Early-stage
UK - Close Ventures invests £1.4m in healthcare business
Close Ventures has backed Prime Care Holdings Limited, a domiciliary care agency, with funding of £1.4m.
GERMANY – High-Tech Gründerfonds supports SCHAD
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested an undisclosed sum into SCHAD GmbH, a provider of mobile systems for observing and operating machine and plant controls, in a first round of institutional financing.
SPAIN - Scope invests EUR 6.5m in Artificial Solutions
According to reports, Swedish fund Scope has invested EUR 6.5m in a series A financing round for software developer Artificial Solutions, taking a 24% stake in the business.
DENMARK - Vækstfonden injects DKK 10m into SHARK
Government-backed Vækstfonden has invested DKK 10m into SHARK Solutions A/S, a windshield cleansing business.
GERMANY - Wellington Partners leads EUR 8m Qype funding
Wellington Partners has led an EUR 8m Series-B funding round for Qype, an operator of online city guides, alongside existng backers Advent Venture Partners and Partech International.
UK - Bank of Scotland supports £800,000 GEO investment
Bank of Scotland Corporate's growth capital team has invested £250,000 in energy efficient monitor developers Green Energy Options (GEO) as part of an £800,000 funding round.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds and Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn invest in enymotion
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn have invested an undisclosed sum in start-up enymotion GmbH, a developer of mobile fuel cell systems.
NORWAY - Alliance supports Novelda with NOK 5m
Alliance Venture Polaris AS has invested NOK 5m into Novelda AS, a fabless semiconductor company, in a first round of funding.
FINLAND - Veraventure invests in Suntrica
Veraventure has provided early-stage funding for Suntrica, a developer of personal solar energy harvesting technology. The investment sum has not been disclosed, but it is estimated to be between EUR 100,000 and EUR 250,000.
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GERMANY - Wellington and TVM lead EUR 4.5m invendo medical investment
Wellington Partners and TVM Capital have co-led a EUR 4.5m funding round for medical technology company inveno medical, alongside existing investor Heidelberg Innovation.
UK - NorthStar leads £750,000 Reinnervate investment
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has led a £750,000 funding round for biotechnology company Reinnervate.
DENMARK - Vækstfonden invests DKK 10m into Universal Robots
Vækstfonden, together with return investor Syddansk Innovation and management, has injected DKK 10m into Universal Robots, a Danish developer of flexible, low-cost robot arms.
FRANCE - Inserm Transfert et al invest EUR 800,000 into DNA Therapeutics
A syndicate of investors comprising Inserm Transfert Initiative, G1J Ile de France, Blue Medical Investment and a group of international business angels have invested EUR 800,000 in DNA Therapeutics, a developer of innovative medicines in oncology, in...
FINLAND - Eco-site receives funding from Seed Fund Vera
Seed Fund Vera has invested in One did it Ltd, an online provider of information relating to sustainable consumption. The investment sum has not been disclosed, but it is estimated to be between EUR 100,000 and EUR 250,000.
UK - Sofinnova backs mydeco in £7.35m investment
Sofinnova Partners has led a £7.35m second round of funding for mydeco, an online intermediary for the home design market, alongside SRPE, Amadeus Captial Partners and Burda Cross Media.
NORWAY - Energy Ventures invests NOK 45m into Energreen
Energy Ventures has injected NOK 45m into Energreen, a developer of clean energy from pressure drop in fluid process systems.
NORWAY - Incitia Ventures et al invest NOK 25m into ASD
Incitia Ventures has, together with existing investor Proventure Seed, injected NOK 25m into Arctic Silicon Devices (ASD), a fables semiconductor company specialising in high performance low-power-dissipation mixed signal processing.
NORWAY - Chapdrive secures NOK 30m from Northzone et al
Existing investors Northzone Ventures, Hafslund Venture and StatoilHydro Venture have invested a further NOK 30m (EUR 3.75m) into Chapdrive, a developer of patented systems for hydraulic transmission in wind turbines.
GERMANY – Neuhaus leads Charismathics investment
Neuhaus Partners GmbH has led an undisclosed investment into software company Charismathics GmbH in a first round of funding. BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Bayern Kapital GmbH and the management also participated in the financing.
GERMANY/CEE – bmp AG supports three seed companies with EUR 600,000
Bmp Media Investors has invested EUR 600,000 into Germany-based Microshooting, and Polish businesses Sklepy firmowe and Pomocni, with the investment being paid on a milestone bases. The three companies will commence business at the end of August or the...
SWEDEN - Linkmed and Koncentra invest SEK 20m into AnaMar
Linkmed and Koncentra Holding have injected a further SEK 10m each into Swedish biotech company AnaMar Medical. LinkMed will retain a 24.9% stake in the company following the transaction.
GERMANY - TGFS supports Meetwise
Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) has provided an unspecified sum of seed financing to Meetwise GmbH, a company that develops remote conferencing solutions.
GERMANY - TGFS backs Pharetis GmbH
Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS), an early-stage investor that finances business start-ups in the Saxony region, has invested an undisclosed sum into online social network Pharetis GmbH as part of a seed financing round.