Early-stage
GERMANY - Neuhaus Partners backs ICS
Neuhaus Partners has invested in internet startup company ICS Internet Consumer Services. The funding will be used to develop ICS’s latest web 2.0 project, verwandt.de. The invested amount has not been disclosed but it is understood to be in the million...
UK - Hotbed, YFM and Albany in £3.49m fundraising for Mtivity
Hotbed, YFM Group and Albany Ventures are together investing ТЃ3.49m in software company Mtivity. Hotbed provided ТЃ1.55m of the total funding package. The investment was introduced to Hotbed by Albany, a specialist early-stage technology investor.
UK - Zinwave in second fundraising round
Scottish Equity Partners is reported to be involved in a series-B fundraising round for Zinwave. Zinwave's technology prevents buildings, tunnels and elevators from disrupting the high frequency signals of cellular and wireless services. Zinwave is currently...
UK - Imperial and The Capital Fund back NanoBioDesign
Imperial Innovations and The Capital Fund have together invested ТЃ500,000 in NanoBioDesign Limited (NBD), a company developing a range of toxicity screening systems to speed up the drug discovery process. The company will use the funds to secure contracts...
UK - IQ Capital leads £650,000 investment in Spikes Cavell
IQ Capital has made its second investment since its launch in 2006 leading a ТЃ650,000 funding round in Spikes Cavell & Co. IQC have completed a ТЃ400,000 investment in the business alongside funding provided by an angel investor.
FRANCE - Seventure invests EUR 2m in contactless loyalty card business
Seventure Partners has led a EUR 2m first round of funding for Airtag, a company providing an integral customer loyalty solution, utilising contactless and NFC technology.
UK - MSIF invests £300,000 in software company J2 Aircraft Dynamics
Merseyside Special Investment Fund's Seed Fund has provided software company J2 Aircraft Dynamics with ТЃ300,000 of funding. The investment follows an earlier round of ТЃ100,000. The software has the potential to transform the aircraft manufacturing industry....
NETHERLANDS – Lunatech backs BitLogistics
Lunatech Ventures has led a round of seed funding for BitLogistics, a Rotterdam-based business that monitors and manages supply chains.
FRANCE - Diatos raises further EUR 9.4m
Biopharmaceutical company Diatos has received additional funding from its syndicate of existing investors.
UK - YFM-run South West Ventures Fund provides Mirifice with £250,000
YFM-managed South West Ventures Fund has provided digital TV monitoring company Mirifice Ltd with ТЃ250,000 of funding. Mirifice has developed MirimonTM, a monitoring solution for Digital TV networks. The investment will be used to support the marketing...
UK - Imperial Innovations backs solar power company with £1.35m
Imperial Innovations has participated in a ТЃ1.35m funding round for solar power technology company QuantaSol Ltd. The round also included investments from Low Carbon Accelerator, NetScientific Ltd and Numis Corporation Plc.
UK - Balderton backs online advertising marketplace AdJug.com
Balderton Capital has provided AdJug.com, an online advertising marketplace, with a multi-million dollar investment. Balderton was formerly known as Benchmark Capital. The deal represents Balderton's second online start-up investment in a week - it provided...
SWITZERLAND – PregLem raises CHF 32m
Sofinnova Partners together with NeoMed Management and MVM LifeScience Partners has co-led a CHF 32m series-A financing round in biopharmaceutical company PregLem.
UK - Balderton Capital backs online debt management start-up
Balderton Capital has provided Wonga, a start-up online service for same day personal debt management, with $6m of early-stage funding. The investment will be used to accelerate platform and product development, with the goal of establishing Wonga as...
NL - Alta Partners leads EUR 15m round for biotechnology company
Alta Partners has led a EUR 15m funding round for Groningen-based Kiadis Pharma B.V. Existing investors also participated in the deal, amongst those was Esprit Capital Partners, investing a further EUR 0.5m from the Esprit-run Prelude Trust Plc.
FRANCE - Bluekiwi Software receives EUR 4m from Sofinnova Partners
Sofinnova Partners has invested EUR 4m in Blukiwi Software, a developer of collaborative software solutions for corporate environments.
UK - Imperial Innovations in £2.3m investment in biopharmaceutical company
Imperial Innovations Group, Longbow Capital and The Capital Fund have completed a ТЃ2.3m investment in biopharmaceutical PolyTherics Ltd. Longbow Capitalтs private client base invested ТЃ1.3m, and Imperial Innovations and The Capital Fund invested ТЃ750,000...
UK - YFM invests £250,000 in Geonix
YFM has provided tracking technology company Geonix Tracking with ТЃ250,000 of funding via its South West Ventures Fund.
BALTIC - Otaris Eko Fonds invests EUR 300,000 in Livonia Print
JSC Eko Investors venture capital fund Otaris Eko Funds has acquired 35% of LLC Livonia Print for EUR 300,000. The investment will be used to establish the most modern book printing house in Latvia that will service customers in the Baltics, Scandinavia...
NORWAY/SWITZERLAND - Northzone Ventures and TVM in EUR 10m round for ReVolt
Existing investors Northzone Ventures, Sinvent, Sofinnova Partners, TVM Capital, Verdane Capital and Viking Ventures have participated in a EUR 10m funding round for ReVolt Technology. The latest commitment brings total funding for ReVolt, a developer...
UK - Seraphim Capital provides Flirtomatic with £2m series-B round
Seraphim Capital has led a ТЃ2m series-B funding round for Handmade Mobile Entertainment Ltd, the company behind Flirtomatic, a cross-platform flirting service. Seraphim Capital is a government-backed Enterprise Capital Fund which closed its first fund...
UK - MMC invests £2m in online lead-generation business
MMC Ventures has made an equity investment of ТЃ2 million in Clash-Media, an online lead generation business based in London.
IRELAND - Doughty Hanson leads $14m investment in AdaptiveMobile
Doughty Hanson has led a $14m second round of funding for AdaptiveMobile. Additional investment came from Noor Financial Investment Company and existing investor, Intel Capital.
UK - Enterprise Ventures completes further investment in H20 Networks
Enterprise Ventures has completed a further investment in H2O Networks Ltd through its Coalfields Enterprise Fund. Enterprise Ventures first invested in the company during late 2006 to finance the companyтs growth plans and this follow-on round of funding...