Early-stage
UK - Braveheart et al. invest £250,000 into NXVision
Technology-focused investor Braveheart has led a £250,000 funding round for place-shifting technology company NXVision, alongside Scottish Enterprise, LINC Scotland and management.
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UK - EV leads £920,000 Xeros investment
Enterprise Ventures (EV) has led a £920,000 funding round for cleaning technology company Xeros Limited, alongside South Yorkshire Investment Fund, IP Venture Fund and business angels.
UK - MASA and Midven invest £600,000 into Cytox
MASA Life Sciences and Midven have completed a £600,000 seed investment into neuroscience company Cytox Limited, alongside existing investors, management and US-based business angel Dr. Jim Foght, who joins the company as advisor.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE invests EUR 3m into Stentys
Crédit Agricole Private Equity has invested EUR 3m into biomedical company Stentys in an extension to its series-B funding round, which was initially raised in March 2008 and saw Sofinnova and Scottish Equity Partners inject EUR 12m into the business.
UK - Wellington Partners leads $10m Enecsys funding
Wellington Partners has led a $10m series-A funding round for micro-inverter company Enecsys, alongside BankInvest New Energy Solutions.
UK - Abingworth et al. invest £15m into Chroma Therapeutics
Returning backers Abingworth Management, Essex Woodlands Healthcare Ventures, Gilde Healthcare, Nomura Phase4 Ventures and The Wellcome Trust have backed a £15m series-D funding round for biotechnology company Chroma Therapeutics.
UK - YFM completes £500,000 Syphan funding
YFM Venture Finance, through the Yorkshire and Humber Equity Fund (YHEF) and Partnership Investment Fund (PIF), has invested £500,000 into security technology company Syphan Technologies. Both YHEF and PIF contributed £250,000 of the total.
GERMANY - HTGF et al. invest EUR 500,000 into wwg
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Holtzbrink Ventures and business angels Oliver Jung and Torsten Oppermann have invested EUR 500,000 into online gaming company wwg worldwidegames GmbH.
SWITZERLAND – HealthCap leads CHF 6m Lumavita funding
New investor HealthCap has led a CHF 6m extension to biopharmaceutical company Lumavita's series-A financing round, alongside historical backer Endeavour Vision.
FRANCE - BNP PE invests EUR 700,000 into Acropolis Telecom
BNP Private Equity, through its Antin Proximité 1 fund, has invested EUR 700,000 into Acropolis Telecom, a telecoms operator.
SPAIN - AGF leads EUR 2m round for eRepublik
French investor AGF Private Equity has led a EUR 2m series-A funding round for Spanish online strategy game platform eRepublik.
IRELAND - Fountain Healthcare & Mitsui co-lead $17m Cappella funding
Fountain Healthcare Partners and Mitsui & Co Venture Partners (MCVP) have co-led a $173m investment into medical device company Cappella, alongside Enterprise Ireland and existing investors Polytechnos Partners and ACT Venture Capital.
FRANCE - Seventure invests EUR 6m into Polaris
Seventure Partners has invested EUR 6m into Polaris, a producer of nutritional lipids.
GERMANY - Leonardo invests further EUR 250,000 in InovisCoat
Leonardo Venture has invested a further EUR 250,000 in specialty foils company InovisCoat GmbH, maintaining its 49% stake in the business.
FRANCE - Elaia et al. invest EUR 6m into Goojet
Returning backers Elaia Partners, Partech International and IRDI-ICSO have participated in a EUR 6m second round of financing for software business Goojet, alongside new investor Orkus Capital.
ITALY - Innogest leads $8m beeTV funding
Italian venture investor Innogest has led an $8m series-B financing round for TV content producer beeTV.
FINLAND/SWEDEN - Nexit backs Aava Mobile with EUR 3m
Nexit Ventures has invested EUR 3m into Aava Mobile, a developer of smartphone platform designs.
ITALY - TTVenture makes EUR 3m Directa investment
Venture investor TTVenture has invested EUR 3m into nanotechnology firm Directa Plus.
GERMANY - HTGF backs maxment GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested an undisclosed sum into software company maxment GmbH, with business angel Dr Rolf-Christian Wentz also participating.
SPAIN - Xesgalicia invests EUR 1.5m in Cross Road Biotech
Reports suggest that Xesgalicia has acquired a 6% stake in biotech fund Cross Road Biotech.
UK - Finance Wales et al. invest £1m in Mesuro
Government-backed Finance Wales, university investment group Fusion IP and the ERA Foundation have invested £1m in mobile communications company Mesuro.
UK- NSEI et al. invest $3m into Antix Labs
NorthStar Equity Investors has led a $3m funding round in software engineering company Antix Labs Ltd, alongside Hotspur Capital and Antix founder and CEO Francis Charig.
DENMARK - Vækstfonden and angels back Teklatech with DKK 5m
Danish government-backed venture fund Vækstfonden has alongside five business angels invested DKK 5m into software business Teklatech. Vækstfonden contributed half of the total deal value.