Expansion
Octopus leads £3m round for Mi-Pay
Octopus Ventures has led a £3m investment round for Mi-Pay, a processor of payments for the mobile money sector.
Maven invests £1.5m in PrismTech
Maven Capital Partners, as a joint manager of government-backed Capital for Enterprise Fund (CfE Fund), has invested £1.5m in Scottish software firm PrismTech.
Russia Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners invest in Parallels
Russia Partners, an affiliate of Siguler Guff, and Bessemer Venture Partners have invested in software company Parallels.
High-Tech Gründerfonds et al. invest in design2desire
High-Tech Gründerfonds has led a funding round in design furniture maker design2desire.
Consortium funds Cuculus with EUR 2.6m
Yellow&Blue Investment Management has led a EUR 2.6m round in smart metering company Cuculus GmbH.
NextStage invests EUR 4m in Dallavalle
NextStage has provided Dallavalle, a construction company, with a EUR 4m investment.
Beringea further invests £800,000 in Eagle Rock
Beringea has further invested £800,000 in music publishing company Eagle Rock Entertainment in a second round of funding.
CVC's Evonik to divest minority stake in energy business
Evonik, in which CVC Capital Partners holds a minority stake, is weighing the sale of a minority stake of its energy division.
Hygea et al invest £2.7m in Glide Pharma
Existing investors Hygea VCT and Oxford Technology VCT have further invested in drug company Glide Pharma as part of a £2.7m fourth round of funding, alongside Oxford Capital Partners and private backers.
YFM-backed Fishawack acquires Nexus Communications
YFM has injected fresh capital to support portfolio company Fishawack Communications, the medical PR company, in its acquisition of US-based Nexus Communications.
YFM participates in £1m round for ProVision
YFM has invested in a £1m round for wireless HDTV company ProVision Communications.
Neuhaus Partners takes stake in Searchmetrics
Neuhaus Partners has invested in software company Searchmetrics GmbH to fund the company's international expansion.
Seraphim Capital leads £2m round for Intamac
Seraphim Capital has led a £2m investment into home monitoring company Intamac System Limited alongside Chandos Fund.
Amadeus Capital leads $5.5m series B for AMEE
Amadeus Capital Partners has led a $5.5m series B funding round for AMEE, a company that has built the largest engine for computing greehouse gas emissions.
MTI et al. invest £2.2m into Exosect
MTI Partners has invested £1m into pest control provider Exosect, as part of a £2.2m funding round.
CDC-backed EI-Technologies acquires ADEON
CDC Innovation et Entrepreneurs & Investisseurs Capital backed EI-Technologies has acquired IT business ADEON.
CPE invests €10m in Metallkraft
Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE), has led a convertible bond issue in Metallkraft, a Norwegian company that has developed a patented process to recycle spent slurry used in cutting solar silicon wafers.
Dawn Capital further invests $2.5m into Cognitive Match
Dawn Capital has invested $2.5m in technology company Cognitive Match in a series B round of funding.
Scope invests EUR 7m into Footbalance
Swedish growth investor Scope has backed the Finnish producer of moulded insoles Footbalance.