Early-stage
GERMANY – DVC leads EUR 8m round in KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG
DVC Deutsche Venture Capital has led a EUR 8.2m Series-C round of funding for KeyNeurotek Pharmaceuticals AG.
GERMANY – 360° Capital Partners joins Invendo investment round
360° Capital Partners has backed Invendo Medical, a developer and distributor of novel disposable endoscopy products. The investment brings the recent financing round, co-lead by Wellington Partners and TVM Capital, to EUR 6.5m.
GERMANY - T-Online Venture Fund invests in sones
T-Online Venture Fund has invested a single digit million euro sum into software company sones GmbH in a second round of financing.
GERMANY - Seventure leads EUR 7m investment into Retailo
Seventure has led a EUR 7m funding round for gift cards retailer Retailo AG, alongside existing investors Wellington Partners and Endeavour Vision.
GERMANY - bmp backs second mando funding round
A consortium of investors led by incumbent backer bmp and including existing investor VC Fonds Technologie and new investor ERP-Startfonds has supported Mando, a mobile television service provider, with an undisclosed a second round of funding.
UK - Mercia et al raise £1m for Warwick Effect Polymers
The Mercia Technology Seed Fund, Catapult Venture Managers and Oxford Technology have participated in a £1m funding round alongside private investors and management for polymer chemistry company Warwick Effect Polymers Ltd (WEP).
FINLAND - Health Cap and LSP back EUR 5.7m Nexstim investment
Existing investors Health Cap and Life Sciences Partner (LSP) have, together The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES), invested close to EUR 6m into medical device company Nexstim Oy.
UK - Imperial and EF support £330,000 SSA funding
Imperial Innovations and EF Investments, alongside the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), have invested £330,000 into medical devices company Smart Surgical Applicances (SSA).
FRANCE - Crédit Agricole PE backs Exosun with EUR 4.5m
Crédit Agricole Private Equity, through the Crédit Agricole PE Capenergie fund, has backed renewable energy business Exosun with an investment of EUR 4.5m.
DENMARK – Vækstfonden et al. invest DKK 11m into games developer
Government-backed Vækstfonden backed an DKK 11m investment into Playdead, a Danish business that develops the online game Limbo, together with CAT Science and FAHU.
ITALY - Quantica to invest in Banzai
Quantica SGR is to invest an undisclosed sum into Italian web operator Banzai.
GERMANY – Creathor Venture invests in Tellja
Creathor Venture has invested an undisclosed sum into online marketing portal Tellja GmbH.
GERMANY – Affentranger Associates invests in InflaRx
Affentranger Associates has invested an undisclosed sum into antibodies company InflaRx GmbH as part of a series-A funding round, alongside bm-t.
UK - Octopus invests £2m into e-Therapeutics
Octopus Ventures has supported AIM-listed drug discovery company e-Therapeutics Plc with a £2m investment.
FRANCE - BNP PE et al. invest EUR 3.5m into Ion Beam
BNP Private Equity, Investis and Vizille Capital Innovation have invested EUR 3.5m into Ion Beam Services (IBS), an ion implantation products company.
GERMANY – HTGF and TGFS back pluriSelect with EUR 600,000 investment
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Technologie Gründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) have invested EUR 600,000 into biotechnology business pluriSelect GmbH.
SPAIN - CRB backs Green Molecular spin-off
Spanish venture capital firm Cross Road Biotech (CRB) has made a seed investment of EUR 2m to support the spin-out of biotech firm Green Molecular from the Universitat de València.
GERMANY - Consortium provides seed funding for Avidal Vascular
A consortium led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has provided seed financing for medical devices company Avidal Vascular GmbH.
ITALY - Soffinova leads EUR 8.2m EOS investment
Sofinnova Partners has led a EUR 8.2m series-A financing round for drug development business Ethical Oncology Science (EOS), alongside Quantica.
GERMANY - LBBW Venture leads second SimuForm funding round
LBBW Venture Capital GmbH has led a second financing round for software company SimuForm GmbH, alongside EnjoyVenture and KfW, as well as historical investor High-Tech Gründerfonds.
SWITZERLAND – EdRIF leads CHF 25m funding round for GlycoVaxyn
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (EdRIF) has led a CHF 25m series-B funding round for vaccines company GlycoVaxyn SA, alongside existing investors Index Ventures and Sofinnova Partners.
SPAIN - Elaia leads EUR 5.5m Agnitio funding
Elaia Partners has led a EUR 5.5m series-B funding round for technology business Agnitio, alongside Nauta Capital, which lead the previous EUR 2.7m funding round in December 2007.
GERMANY – HTGF invests in sim4tec GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested an undisclosed sum into sim4tec GmbH.
UK - PIF supports MG Electrical
Partnership Investment Finance (PIF), managed by YFM Venture Finance, has supported MG Electrical, a manufacturer of energy-saving lighting products, with a £60,000 loan.