Early-stage
FRANCE - biospace med raises EUR 12m
NBGI Ventures and Crédit Agricole Private Equity have led a EUR 12m financing round in orthopaedic imaging company biospace med. Existing investors Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners and UFG PE also contributed to this round. The new capital will...
UK - LSE leads £2m investment into Bac2
London Seed Capital (LSE) has led an investment of £2m into Bac2, a specialist developer of a conductive polymer for use in fuel cells, alongside a record investment by the London Business Angels (LBA) Network.
UK - The Capital Fund invests £250,000 to support Plasticell
The Capital Fund, managed by YFM Venture Finance Ltd, has made an investment of £250,000 into Plasticell, a company that is developing innovative stem cell and drug screening products.
UK - NSEI invests £1.4m in ASL
NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) has made an investment of £1.4m into Applied Superconductors Ltd (ASL).
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds leads EUR 1.5m seed-financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds has led a seed financing round for migenion GmbH, contributing EUR 500,000 to the company in return for a 15% shareholding. Additional financing came from various research institutions and the founders, bringing the total amount...
GERMANY – Burda invests $500,000 in TeamPages
Burda Digital Ventures has led a series-A funding round for TeamPages, investing $500,000 in the social network site for amateur sports based in Vancouver. Several local angel investors were also involved. TeamPages was founded in 2006 and allows teams...
UK - ACP leads first funding round for Golden Gekko
Active Capital Partners, a European early-stage investor based in Barcelona, has made an undisclosed investment in Golden Gekko, developers of a new mobile application platform.
GERMANY - High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in VCS Medical Technology
High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested EUR 500,000 in Hamburg-based VCS Medical Technology GmbH. The company researches, develops, produces, and distributes products for the treatment of chronic wounds. VCS Medical Technology plans to enter the market...
NETHERLANDS - Aescap Venture takes 25% stake in I-Optics
Aescap Venture has taken a 25% stake in Dutch medical technology company i-Optics.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners leads £1.5m investment into Oxitec
Oxford Capital Partners has led a £1.5m round of funding into Oxitec Ltd, a company which develops pest control solutions that do not use insecticides, alongside exisiting investors East Hill, the University of Oxford and the management team. Oxford...
UK - Eden supports Huddle with $4m investment
Eden Ventures has led a series-A $4m funding round for Huddle.net, a provider of social business networks.
GERMANY – MIG-Fonds 5 invests EUR 27m in Antisense Pharma
MIG AG has invested EUR 27m in Antisense Pharma GmbH, a developer of targeted therapies for malignant tumors.
UK - MSIF invests £200,000 in So Protect Me
The Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) has invested £200,000 from its Liverpool Seed Fund into card protection software developer So Protect Me.
POLAND - bmp Media Investors and Mangrove invest in Republika Kobiet
bmp Media Investors and Mangrove Capital Partners have each taken 17.5% of shares of Republika Kobiet.pl, which aims to build a web 2.0 lifestyle portal targeted at women. The deal represents Mangrove's first investment in Poland.
UK - White Rose backs Pro-Cure Therapeutics with £550,000 of funding
White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund, managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers, has invested £250,000 as part of a £550,000 funding round for Pro-Cure Therapeutics Ltd, a company which is developing potential treatments for prostate cancer from stem cell research.
UK - Amadeus and JVP lead series-D funding round for Celltick
Amadeus Capital Partners and Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) have co-led a series-D financing round for mobile marketing company Celltick Technologies Ltd.
SWITZERLAND – Innovative Silicon Inc raises US 26m in Series Series C round
Innovative Silicon Inc announced today that Wellington Partners Venture Capital has joined with all existing investors (Index, Austin Ventures, Highland Capital, Auriga, and chipmaker Soitec) to lead a $25m series-C round of investment in the company....
GERMANY – T-Online Venture invests in zweitgeist
T-Online Venture Fund has invested an undisclosed sum in Hamburg-based start-up zweitgeist GmbH. This investment will support zweitgeist’s aim to expand internationally. Additionally the company will benefit through access to cooperation partners belonging...
SPAIN - SGECR invests EUR 2.23m in industrial player
Sociedad Gestión de Capital Riesgo del País Vasco (SGECR), the private equity agency of the Basque Country, has invested EUR 2.23m in industrial group Metalúrgica Santa Engracia (Metagra).The investment was made via SGECR's fund Suztapen.
UK - SEGF leads £1.6m investment in Anaxsys
The South East Growth Fund (SEGF), a venture capital fund managed by West Midlands Enterprise Litd, has led a £1.6m investment in Anaxsys Technology Ltd, a medical device company focussed on the treatment of asthma.
AUSTRIA – Gamma invests in startup Fatfoogoo
Austrian startup Fatfoogoo has raised an undisclosed sum of Series-A funding in a round led by Gamma Capital Partners, along with existing seed investors marchsixteen LLC (Toto Wolff), Azzurro Investment (Christian Lutz), and Michael Krammer (new CEO...
UK - LSP and SR One lead £16m investment in Syntaxin
Life Science Partners (LSP) and SR One, GlaxoSmithKline's independent corporate healthcare fund, have led an investment of £16m in biopharmaceutical company Syntaxin Ltd in a series-B funding round.
ITALY - Finlombarda invests EUR 1m in biotech business
Finlombarda Gestioni has invested EUR 1m in TOP srl, a spinout of the University of Milan.
UK - 3i leads $26m funding round in CamSemi
3i has led a $26m investment in fabless semiconductor company CamSemi.