Expansion
Calculus invests £1.1m in Benito's Hat chain
Calculus Capital has invested £1.1m, alongside a further £300,000 from existing investors, in London-based Mexican food chain Benito’s Hat.
Omega Funds leads $10m round for SpineVision
Omega Funds has led a $10m funding round for French medical devices provider SpineVision, which also included investments from two other new backers.
Octopus leads £2m TrialReach round
Octopus Investments and Amadeus Capital Partners have provided UK-based clinical trials search business TrialReach with a £2m round of funding.
Vertis buys minority stake in Arav
Italian VC investor Vertis has agreed to commit €9m to Naples-based clothing producer Arav in exchange for a minority stake.
Newion acquires stake in Reasult
Newion Investments has acquired a minority stake in real estate software provider Reasult via its third fund, Newion II.
Intel Capital leads €7m funding round for FeedHenry
Intel Capital has led a group of GPs and one trade player in a €7m funding round for cloud-based mobile applications platform provider FeedHenry.
Novo AS et al. round up €141m Symphogen financing
Novo AS, PKA and Danica Pension have provided Danish biopharmaceutical company Symphogen with a further €41m, rounding up a €141m funding round for the business.
Calculus Capital and SAEV invest in Antech
Calculus Capital and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV) have backed UK-based Antech, a developer of directional coiled tubing drilling products and services.
Almi and Chalmers Innovation back Halon
Almi Invest and Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund have backed Swedish web security solutions provider Halon Security.
DFJ Esprit et al. back M-Files Corporation
DFJ Esprit and Finnish Industry Investment have injected €6m into M-Files Corporation, a technology start-up based in Finland.
Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn, HTGF et al. back Compositence
Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn has become the lead investor in German carbon-fibre components company Compositence following a capital increase round that also included fresh investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft...
BGF invests £3.9m in Magmatic
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has injected £3.9m into Bristol-based children’s travel product manufacturer Magmatic Ltd, which trades under the name Trunki.
Mobeus in ATG Media bolt-on
Mobeus Equity Partners has made an add-on investment of £4.5m in portfolio company ATG Media to finance the acquisition of US-based online auctions site BidSpotter Inc.
DBAG invests in Inexio
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) has invested €10.6m of growth capital in German broadband connections provider Inexio Informationstechnologie und Telekommunikation KGaA.
Inveready enjoys 50% IRR on 3Scale partial exit
Spanish investor Inveready has partially exited 3Scale, a technology solutions provider, following a $4.2m capital injection into the firm from US investors.
Yellow&Blue et al. back Romo Wind
Yellow&Blue Investment Management, ABB Technology Ventures and b-to-v Partners have invested €4.8m in Swiss wind farm optimisation company Romo Wind, alongside the business's founders.
Nauta leads €1.6m round for Marfeel
Nauta Capital has led a €1.6m round for Marfeel, a solutions provider to the web publishing industry.
BayBG joins HTGF and Bayern Kapital in €1m GME series-A
BayBG has joined existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital in a €1m series-A round for German laser and light systems provider German Medical Engineering (GME), alongside private investors.
Intel Capital et al. back $12m Gengo funding round
Intel Capital, Iris Capital, Infocomm Investments, NTT Docomo Innovation Ventures, ST Ventures and Atomico have invested in a $12m series-B funding round for Tokyo-based translation platform Gengo.
Q1 activity hits five-year low
The UK & Ireland’s first-quarter activity levels are at their lowest level for five years, according to the latest research from unquote” data.
Blumberg et al. in new funding for Kreditech
Blumberg Capital, Point Nine Capital and H2 Investments have been joined by the new Samwer brothers' start-up fund Global Founders Capital in a new funding round for German business Kreditech.
Atomico, Index, IVP in $130m Supercell funding round
Atomico, Index Ventures and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) have invested in a $130m funding round for Finnish mobile games developer Supercell.
Earlybird leads €10m series-A for Motain
Earlybird Venture Capital has led a €10m series-A funding round for Berlin-based app developer Motain, the company behind The Football App.
Deutsche PE invests growth capital in SLM Solutions
Deutsche Private Equity has completed a growth capital investment in SLM Solutions GmbH.