Expansion
UK - Synesis Life receives backing from Warburg Pincus, JP Morgan and RBS
Synesis Life Ltd, a provider of bespoke solutions to the pension and annuity liabilities marketplace, has secured financial backing from JPMorgan, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Warburg Pincus.
UK - £1.4m investment for Tanfield Food Company
The creators of the Phileas Fogg brand have received ТЃ1.4m of growth capital from Hotbed, the private investor network, and The North East Co-Investment Fund for their latest venture, the Tanfield Food Company.
UK - Seven Hills provide £500,000 to drug development company
The Edinburgh-based life sciences development company, Seven Hills Venture Partners Ltd has committed ТЃ500,000 in drug development funding to LinkCore Pharma Limited as part of a innovative life science product initiative.
FRANCE - Venture syndicate puts up EUR 16.4m for Varioptics
Sofinnova partners and Polytechnos Venture Partners are joined by new investors Iris Capital, Xange and Delphis in the 3rd round financing of Varioptics, a liquid lens company, in a deal worth EUR 16.4m.
GERMANY - BayBG invests in leucemia research lab
BayBG has taken a 'stille Beteiligung' position in MLL Münchner Leukämielabor GmbH, Munich. The reason for the investment was the spinout of the laboratory realised by doctors and biologists working at the Munich university clinic. The volume of the transaction...
SPAIN - Diana Capital invests EUR 10.5m in Lumelco
Diana Capital I, the private equity fund managed by Diana Capital, has acquired 23% of Lumelco, a distributor of air conditioning systems. The total value of the investment was EUR 10.5m. The funding will be used to help the expansion of the company in...
SPAIN - Adara and MCI invest EUR 2.5m in Polymita Technologies
Polymita Technologies, a Spanish software provider of business process management (BPM), portals and enterprise content management platforms (ECM), has announced a €2.5m joint investment in the organisation made by venture capital companies Adara Ventures...
DENMARK - Nangate secures $10m funding
Nangate has raised $10m in series-A financing from a consortium of investors, including Vaekstfonden, IVS and SEED Capital.
UK - The Capital Fund invests in infusion device
A new high accuracy, low cost infusion pump that also has a range of applications in laboratories and the food and chemicals industries, has attracted ТЃ250,000 funding from The Capital Fund.
SWEDEN - Effpower secures SEK 120m funding
Effpower AB has received SEK 120m in financing from existing investors Volvo Technology Transfer, Gylling and Industrifonden and new investors Adolf Lundin and Leif Kristensson.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners invests in Inetec Ltd
Oxford Capital Partners, the Oxford based venture capital firm focused on science and technology companies, has announced its investment in Inetec Ltd. Inetec Ltd is a developer of waste-to-renewable-energy projects in the industrial food manufacturing...
UK - Pi Capital completes £3m round for Million-2-1
Pi Capital, has announced the completion of a ТЃ3m investment round for mobile gaming company Million-2-1.
NORWAY - Affitech secures NOK 86m funding
The human antibody company Affitech AS has raised a further NOK 86m in a new private placement. The participants in this round include existing investors, Teknoinvest, Ferd Venture, Four Seasons Venture, and Braganza AS, along with new investor Arendals...
UK - AdaptiveMobile secures EUR 4.6m funding
Mobile security and filtering innovator AdaptiveMobile has announced that it has closed a EUR 4.6m first round of funding. Intel Capital, Intel's venture capital investment organisation, led the deal with an investment of EUR 4m. Additional commitments...
NL- Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds invests in Organ Assist BV
Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds has taken an undisclosed stake in Organ Assist BV.
SWEDEN - Mobeon receives $13m from BrainHeart Capital and AP6
Mobeon, the mobile messaging software specialist, has secured approximately $13m from BrainHeart Capital and AP6.
UK- Veronis Suhler Stevenson acquires Granada Learning
Veronis Suhler Stevenson has acquired UK-based educational publishing business Granada Learning from ITV.
NETHERLANDS - ABN AMRO Capital leads biotech deal
ABN AMRO Capital has led a EUR 13m second round of funding in PanGenetics, alongside existing investors Index Ventures and Crédit Agricole Private Equity (CAPE).
UK - Primary backs FoneStarz in £4m development funding
Primary Capital has backed mobile content specialist FoneStarz Media Group Ltd with ТЃ4m of development funding and taken a 50% stake in the company.
UK - North West Equity Fund invests in Malagasy
North West Equity Fund has led a ТЃ150,000 round of funding for Malagasy Ltd. Debt was provided by HSBC and Rosebud Fund.
SWITZERLAND - Endoart SA receives SFr 13.5m series C funding
A syndicate of investors co-led by Venture Incubator AG, Switzerland and Renaissance PME managed by Vinci Capital has invested SFr 13.5m in Endoart SA. The series C financing also received commitments from EMBL Ventures and Genevest. A number of existing...
UK - Barclays Ventures supports 99p stores expansion
99p Stores Ltd, a leading UK single price point value retailer, has announced that it plans to open up to 45 new stores throughout the UK in the next 20 months, doubling its present number of outlets. Barclays Ventures, together with other shareholders...
FRANCE - Siparex and Avenir Entreprises back IT provider
Avenir Entreprises Gestion and Siparex, through its Rhônes-Alpes PME Gestion fund, have backed a first round of funding in CISA Informatique. The investors have injected EUR 770,000 each in the newco, Amilcar Developpement.
UK - LDC backs St Tropez
St Tropez, the self tanning brand, has received funding from LDC in order to capitalise on the huge global demand for self tanning products.