Early-stage
UK - Imperial Innovations takes 38% stake in EVO Electric
Imperial Innovations has invested ТЃ375,000 as part of a ТЃ1.5m round of funding in EVO Electric Ltd, a developer of electrical motors and generators, and increased their stake in the company to 38%.
UK - Scottish and Southern Energy invests £2.7m InSource Energy
SSE Venture Capital Ltd, Scottish and Southern Energy's new corporate venturing vehicle, has invested ТЃ2.7m and acquired a 40% stake in InSource Energy, a bio-waste-to-energy business created by the Carbon Trust.
UK - Tudor Group leads $6.5m additional series-A funding in Trutap
The Tudor Group, along with a group of angel investors, has led a $6.5m follow-on round of series-A venture funding in Trutap, provider of social networking services for mobile phones, bringing the total investment in the company to $13m.
GERMANY - JenaValve raises an additional EUR 10m
Paris-based Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners has led a EUR 10m series A-2 financing round of JenaValve™ Technology.
UK - Finance Wales invests £200,000 in cell preservation company
Finance Wales has invested ТЃ200,000 as part of a ТЃ400,000 first round of funding for Abcellute Ltd, a specialist developer of a new cell preservation platform technology which has spun out of Cardiff University.
UK - MSIF invests £300,000 in carbon monoxide testing company
The Liverpool Seed Fund, managed by the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF), has invested ТЃ300,000 of seed funding in Detectagas, a carbon monoxide testing company.
GERMANY - Ganymed increases series-C financing
Biopharmaceutical company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG has announced a second closing of EUR 3.5m to its series C funding, bringing the total for the round to EUR 37.2m.
UK - Octopus invests over £600,000 in internet technology company
Octopus Investments has completed an investment of more than ТЃ600,000 in the development of internet technology firm True Knowledge Ltd. The deal represents the first round of funding for the company.
FRANCE - RFID specialist Tagsys receives $16m second tranche
RFID infrastructure business Tagsys has received the second tranche of its $35m series C funding round.
FINLAND - Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska supports BioCis Pharma with EUR 1.5m
Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska Development III AB, an affiliated company of Karolinska Holding AB, have invested EUR 1.5m in BioCis Pharma, a therapy company. The investment round will be used to fuel the speed of product development and begin...
FRANCE - Elaia Partners invests EUR 1m in climate risk management business
Elaia Partners has invested EUR 1m of series-A funding in climate risk managment company Climpact.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 2m in Senset
Industrifonden has invested SEK 2m in Senset, a Linköping-based company that is developing a new environmentally friendly measuring system for liquid analysis. Other investors included German venture Capital fund Rendera and industrial firm Wika.
ICELAND - Bru Venture Capital invests $7m in start-up FS-10 ehf
Bru II Venture Capital has invested $7m in start-up FS-10 ehf, a Reykjavik-based developer of fishing gear and fishing methods for operations of large vessels in the waters of Mauritania.
FRANCE - Trophos raises EUR 8.5m in series-C financing round
Biopharmaceutical company Trophos today announced it has raised EUR 8.5m in series-C funding.
GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners invests in Emporis
Neuhaus Partners together with KfW Bankengruppe has invested an undisclosed amount in buildings and construction projects database provider Emporis.
UK - Imperial Innovations Group invests in Molecular Vision
Imperial Innovations Group has invested EUR 500,000 in handheld diagnostics device developer Molecular Vision.