Early-stage
UK - The Capital Fund invests £250,000 to support Plasticell
The Capital Fund, managed by YFM Venture Finance Ltd, has made an investment of ТЃ250,000 into Plasticell, a company that is developing innovative stem cell and drug screening products.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds leads EUR 1.5m seed-financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds has led a seed financing round for migenion GmbH, contributing EUR 500,000 to the company in return for a 15% shareholding. Additional financing came from various research institutions and the founders, bringing the total amount...
GERMANY – Burda invests $500,000 in TeamPages
Burda Digital Ventures has led a series-A funding round for TeamPages, investing $500,000 in the social network site for amateur sports based in Vancouver. Several local angel investors were also involved. TeamPages was founded in 2006 and allows teams...
UK - ACP leads first funding round for Golden Gekko
Active Capital Partners, a European early-stage investor based in Barcelona, has made an undisclosed investment in Golden Gekko, developers of a new mobile application platform.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in VCS Medical Technology
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 in Hamburg-based VCS Medical Technology GmbH. The company researches, develops, produces, and distributes products for the treatment of chronic wounds. VCS Medical Technology plans to enter the market in...
NETHERLANDS - Aescap Venture takes 25% stake in I-Optics
Aescap Venture has taken a 25% stake in Dutch medical technology company i-Optics.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners leads £1.5m investment into Oxitec
Oxford Capital Partners has led a ТЃ1.5m round of funding into Oxitec Ltd, a company which develops pest control solutions that do not use insecticides, alongside exisiting investors East Hill, the University of Oxford and the management team. Oxford...
UK - Eden supports Huddle with $4m investment
Eden Ventures has led a series-A $4m funding round for Huddle.net, a provider of social business networks.
GERMANY – MIG-Fonds 5 invests EUR 27m in Antisense Pharma
MIG AG has invested EUR 27m in Antisense Pharma GmbH, a developer of targeted therapies for malignant tumors.
UK - MSIF invests £200,000 in So Protect Me
The Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) has invested ТЃ200,000 from its Liverpool Seed Fund into card protection software developer So Protect Me.
POLAND - bmp Media Investors and Mangrove invest in Republika Kobiet
bmp Media Investors and Mangrove Capital Partners have each taken 17.5% of shares of Republika Kobiet.pl, which aims to build a web 2.0 lifestyle portal targeted at women. The deal represents Mangrove's first investment in Poland.
UK - White Rose backs Pro-Cure Therapeutics with £550,000 of funding
White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund, managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers, has invested ТЃ250,000 as part of a ТЃ550,000 funding round for Pro-Cure Therapeutics Ltd, a company which is developing potential treatments for prostate cancer from stem cell research....
UK - Amadeus and JVP lead series-D funding round for Celltick
Amadeus Capital Partners and Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) have co-led a series-D financing round for mobile marketing company Celltick Technologies Ltd.
SWITZERLAND – Innovative Silicon Inc raises US 26m in Series Series C round
Innovative Silicon Inc announced today that Wellington Partners Venture Capital has joined with all existing investors (Index, Austin Ventures, Highland Capital, Auriga, and chipmaker Soitec) to lead a $25m series-C round of investment in the company....
GERMANY – T-Online Venture invests in zweitgeist
T-Online Venture Fund has invested an undisclosed sum in Hamburg-based start-up zweitgeist GmbH. This investment will support zweitgeist’s aim to expand internationally. Additionally the company will benefit through access to cooperation partners belonging...
UK - SEGF leads £1.6m investment in Anaxsys
The South East Growth Fund (SEGF), a venture capital fund managed by West Midlands Enterprise Litd, has led a ТЃ1.6m investment in Anaxsys Technology Ltd, a medical device company focussed on the treatment of asthma.
AUSTRIA – Gamma invests in startup Fatfoogoo
Austrian startup Fatfoogoo has raised an undisclosed sum of Series-A funding in a round led by Gamma Capital Partners, along with existing seed investors marchsixteen LLC (Toto Wolff), Azzurro Investment (Christian Lutz), and Michael Krammer (new CEO...