Expansion
Nauta and Caixa inject further €3.5m into Groupalia
Nauta Capital and Caixa Capital Risc have injected a further €3.5m into daily deals site Groupalia to shore up the portfolio company.
Maven invests £3.5m in DMack
Maven Capital Partners has invested £3.5m in Carlisle-based tyre manufacturer DMack.
Caixa Capital Risc leads Lexdir investment
Caixa Capital Risc has led a €420,000 funding round for Lexdir, an online directory of legal professionals.
North West Fund backs FDM
The North West Fund for Venture Capital and the Lancashire Rosebud Fund have injected £860,000 into UK-based 3D printing company FDM Digital Solutions.
FlatFrog closes $10m round
FlatFrog Laboratories, a Sweden-based multi-touch systems provider, has raised a further $10m from Invus, Sunstone Capital and Intel Capital.
Batman invests $1m in Robin
Orbys Ventures and Dutch entrepreneur Jan-Willem Tusveld have invested $1m in Robin Software, a Netherlands-based provider of e-commerce customer service software for SMEs, via the newly formed holding company Batman BV.
Caixa leads €2m round for Stinser
Caixa Capital Risc has led a €2m funding round for steel supply management company Stinser, with co-investment from Ade Capital Sodical.
Snow & Alps secures €1m
Snow & Alps, a reservation system for ski and outdoor holidays, has received €1m in funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).
Deal in focus: Oquendo in €20m Monbus mezzanine deal
Oquendo Capital made a €20m mezzanine commitment to Spanish bus operator Monbus in December, highlighting the rise of the alternative debt market in Spain.
Beechbrook backs Simply Biz and N-Sea
Beechbrook Capital has made two new mezzanine investments via its second fund, backing support services business Simply Biz and sub-sea infrastructure services provider N-Sea.
HitecVision invests in DeepWell
HitecVision has made a growth capital investment in DeepWell, a Norwegian well intervention company, in a deal valuing the business at NOK 400m.
Sequoia leads $22m round for Plain Vanilla
Sequoia Capital has led a $22m series-B funding round for Plain Vanilla, an Icelandic application developer, alongside Chinese investment holding company Tencent Holdings.
Fastlane et al. back IQcard
Fastlane Ventures has taken part in a $3.7m funding round for IQcard, a Moscow-based provider of pre-paid bank cards and affiliated services for retailers.
Ventech supports Picanova
French investor Ventech has made a multi-million euro investment in German customised wall decor company Picanova.
Blacklane drives off with fresh investment
Berlin-based chauffeur portal Blacklane has raised a double-digit million euro funding round.
Lucibel closes cash and bonds funding round
French LED lighting solutions provider Lucibel has raised €15m from Bpifrance, Aster Capital and CM CIC Capital Innovation.
Intel joins $30m series-D round for AlienVault
Intel Capital has joined AlienVault's $26.5m series-D round, injecting a further $3.5m.
Taxibeat hails second funding round
Greek taxi-hailing start-up Taxibeat has closed a series-A round, with a $4m injection from Hummingbird Ventures.
Main Capital buys stake in Chainfood
Main Capital has acquired a stake in Dutch software firm Chainfood.
BGF signs Thames Card Technology deal
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has committed £3.2m to Essex-based plastic card manufacturer Thames Card Technology (TCT).
Fondo Italiano backs Forgital Group
Fondo Italiano di Investimento has injected €30m into Forgital Group, an industrial components manufacturer and systems provider.
Phenomen et al. invest $8m in Delivery Club
Phenomen Ventures, Guard Capital and AddVenture have injected $8m into Delivery Club, a Moscow-based online food delivery company.
Kurtosys secures $8m
London-based Kurtosys, a financial technology (fintech) software company, has raised $8m in its series-C funding round from Triangle Peak Partners and existing backer True Ventures.
BGF invests £4m in Palmer Hargreaves
The Business Growth Fund has invested £4m in Midlands-based marketing and communication agency Palmer Hargreaves.