Early-stage
SWITZERLAND - Sonic Emotion receives $1.4m series A financing
VI Partners, Emertec Gestion and Züricher Kantonalbank have injected $1.4m in Zürich-based 3D sound perception solutions provider Sonic Emotion.
DENMARK - iMotions Emotion Technology attracts $2.7m
iMotion Emotion Technology has attracted $2.7m from a number of business angels and previous investors, such as InVenture Capital and MIT Entrepreneurship Center.
SWITZERLAND - Molecular Partners receives EUR 11.3m funding
Swiss biotechnology company Molecular Partners has received EUR 11.3m financing from Index Ventures, BB Biotech Ventures, Endeavour Vision and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. The new funds are intended to allow the company to advance its portfolio...
SWITZERLAND - Pevion Biotech raises EUR 22m
BZ Bank, BB Biotech Ventures, Bachem and CC Private Equity Partners have participated in a EUR 22m series-A financing round of Swiss bio-pharmaceutical company Pevion Biotech. The investment will be used to advance vaccines in clinical development and...
UK - Amadeus supports $12.5m series-C round for Enigmatec
Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Pentech Ventures have led a $12.5m series-C funding round for IT process automation company Enigmatec Corporation Ltd. New investor Herald Ventures and Kevin Lomax, formerly chairman of Misys have also invested...
SWEDEN - STING backs Plasmatrix Materials and Bio Servo Technologies
STING Capital has invested in Plasmatrix Materials AB, a Swedish nanomaterial developer, and Bio Servo Technologies, a biotechnology company. Both companies received SEK 1.5m each.
UK - The Capital Fund in £250,000 Vision RT investment
The Capital Fund has backed Vision RT, a 3D surface imaging specialist for use in radiotherapy treatments, with ТЃ250,000 of funding. Vision RT was founded in 2001 to advance patient set-up and monitoring for radiotherapy treatment. The Capital Fund...
UK - Elderstreet and Frontiers provide weComm with £3m of funding
Existing investors Elderstreet Investments and Frontiers Capital have provided weComm, an interactive mobile data solutions business, with ТЃ3m of funding. The investment will be used to fund product development and geographic expansion around its innovative...
UK - Finance Wales and Biofusion lead £2m investment in Q Chip
Finance Wales and AIM-listed Biofusion have entered into their first partnership deal as part of a ТЃ2m funding round for Q Chip Ltd. Cardiff-based Q Chip is a developer of microencapsulation solutions.
SWITZERLAND - Molecular Partners AG raises CHF 18.5m
Index Ventures has led a CHF 18.5m series-A financing round for biotechnology company Molecular Partners AG. Other investors contributing to the round include BB Biotech Ventures, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and Endeavour.
UK - Liverpool Seed Fund backs EditLite with £300,000 funding round
Liverpool Seed Fund has invested ТЃ300,000 in EditLite Ltd. EditLite has developed software called тYourViewт which uses simple graphic icons to edit video footage. The software, which has a number of worldwide patents, enables the user to filter hundreds...
SPAIN - New technology leads demand for seed capital
Around 40% of projects landing Spanish seed investment originate from the so-called "new technology" sector.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners backs Glide Pharma with £2.3m
Oxford Capital Partners has joined existing investors on a ТЃ2.3m funding round for Glide PharmaTM, the specialty pharmaceutical company developing products based on its innovative needle-free Glide SDIтЂ drug delivery system. Existing shareholders include...
UK - MVM backs new spinout Heptares Therapeutics
MVM Life Science Partners has provided Heptares Therapeutics with an undisclosed sum of early-stage funding. Heptares has spunout of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge.
GERMANY – Burda Digital Ventures invests in Tripsbytips.com
Burda Digital Ventures has acquired a minority stake in German online community Tripsbytips.com. The transaction value has not been disclosed.
UK - Index leads $30m round for Viagogo
Index Ventures has led a $30m funding round for Viagogo, bringing its total venture backing so far to $50m. The company is an online ticket reseller. A number of private investors have also contributed to the fundraising round. Viagogo intends to break...
UK - Cambridge Angels backs ionscope with £680,000 funding round
Cambridge Angels Group has provided microscope technology company ionscope Ltd with ТЃ680,000 of funding. ionscope was formed by Imperial Innovations.
SPAIN - Media content developer secures EUR 2m from Debaeque
Debaeque Venture Capital has led a series A round of funding totalling EUR 2m in Kimia, a company developing technology to channel rich media content from the Internet to mobile phones.
UK - Accel, Advent and Atlas back Ubiquisys with $25m series-B funding
Accel Partners, Atlas Venture and Advent Venture Partners have been joined by Google on a $25m series-B funding round for Ubiquisys Ltd. Ubiquisys is a pioneer of intelligent 3G femtocell access points for the residential market. The Ubiquisys ZoneGate...
UK - Synergis commits £500,000 to Warwick Audio Technologies
Synergis Technologies and Mercia Technology Seed Fund have committed ТЃ500,000 to Warwick Audio Technologies Ltd. A spinout from the University of Warwick, Warwick Audio has developed an innovative mid-range loudspeaker that is ultra-thin, lightweight,...
UK - IQ Capital leads series-D funding round in OnRelay
IQ Capital has lead a Series-D funding round in OnRelay Inc. OnRelay is a London-based pioneer in fixed mobile integration with a patented market leading solution for mobilising corporate phone systems. IQ Capital invested alongside Richard Cunningham,...
UK - The Capital Fund leads £700,000 investment in online tool
The Capital Fund has led a ТЃ700,000 investment in CInergy International, an online tool which acts as a customer acquisition and retention specialist. The Capital Fund committed ТЃ250,000 alongside ТЃ472,000 from business angels.
SWITZERLAND - GlycoVaxyn receives CHF 11.5m
Sofinnova Partners and Index Ventures have provided Swiss biotech company GlycoVaxyn with CHF 11.5m of series-A funding. GlycoVaxyn is developing the next generation of conjugated vaccines (antigenic sugar/protein complexes) which target bacterial infections....
UK - LondonTechnology Fund backs vaccines for viruses technology
London Technology Fund (LTF) has completed an investment in Immune Targeting Systems (ITS) Ltd, a company which is developing vaccines for mutating viruses. LTF is participating in a ТЃ3.5m series-A funding round for ITS alongside Novartis Venture Fund...