Early-stage
UK - MSIF invests £300,000 in carbon monoxide testing company
The Liverpool Seed Fund, managed by the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF), has invested £300,000 of seed funding in Detectagas, a carbon monoxide testing company.
GERMANY - Ganymed increases series-C financing
Biopharmaceutical company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals AG has announced a second closing of EUR 3.5m to its series C funding, bringing the total for the round to EUR 37.2m.
UK - Octopus invests over £600,000 in internet technology company
Octopus Investments has completed an investment of more than £600,000 in the development of internet technology firm True Knowledge Ltd. The deal represents the first round of funding for the company.
FRANCE - RFID specialist Tagsys receives $16m second tranche
RFID infrastructure business Tagsys has received the second tranche of its $35m series C funding round.
FINLAND - Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska supports BioCis Pharma with EUR 1.5m
Finnish Industry Investment and Karolinska Development III AB, an affiliated company of Karolinska Holding AB, have invested EUR 1.5m in BioCis Pharma, a therapy company. The investment round will be used to fuel the speed of product development and begin...
FRANCE - Elaia Partners invests EUR 1m in climate risk management business
Elaia Partners has invested EUR 1m of series-A funding in climate risk managment company Climpact.
ICELAND - Bru Venture Capital invests $7m in start-up FS-10 ehf
Bru II Venture Capital has invested $7m in start-up FS-10 ehf, a Reykjavik-based developer of fishing gear and fishing methods for operations of large vessels in the waters of Mauritania.
SWEDEN - Industrifonden invests SEK 2m in Senset
Industrifonden has invested SEK 2m in Senset, a Linköping-based company that is developing a new environmentally friendly measuring system for liquid analysis. Other investors included German venture Capital fund Rendera and industrial firm Wika.
FRANCE - Trophos raises EUR 8.5m in series-C financing round
Biopharmaceutical company Trophos today announced it has raised EUR 8.5m in series-C funding.
GERMANY – Neuhaus Partners invests in Emporis
Neuhaus Partners together with KfW Bankengruppe has invested an undisclosed amount in buildings and construction projects database provider Emporis.
UK - Imperial Innovations Group invests in Molecular Vision
Imperial Innovations Group has invested EUR 500,000 in handheld diagnostics device developer Molecular Vision.
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 £250,000 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 £3m 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 £2m 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 £300,000 in EditLite Ltd. EditLite has developed software called ‘YourView’ which uses simple graphic icons to edit video footage. The software, which has a number of worldwide patents, enables the user to filter...
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 £2.3m funding round for Glide PharmaTM, the specialty pharmaceutical company developing products based on its innovative needle-free Glide SDI™ drug delivery system. Existing shareholders include...