Expansion
Intesa Sanpaolo's Neva Finventures backs Iwoca
Intesa's venture capital arm acquires a minority stake in the UK SME loan provider
Mandarin secures second ceramics investment with Elios
Deal follows the recent acquisition of Italian luxury ceramics manufacturer La Fabbrica in March 2017
NVM injects £3m into Knowledgemotion
Deal is the third of the year for NVM, which focuses on UK growth capital
EQVenture, AWS Gründerfonds back Meo Energy
New funding will be used to launch the product as a white-label offering for European energy companies
Insight leads $75m series-D for Darktrace
Cybersecurity firm will use the funding to support its ongoing international expansion
Index leads $66m series-B for Revolut
Online bank will expand internationally, with a particular focus on the US and Asia
Notion, NEA in $48m series-C for Move Guides
Since it was founded six years ago, Move Guides has raised $91m in five funding rounds
Banks and VC firms in $10m series-A for Curve
Santander Innoventures, Investec, Speedinvest, Oxford Capital and Breega Capital also backed the round
Endeit Capital in €15m series-B for Gastrofix
Round was led by German brewery group Radeberger, which already provided €8m in February
Foresight invests £3.45m in Mowgli Street Food
Indian-themed casual dining chain will open new restaurants in Birmingham and Leeds
ETF and McRock in €8.3m round for Worldsensing
Data analytics company will increase its focus on smart cities and industrial IoT products
HTGF in €3m series-B round for POS Pulse
Round was led by former Schleich managing director Paul Kraut along with moebel.de founder Robert Kabs
Gimv buys stake in Snack Connection
Food production investor Trophas first acquired an interest in Snack Connection in February 2016
Gimv invests €15m in Arseus Medical
GP will draw capital for the transaction from its €150m Health & Care Fund, closed in March 2014
Project A, Creandum lead €8.5m series-A for Comtravo
New funding will be used to accelerate product development and facilitate future international expansion
EnBW New Ventures in €7m round for Theva
ECapital, Bayern Kapital, Target Partners and Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft also invest
IK buys minority stake in Third Bridge
Growth capital investor Beringea first invested in Third Bridge in 2012 and will sell its stake to IK
Accel leads €14m PayFit round
Series-B also sees Xavier Niel and Otium Venture invest in the French digital payroll and HR business
Runa and XAnge in €4m Yoopies series-A
Further undisclosed amount was raised to fund the takeover of UK-based FindaBabysitter
Ardian takes minority stake in Sarbacane Software
Third investment completed by Ardian Growth in the past two months, following Santédiscount and Abvent
Bowmark backs merger of Aston Scott and Lark Group
Bowmark aims to continue its buy-and-build strategy with the new company
HTGF, Media Ventures et al. in $8.5m round for Make.tv
Corporate venture players Voyager Capital, Microsoft Ventures and Vulcan Capital also back the round
Target Partners leads €4.2m round for ArangoDB
Deal is the final tranche of the series-A funding round, which first closed on €2.2m in November 2016
Primomiglio leads €1.5m round for Codemotion
Backers include Italian venture capital firms Invitalia Ventures and LVenture Group