Early-stage
FINLAND - Northzone and Conor raise EUR 6m for Supponor
Northzone Ventures and existing investor Conor Venture Partners have co-lead a EUR 6m series-A funding round for Supponor Ltd, a provider of digital billboard replacement (DBR) solutions.
UK - Bank of Scotland Corporate backs APA Parafricta
Bank of Scotland Corporate’s Growth Capital team has invested £115,000 into APA Parafricta Ltd, a developer of low-friction products for the medical sector, as part of a £230,000 funding round.
GERMANY – Consortium invests EUR 750k in YOUNECT GmbH
IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, via VC Fonds Berlin, and Flore Fütterer GmbH, along with a group of business angels and company founders have invested EUR 750k in youth job portal company YOUNECT GmbH.
GERMANY - Wellington and 3i lead EUR 4.5m EnOcean investment
A consortium of investors co-led by Wellington Partners GmbH and 3i Group Plc has invested EUR 4.5m into EnOcean GmbH, a producer of wireless sensors.
DENMARK - Vækstfonden et al inject DKK 6m in i-protect
A consortium of investors led by Danish government-backed investment fund Vækstfonden has invested DKK 6m in i-protect AS, a developer of locking and protection systems for lorry trailers.
FRANCE - Noble Ventures invests EUR 7m into Ipanema
Noble Ventures has invested EUR 7m into traffic management systems provider Ipanema Technologies.
SWEDEN – AP Fund et al in USD 13m funding round for Xelerated
The Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (the Sixth AP Fund) has led a USD 13m funding round for ASSP-based chipsets company Xelerated alongside existing investors Accel Partners, Alta Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners and Atlas Ventures.
UK - Rainbow Seed Fund invests £750,000 into LiteThru
The Rainbow Seed Fund and the Oxford Technology Enterprise Capital Fund have led a £750,000 investment round for drug analysis company LiteThru Ltd.
GERMANY – EVP leads EUR 5.1m investment into Signature Diagnostics
A consortium of investors led by EVP Capital Management has invested EUR 5.1m into Signature Diagnostics, a developer of predictive diagnostics products for cancer, in a series-C funding round.
GERMANY - b-to-v invests in smash24/7 GmbH
BrainsToVentures AG has invested in online paparazzi portal company smash24/7 GmbH, which focuses on news and gossip around celebrities and events.
GERMANY – eCAPITAL backs 4JET Sales+Service GmbH
eCAPITAL has closed an undisclosed financing round for 4JET Sales+Service GmbH.
UK - Capricorn leads £4.5m investment into Alaska Food Diagnostics
Capricorn Venture Partners has led a £4.5m funding round for Alaska Food Diagnostics Ltd, a company that develops microbiology tests to support the food processing and food safety testing sectors.
UK - Apposite et al lead £10m further investment into Serentis
Co-lead investors Apposite Capital, MVM Life Science Partners and Denmark-based Novo have led an investment of £10m into biopharmaceutical company Serentis in a second tranche of series-A funding.
GERMANY – Existing investors close new funding round for Protagen AG
Existing institutional investors MIG AG, Munich, S-Venture Capital Dortmund GmbH, and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau have raised another, undisclosed round of financing for biotechnology business Protagen AG.
SWITZERLAND – Consortium invests CHF 23m into EsbaTech AG
A syndicate of incumbent investors, including SV Life Sciences, Clarus Ventures, HBM BioVentures, HBM BioCapital, Novartis Bioventures, BioMedinvest and VI Partners, has invested a further CHF 23m into biotechnology company EsbaTech AG.
UK - YFM invests £250,000 into Syphan
The YFM Group managed Yorkshire & Humber Equity Fund (YHEF) has invested £250,000 in network security appliances developer Syphan Technologies.
UK - Catapult leads £600,000 MDL investment
Catapult Venture Managers has invested £250,000 as part of a £600,000 second funding round for Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, a medical imaging technology developer.
SPAIN - Bullnet backs video game developer
Bullnet Capital has acquired Invertec’s stake in video game developer Digital Legends, also subscribing to a capital increase.
GERMANY - Kizoo and VC Fonds Berlin invest in Lesson Nine
Kizoo AG and IBB Beteiligungsberatung (via VC Fonds Berlin) have invested in online language learning company Lesson Nine GmbH, with both investing a six-figure-sum.
UK - Octopus backs True Knowledge
Octopus Ventures has invested a further £2m in internet search engine True Knowledge.
UK - AFM invests in games console device
Alliance Fund Managers has invested £250,000 through the MSIF Liverpool Seed Fund in games console developer New Concept Gaming.
SPAIN - Nauta leads Privalia financing round
Nauta Capital has lead a EUR 4m financing round in online shopping company Privalia, with existing investor Grupo Cabiedes investing EUR 1m of the total sum.
FRANCE - Vesalius BioCapital backs Genomic Vision funding round
Vesalius BioCapital has joined existing investor Société Générale Asset Management Alternative Investments (SGAM AI) in a EUR 4m series-B financing round for Genomic Vision, a French developer of nanotechnology for DNA analysis in the areas of cancer...
SWEDEN - Provider et al close seed investment in Sol Voltaics
Sol Voltaics AB, a spin-out company of QuNano AB, have closed a seed funding round form an investor syndicate comprising Provider Venture Partners, Teknoinvest, Nano Future Invest, LU Innovation and LUAB, the investment arm of Lund University.