Early-stage
DENMARK - Via Ventures backs DKK 30m Medotech funding
Danish venture fund Via Venture Partners has participiated in a DKK 30m investment round for Danish biotech company Medotech A/S.
UK - Octopus invests £1.1m into Phase Vision
Octopus Ventures has invested £1.1m into optical inspection solutions manufacturer Phase Vision, in exchange for a significant minority stake in the business.
GERMANY - eCAPITAL invests in SmartHouse
eCAPITAL Enrepreneurial Partners, via Gründerfonds Bielefeld-Ostwestfalen, has invested in housing solutions company SmartHouse GmbH.
UK - LGE invests $10m into Advanced Plasma Power
Private equity fund Leveraged Green Energy (LGE) has invested $10m into waste management company Advanced Plasma Power (APP), in exchange for a 10% stake in the business.
SPAIN - Inveready and La Caixa back AQsense
Venture investors Inveready and La Caixa Capital Risc have invested a EUR 300,000 as part of a EUR 500,000 funding round for visual systems start-up AQsense, taking a 30% stake in the business.
BELGIUM - Capital-E backs EUR 1.11m CMOSIS funding
Capital-E portfolio company CMOSIS has raised just over EUR 1m in a series-B financing round subscribed to by existing shareholders and management.
FRANCE - Sofinnova and Ventech complete $2.7m MXP4 investment
Sofinnova Partners and Ventech Capital have returned for a $2.7m second round of funding for digital music company MXP4.
GERMANY – EMBL Ventures leads EUR 4.5m vasopharm funding
EMBL Ventures, alongside HeidelbergCapital, Entrepreneurs Fund and KfW, has backed biotechnology company vasopharm GmbH with an investment of EUR 4.5m.
FRANCE - Wellington and Icso lead EUR 6m SuperSonic investment
Wellington Partners and Icso Private Equity have led a EUR 6m investment into medical equipment company SuperSonic Imagine, alongside Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Auriga Partners, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, NBGI Ventures and BioAm.
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SWITZERLAND – VCs back NovImmune with CHF 62.5m
BZ Bank has led a CHF 63m investment round in biotechnology company NovImmune SA, alongside new and existing investors including Novartis Venture Fund, Aravis Venture, and Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch among others.
NETHERLANDS – PPM Oost backs ProductIP
PPM Oost (East Netherlands Participation Company) has invested an undisclosed sum in business support services firm ProductIP. The investment was made possible with EU ERDF funds and a contribution from the province of Gelderland.
BELGIUM – Gimv and Capricorn in EUR 3m round for NovoPolymers
Gimv and Capricorn have co-led a EUR 3m series-A round of funding for Belgian cleantech company NovoPolymers.
GERMANY – HTGF and Hannover Innovations back Rodos BioTarget
High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Hannover Innovations Fonds have provided start-up financing for biotechnology firm Rodos BioTarget GmbH.
UK - NSEI backs £610,000 MySapient funding
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has invested £420,000 into virtual gaming site MySapient as part of a £610,000 funding round, with management and directors holding the balance.
GERMANY - Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in Feedzilla
Hasso Plattner Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum into software company Feedzilla AG, alongside business angels Arnon Katz and Mehrdaad Piroozram.
FRANCE - 360 and Gant invest EUR 1m into Vupen Security
360 Capital Partners and Gant & Partners have injected EUR 1m into Vupen Security, a security research company that advises on potential IT threats.
GERMANY - Target Partners backs Scoreloop
Target Partners has provided an undisclosed seed investment to software company Scoreloop AG.
BELGIUM - Gimv leads EUR 3m Eclipse investment
Gimv has invested EUR 2m as part of a EUR 3m series-A funding round for software business Eclipse International NV, alongside the Vlaamse Innovatiefonds Vinnof (Flemish Innovation Fund) and management.
UK - NSEI invests further in Quick.tv
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI), alongside new and existing investors, has led a £335,000 funding round for online video company Quick.tv.
GERMANY - HTGF invests EUR 500,000 into RapidRabb
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has invested EUR 500,000 into software prototyping company RapidRabb GmbH in a first round of financing.
SWEDEN - Chalmers et al. support GreenClip with SEK 1.5m
Chalmers Innovation has backed GreenClip, a Swedish business which develops automated processes for attaching tags to various products, in a SEK 1.5m funding round, alongside Start Invest AB, Brunnen Invest and private investors.
GERMANY - Doughty backs SoundCloud with EUR 2.5m
Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures has invested EUR 2.5m into online music platform SoundCloud.
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE and Scientipôle Capital in EUR 1m round for SaaS firm
Crédit Agricole Private Equity and Scientipôle Capital have invested EUR 1m into software as a service company (SaaS) firm Scan & Target in a series-A round.