Early-stage
SPAIN - Nauta Capital backs tech player
Nauta Capital via its fund Nauta Tech Invest II has committed EUR 3m to technology company Scytl.
UK - Solon leads £1m Peakdale funding
Solon Ventures Ltd has led a £1m financing round for Peakdale Molecular Ltd, a specialist provider of chemistry services to the pharmaceutical industry.
GERMANY - Creathor Venture provides seed financing to aka-aki
Creathor Venture Fund and a business angel have invested in aka-aki GmbH, which provides a social networking tool for mobile phones. Berlin-based aka-aki was founded in 2007 by eight founders who merge mobile internet and social networking in their product....
FRANCE – I-Source Gestion and GIMV lead EUR 7.3m investment in Movea
I-Source Gestion and GIMV have co-led a EUR 7.3m funding round for start-up Movea both pledging EUR 3m each. Also investing is Thomson a subsidiary of the French research institute CEA. The deal represents the first round of financing for the company.
FRANCE – A Plus Finance invests EUR 600,000 in Lorience Paris
In a first round of financing A Plus Finance invested EUR 600,000 in perfume and cosmetics producer Lorience Paris.
UK - Balderton invests in mobile betting service
Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe) has provided start-up betNOW with a first round of funding. Mobile betting service betNOW will use the new capital to launch the service in the UK and accelerate product development, with the goal...
UK - YFM provides Mirifice with further £410,000
The South West Ventures Fund, managed by YFM Group, has provided Mirifice Ltd with further investment totalling £410,000. Bath-based Digital TV and Broadcast software and consulting company Mirifice has developed MirimonTM, a unique monitoring solution...
UK - OCP backs Teepix with £800,000 investment
Oxford Capital Partners (OCP) has invested £800,000 from its Oxford Gateway Funds into Teepix, a technology which automatically captures golfers' action shots.
GERMANY – Mangrove invests EUR 5m in Brands4Friends
Mangrove Capital Partners has, along with private investors, invested EUR 5m in Brands4friends. The company sells branded snowboards, running shoes, and jackets, at discounted prices through an invitation-only website.
FINLAND - Creandum joins existing investors in Aito Technologies
Creandum has participated in a series-A funding round for Aito Technologies, a Finnish software company. Creandum joins Conor Venture Partners to support the business’ market expansion.
FRANCE - Forbion leads EUR 30m B-round financing of Fovea Pharmaceuticals
In France's largest early-stage biopharmaceutical deal for a year, Fovea Pharmaceuticals has raised EUR 30m from a syndicate of venture capital investors led by Forbion Capital Partners.
FRANCE - Partech, Elaia and IRDI invest EUR 2.3m in GooJet
Partech International, Elaia Partners and IRDI have announced a EUR 2.3m investment in mobile software developer GooJet.
FRANCE – 3i backs online retailer Twenga
3i has invested approximately EUR 2.6m in online retailer Twenga.
GERMANY - bmp and VC-Fonds Berlin finance mobile DailyME.TV
bmp Media Investors AG & Co. KGaA and the VC-Fonds Berlin are taking a stake in mando.TV GmbH with its mobile phone TV-platform DailyME.TV. bmp Media Investors and VC-Fonds Berlin each assume just under 24%, yoc AG 2%, with the majority of the company...
IRELAND - Claret Capital invests EUR 21m in private jet start-up
Dublin-based Claret Capital has led a EUR 21m funding round for JetBird, a private jet start-up that intends to fly to 75 European airports.
UK - YFM backs TBiConnect with £330,000
YFM Group has invested £330,000 from its South West Ventures Fund into business-to-business eCommerce service TBiConnect.
FRANCE - 123Venture invests in sex toys
123Venture has invested EUR 1m in a EUR 1.5m seed round of funding for YESforLOV, a cosmetics brand intended for sensual pleasure and well-being.
ITALY – Innogest Capital invests EUR 2m in data management player
Italian venture capital firm Innogest Capital provided Internet intelligence company IntelligenceFocus with a second round of financing valued at approximately EUR 2m.
FRANCE - Streamezzo raises EUR 15m from existing investors
Mobile content software business Streamezzo has raised an additional EUR 15m from Sofinnova Partners, AXA Private Equity, I-Source Gestion, Qualcomm and NTEC.
SWITZERLAND - Sofinnova Ventures leads CHF 36m funding for PregLem SA
San Francisco-based Sofinnova Ventures has led a series-B funding round for Swiss company PregLem SA. Sofinnova has already provided seed capital and acted as lead investor in the series-A round. MVM Life Science Partners LLP, based in London, and NeoMed...
SPAIN/US – BBVA backs internet service provider
MyStrands has received an investment by BBVA of approximately EUR 16m. Existing investors Sequel and Debaeque Venture Capital have also been involved in this round. Earlier this year a consortium including Debaeque Venture Capital invested a total of...
NORWAY - Sarsia Seed invests in WindSim AS
Sarsia Seed has acquired a minority stake in WindSim AS, a Norwegian software provider for windmill companies. The new capital will be used to fuel the business’ organisation in order to better respond to market demand, and to develop further products.
UK - Ingenious and Eagle Rock join forces on Ground Level
Ingenious has announced that the Ingenious Music VCT 2 has joined forces with independent TV and DVD producer Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd to form a new company, Ground Level Recording Ltd.
UK - SPARK supports $12m series-B funding for Vivacta
SPARK Ventures has completed a $1m follow on investment for Vivacta, an in vitro diagnostic company, as part of a $12m series-B funding round.