Expansion
Boost Communications raises further £1m
Existing backers Investinor and TeleVenture have contributed to a £1m funding round for Norwegian mobile advertising firm Boost Communications.
Beringea backs DCC with £3m
Beringea has invested £3m in Disposable Cubicle Curtains (DCC), a UK-based manufacturer of disposable curtains for hospitals that trades under All In One Medical.
Grovepoint Capital backs Grenade UK
Grovepoint Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Grenade UK, a provider of weight-loss food supplements.
Dawn Capital leads $41m series-C for eCommera
Dawn Capital has led a $41m series-C funding round for eCommera, a provider of e-commerce services to the retail industry.
Calculus Capital backs Quai with £2m
Calculus Capital has made a £2m capital injection into Quai, a digital administration services provider.
RCapital invests in ITMsoil
Turnaround house RCapital has invested in instrumentation and monitoring specialist ITMsoil.
GC Aesthetics enhanced with $60m investment
GC Aesthetics, a Dublin-based plastic surgery business, has secured a $60m investment from a consortium of investors.
NVM Private Equity invests £3.5m in It’s All Good
NVM Private Equity has injected £3.5m into It’s All Good, a snack manufacturer specialising in tortilla chips.
Rockaway, Spread invest $1m in Brand Embassy
New VC firms Rockaway Capital and Spread Capital have injected $1m into Brand Embassy, a Czech Republic-based provider of a social media service enquiry platform.
Deal in focus: Intel and Practica back CGTrader
The latest investment by Intel Capital and Practica Capital in 3D printing marketplace CGTrader highlights the growing appeal of Europe’s previously underserved Baltic market.
BPI France and Emertec invest €2.6m in Ijenko
BPI France and Emertec Gestion have injected €2.6m into Ijenko, a French provider of home energy management technology.
Demeter and Emertec back Qualisteo with €2m
Demeter Partners and Emertec have invested €2m in Qualisteo, a French smart-grid specialist.
Investing in technology: it's not a bubble, but…
Taylor Wessing's Ed Waldron and Jonny Bethell wonder whether the recent appetite for tech businesses is sustainable.
Index and Earlybird invest $26m in Socialbakers
Index Ventures has led a $26m series-C funding round for Socialbakers, a Czech Republic-based social analytics company, alongside existing backer Earlybird Venture Capital.
TicTail raises $8m series-A round
Swedish e-commerce platform TicTail has raised $8m in a series-A funding round led by Thrive Capital.
Deal in focus: Hoxton and DFJ in Campanja series-A round
Hoxton Ventures and DFJ Esprit’s £3m series-A round for Campanja, a real-time search engine marketing platform, puts the European ad tech sector's fast growth and recent exits into the spotlight.
HBM leads €41m round for AAA
HBM Healthcare Investments has led a €41m funding round for Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a French biopharma company specialising in molecular nuclear medicine.
Wheb makes first investment from new fund
Wheb Partners has completed its maiden investment from Green Growth Fund 2, taking a significant stake in UBC.
HCPE et al. invest €13m in Outfittery
Highland Capital Partners Europe (HCPE) has led a €13m funding round for Outfittery, a German provider of consultation services for men’s fashion, with participation from a consortium of existing venture capital backers.
Industrifonden injects SEK 5m into Pastry Sweden
Industrifonden has invested SEK 5m in Malmö-based Pastry Sweden, an online cakes and pastries delivery service.
BGF invests £3.4m in Jumpstart
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has injected £3.4m into tax consultancy business Jumpstart.
LDC backs Imagine Nation
LDC has backed Netherlands-based media content company Imagine Nation.
Sigma leads $2.6m round for Codeship
Sigma Prime Ventures has led a $2.6m funding round for Codeship, an Austrian provider of continuous integration and deployment as software-as-a-service (SaaS).
Ackra Invest acquires COS Systems
Ackra Invest has invested in COS Systems, an Umeå-based information and communications technology company.