Early-stage
UK - London Seed Capital leads £600,000 investment in cancer innovators
London Seed Capital has led a £600,000 round of funding into Michelson Diagnostics Ltd, a manufacturer and developer of optical medical imaging equipment specifically designed for use during cancer operations.
UK - Catapult leads £1.2m investment in Synchro
Catapult Venture Managers Ltd has led a £1.2m investment into software developers Synchro Ltd.
UK - The Capital Fund backs Biocontrol with £500,000
The Capital Fund has invested £250,000 as part of a £500,000 funding round in Biocontrol. Biocontrol's research focuses on developing the clinical use of bacteriophages, that is naturally occuring viruses, which attack and destroy harmful bacteria.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners leads £1.58m investment in Green Biologics
Oxford Capital Partners has led a £1.58m funding round in Green Biologics, a specialist developer of 'next generation' biofuels.
UK - YFM invests in Dynmark
In a second round of funding, the South West Ventures Fund, managed by the YFM Group, has made an undisclosed investment in Dynmark International Ltd, a mobile phone messaging applications developer.
GERMANY – 20/10 Perfect Vision AG receives EUR 13.5m financing
London-based NBGI Ventures has led a EUR 13.5m financing round for laser vision care specialist 20/10 Perfect Vision.
UK - Close Ventures makes £2.1m investment in Resort Hoppa
Close Ventures has completed an investment of £2.1m into travel company Resorthoppa Group Ltd (formerly Gardenswitch Ltd), a provider of airport transfers for holiday makers. Close Ventures takes a minority stake in the business.
SWEDEN - STING Capital invest in Zebor Technology
STING Capital has invested in Zebor Technology, a seller and promoter of a “green” operating system.
UK - ETF leads £5m investment in Perpetuum
Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) has led a £5m series-B funding round in Perpetuum, a manufacturer of vibration energy harvesting devices.
SPAIN - Danish business angel backs Wamba with EUR 3m
Social community site Wamba has received EUR 3m in funding from Morten Lund, a well-known business angel who previously invested in Estonian software business Skype.
UK - Ingenius invests £824,000 in debut album by The Orange Lights
Ingenius has invested £824,000 to back the debut album by The Orange Lights, a five-piece band formed by Paul Tucker, the ex-Lighthouse Family Songwriter.
UK - NiTech Solutions benefits from £800,000 of second round funding
PUK Ventures has invested £800,000 in mixing technology developer NiTech Solutions.
NETHERLANDS - LSP invests in Skyline Diagnostics
Life Sciences Partners and the Erasmus MC Biomedical Fund have co-led a series-A funding round for Skyline Diagnostics BV. No financial details have been disclosed. The new capital will enable the company to bring its first product, the Acute myeloid...
UK - Liverpool Seed Fund invests £250,000 in health screening company
The Merseyside Special Investment Fund's Liverpool Seed Fund has completed an investment of £250,000 in health screening company Gemini Biomedical Ltd.
UK - IMAC invests $3.2m in online sports network
Ingenious Media Active Capital Ltd (IMAC) has completed an investment of $3.2m in Sportbuzz Ltd, which manages sports online content network Sportingo.com.
SPAIN - Axón Capital closes its first deal
Axón Capital has closed its first deal by investing EUR 1m in game developer Enigma Software Productions.
UK - Mercia Fund leads investment into Warrick Effect Polymers
The Mercia Technology Seed Fund has led an investment in biopolymer company Warrick Effect Polymers (WEP).
UK - 3i et al. lead $26m funding round for Light Blue Optics
3i together with German group Earlybird Venture Capital and Belgium-based Capital-E have led a $26m funding round for miniature projection technology company Light Blue Optics. NESTA also participated in the deal which follows the $2.5m of seed funding...
UK - Seraphim Capital invests £2m in MirriAd
Seraphim Capital has led a £2m funding round for embedded advertising specialist MirriAd Ltd. Seraphim Capital is a £30m enterprise capital fund.
UK - Imperial Innovations takes 38% stake in EVO Electric
Imperial Innovations has invested £375,000 as part of a £1.5m 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 £2.7m 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 £200,000 as part of a £400,000 first round of funding for Abcellute Ltd, a specialist developer of a new cell preservation platform technology which has spun out of Cardiff University.