Early-stage
UK - NESTA leads £1.2m funding round in Camrivox
Camirox Ltd, a Cambridge-based developer of computer telephony integration, has raised £1.2m from a consortium of investors led by NESTA Investments.
FRANCE - Ventech and Neuf Cegetel inject EUR 6m in Wengo
Ventech and Neuf Cegetel have invested EUR 6m in a second round of financing of Wengo.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Contros Systems & Solutions GmbH
Seed investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, MAZ level one and business angel Paal Nordby from Norway have provided funding for CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH, a Kiel-based developer, producer and distributor of underwater sensor systems to detect hydrocarbons,...
UK - South West venture funds back Atlas Genetics with £2.1m
South West Ventures Fund and Finance South West Growth Fund have led a £2.1m further funding round in Bath-based company, Atlas Genetics.This latest round sees further funding being provided by existing investors, South West Ventures Fund, GEIF and private...
UK - NESTA invests £100,000 in start-up gaming business
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is investing £100,000 to help develop ‘Six to Start’, an innovative entertainment start-up company that creates immersive Alternate Reality Games.
UK - Seatwave raises $25m series-C led by Fideity Ventures
Fidelity Ventures has joined existing investors Atlas Venture, Mangrove Capital and Adinvest in a $25m series-C funding round for Seatwave, a ticket exchange website. The new capital brings the total raised by the company since it was founded in 2006,...
UK - London Seed Capital backs Magpie with £500,000
London Seed Capital has provided Magpie Ltd, the company behind social media analytics tool Brandwatch, with funding totalling £500,000. Led by London Seed Capital, the round includes a select group of business angels.
UK - MSIF leads £360,000 investment in concrete mixing business
Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) has led a £360,000 investment in Nurock, a company which has developed an innovative hyrdraulic concrete mixing system.
UK - Creative Ventures and Finance South West back online video platform
Creative Ventures Group, YFM-managed Finance South West Growth Fund and private investors have led a series-B round of funding for Coull, a provider of interactive online video publishing platforms. With this investment, Coull has launches two products...
ITALY - Quantica backs hi-tech Kee Square
Quantica has acquired a 50% stake in hi-tech player Kee Square through the Principia I fund.
UK - Skype-engineers ASI invest in Kindo
Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), Skype's founding engineers, have provided family network website Kindo with seed financing. ASI joins other seed investors including Saul and Robin Klein of The Accelerator Group (TAG), and Stefan Glänzer, first investor...
UK - DFJ Esprit and BOSGE provide PacketExchange with $12m series-B funding
Existing investors DFJ Esprit and Bank of Scotland Growth Equity have invested $12m in PacketExchange as part of a series-B funding round for the wide-area internet exchange service company. In conjunction with the funding, PacketExchange also announced...
FRANCE – Sofimac and CDC Entreprises invest EUR 2m in Onixxa
Sofimac Partners and CDC Entreprises have jointly invested EUR 2m in Onixxa. Founder Phillippe Andrieu retains a majority stake in the company following the deal.
FRANCE – CIC Vizille leads EUR 1.2m financing for Protein’eXpert
CIC Vizille Capital Innovation lead Sudinnova in a EUR 1.2m financing round for Protein’eXpert which sees the partial exit of original investors Amorçage Rhône-Alpes et al, Rhône-Alpes Création and Rhône Dauphiné Développement. The two founders,...
UK - MMC backs PharmAssess with £500,000
MMC Ventures has invested £500,000 in PharmAssess, an independent auditor which provides audit reports to the pharmaceutical industry.
UK - SPARK Ventures leads seed round for mydeco.com
SPARK Ventures has led the financing of mydeco.com in what is reported to be one of the largest internet seed rounds in Europe. SPARK is the lead and largest investor in mydeco.com, an interior design website developed by the team behind lastminute.com,...
GERMANY – Virgin Green Fund leads EUR 61m series-B in Odersun
Virgin Group-baked Virgin Green Fund has led a series-B financing round for Odersun AG, a company which designs and manufactures flexible solar products using a proprietary thin-film technology. Further investors included Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures,...
FRANCE - Tiempo completes EUR 1.1m first round financing
In a first round of financing Emertec Gestion and Schneder Electric Ventures have invested EUR 1.1m in Tiempo.
UK - SEP et al. provide VirtenSys with $12m series-B funding
Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and other existing investors Celtic House Venture Partners and GIMV have participated in a $12m series-B funding round for VirtenSys Ltd. The same syndicate of investors first provided the company with a series-A $12m investment...
UK - NorthStar invests £850,000 in Quick TV
North East venture capital firm, NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI), has completed a £850,000 investment in Newcastle-based TV technology company, Quick TV Ltd. Leading a consortium of investors, NorthStar Equity Investors has backed the innovative business...
UK - xénos facilitates £125,000 investment in bioscience company
xénos has faciliated a £125,000 business angel investment in bioscience company Asphalia Food Products. xénos is a subsidiary of Finance Wales. Following the deal, the Wales Business Angel Network, xénos owns a 20% stake in the company.
UK - Imperial Innovations backs £11m Circassia funding
Imperial Innovations Group Plc has made a follow-on investment of £1.75m as part of an oversubscribed £11m second round of funding for biotechnology company Circassia Holdings Ltd, taking its stake in the business to 13%. New investors Goldman Sachs...
UK - MSIF supports Host Telecom with £100,000
The Merseyside Special Investment Fund's (MSIF) Liverpool Seed Fund has invested £100,000 to support Host Telecom, developers of a new mobile phone advertising application.
FRANCE – Psilos Group lead Seventure in EUR 20m financing of Mauna Kea Tech
Psilos Group has led a EUR 20m financing round for Mauna Kea Technologies, which included contributions from Seventure and existing investor Creadev. Psilos invested EUR 14m while both Seventure and Creadev invested EUR 3m respectively. The new round...