EUR 500,000 in SP Solution Pool
High-Tech Gründerfonds has supported medical technology company, SP Solution Pool GmbH, with EUR 500,000 in seed capital funding.
UK - Swarraton Partners leads £4.1m investment into P2i
Swarraton Partners has led a £4m series C round of funding into P2i Ltd, a UK-based developer of liquid-repellent nano-coating technology, alongside Naxos Capital Partners and return backer Unilever Ventures.
IRELAND - Seventure Partners et al invest €6m into BiancaMed
Seventure Partners has led a €6m second round of funding into medical technology company BiancaMed, alongside existing investors DFJ ePlanet Ventures, Enterprise Ireland and ResMed.
NETHERLANDS - PPM Oost invests in Cropwatch
Participation Oost Nederland (PPM Oost), alongside business group TNO, has invested an undisclosed sum in Cropwatch, a developer of pest control devices for greenhouses.
UK - RBVC et al invest $15m into Light Blue Optics
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC) has led a $15m series A extension round for pico projection system supplier Light Blue Optics, alongside existing investors 3i, Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital-E and NESTA.
GERMANY - SC invests in Ladon
SC-Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaft, through Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen, has invested an undisclosed sum into lighting company Ladon GmbH.
UK - Catapult et al. invest £1m into Probe Scientific
Catapult Venture Managers has led a £1m funding round into medical device company Probe Scientific, alongside NESTA, existing shareholders and directors.
UK - NSEI invests £60,000 into Durham Mag-Lev
NorthStar Equity Investors, via its North East Proof of Concept Fund, has invested £60,000 into technology company Durham Mag-Lev.
FRANCE - Eco-Mobilite Partners invest EUR 1.6m in Lumeneo
Eco-Mobilite Partners, the venture subsidiary of the SNCF, alongside Objectif Gazelle 2 and a number business angels from the XMP-BA group, has led an investment into electric car developer Lumeneo worth EUR 1.6m.
SWEDEN - Creandum and Viking join EUR 12.5m round for Nanoradio
Scandiavian venture firms Creandum and Viking Venture has joined existing investors Ferd Venture, Industrifonden, Innovacom, Nordic Venture Partners, and Teknoinvest in a EUR 12.5m financing round for semiconductor developer Nanoradio AB.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Yatta Solutions GmbH
High-tech Gründerfonds has invested in software company Yatta Solutions GmbH, a specialist in model-driven software, enabling completion of the UML Lab prototype and subsequent market launch.
UK - EV further invests in Plant Impact
Enterprise Ventures (EV), via its RisingStars Growth Fund, has made a follow-on investment into publicly listed agriculture company Plant Impact of £1.5m. The deal forms part of a placing of 4,850,000 new ordinary shares.
SWEDEN - RWE Innogy invests SEK 12m into Mantex
The venture capital arm of German energy company RWE Innogy has invested SEK 12m into Swedish clean tech business Mantex AB.
GERMANY - BC Brandenberg and KfW lead EUR 4.5m Metaversum funding
BC Brandenburg Capital and KfW have led a EUR 4.5m round in GmbH, alongside return backers Balderton Capital and Grazia Equity.
BELGIUM - LSP et al. invest EUR 4.9m into Pronota
A syndicate of existing backers, including LSP, Gimv, Biotech Fund Flanders, KBC Private Equity, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Baekeland Fund have participated in a EUR 5m series-B funding round for biotech firm Pronota, alongside new...
GERMANY - HTGF et al. invest EUR 650,000 into Intana Bioscience
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and BioM AG have invested EUR 650,000 into Intana Bioscience GmbH.
FRANCE - Delta Partners invested EUR 2.75m in SpineGuard
Delta Partners has invested close to EUR 3m into medical equipment company SpineGuard in an extension to the business' first round of funding. Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Innoven Partenaires had originally co-led an $11m investment into the firm...
SPAIN - Adara and Neotec back AlienVault
Adara Ventures and Neotec have invested an undisclosed sum into software company AlienVault.
SWITZERLAND - Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital lead CHF 23m round for Symetis SA
Wellington Partners and Vinci Capital have co-led a CHF 23m round for medical technologies company Symetis SA.
UK - AGF et al. invest $4.5m in Vivacta
Existing investors AGF Private Equity, HBM Bioventures, Spark Ventures and Viking Technologies have invested $4.5m into Vivacta, a UK-based blood-drop test developer.