Expansion
GERMANY / UK - Wellington Partners back Zopa in further round
Wellington Partners has provided $15m to UK-based Zopa Ltd in a second round of financing. The group was initially part of a first round financial consortium including Benchmark Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.
SWEDEN - 21 Grams raises SEK 20m from InnovationsKapital
21 Grams, a provider of postal management services, has announced that it has raised a SEK 20m round of financing from InnovationsKapital.
UK - Workplace health and safety innovator wins investment from The Capital Fund
Optima Diagnostics, the fast-growing supplier of user-friendly web-based health and safety management tools, has attracted ТЃ275,000 of funding, in a round led by The Capital Fund, a ТЃ50m venture capital fund that invests in fast-growth companies in...
UK - CVM invests £3.5m in Blackbay Ltd
Close Venture Management Ltd has announced an investment of ТЃ3.5m in Blackbay Ltd. Blackbay provides real-time mobile worker solutions that enable business process improvements to Supply Chain and Field Service mission critical operations.
SWITZERLAND - Capvis acquires stake in Stadler Rail Group
Capvis has acquired a 20% stake in railway machinery producer Stadler Rail Group. The current owner, CEO Peter Spuhler reached the decision to form a partnership with Capvis when looking for an equity partner to broaden the company's shareholder base....
UK - Further investment for Imperial College spin-out deltaDOT
Imperial Innovations, the technology commercialisation company of Imperial College London, has completed a ТЃ1m investment in spin-out company, deltaDOT, a developer of innovative enabling technologies and products for bioscience research. The investment...
UK - Empower Interactive secures $18m private equity funding
Empower Interactive has secured $18m in a new round of funding headed by Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) and existing investors Argo Global Capital, Cazenove Private Equity, DN Capital and IDG Ventures Europe.
UK - 3i invests £21m in MKM Building Supplies
3i has invested a further ТЃ21m into MKM Building Supplies (MKM), the fifth largest independent buildersт merchant in the UK. The existing management of David Kilburn and Bill Acton retains an interest in the business and is investing alongside 3i.
UK - Oxford Capital Partners and Noble Fund Managers invest £1.25m in TXT4
Oxford Capital Partners and Noble Fund Managers have announced their investment in London-based TXT4 Ltd, a pioneer and leader in the provision of mobile response technology to advertisers. Oxford Capital Partners, acting as lead investor, and Noble Fund...
UK - Coalfields Enterprise Fund invests in Durham Pipeline Technology
The Coalfields Enterprise Fund, the venture capital fund managed by Enterprise Ventures on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, has completed an investment in Durham Pipeline Technology Ltd, as part of a syndicated investment with the North...
DENMARK - KT Venture Group joins $6m investment in asetek
asetek has announced that US-based KT Venture Group, Northzone Ventures, Vaekstfonden and a group of existing investors have participated in the $6m funding round in the company.
NETHERLANDS - Rabo Participaties invests in mushroom assimilator
Rabo Participaties has announced that it has taken a minority stake in mushroom assimilation company Van Soest Champi'mer (VSC).
AUSTRIA - VST secures EUR 3m mezzanine loan
Vienna-based Mezzainin Finanzierungs AG has made a EUR 3m investment in VST Verbundschalungstechnik to assist in the company's expansion plans in the Nordics.
UK - Fabless semiconductor specialist secures $40m
Amadeus Capital Partners, the technology investor, has led a $40m Series C investment in Icera Inc., a fabless semiconductor company with offices in the UK, France and Japan, which has developed the first wireless soft modem for next generation mobile...
ITALY - TVM leads EUR 10.5m funding for BioXell
BioXell has raised EUR 10.5m in financing through an extension of the Series C round concluded in October, 2004. International life science investor TVM Capital led the financing, while BB Biotech, Index Ventures and Life Science Partners also increased...
DENMARK - Santaris Pharma raises EUR 40m from VC syndicate
Santaris Pharma, the Danish biopharmaceutical company specialising in the development of RNA Antagonist drugs based on Locked Nucleic Acid, announced today that it has completed a EUR 40m private investment round.
FINLAND - Eqvitec invests SEK 25m in AppGate Network Security
AppGate Network Security AB, a Swedish provider of network security solutions, has secured SEK 25m in growth funding from Eqvitec Technology Fund II. The investment will be used to drive international expansion.
FRANCE - Iwedia raises EUR 2.7m from VC syndicate
Software specialist Iwedia Technologies has secured EUR 2.7m from an investors group including CDC Entrepreises Innovation, I-Source Gestion, iXCore and Thales Corporate Ventures.
UK - Hg to invest up to £20m in Wind Direct
Hg Capital has agreed to invest up to ТЃ20m in Wind Direct over the next three years. HgCapital is making an initial investment of ТЃ4.6m with an option to invest a further ТЃ15.4m over the next three years.
UK - Scottish Equity Partners leads £8.5m funding for ip.access
ip.access ltd, a developer of in-building wireless picocell solutions, has announced the conclusion of an ТЃ8.5m financing round led by Scottish Equity Partners, including Intel Capital Corporation and Rothschild & Cie Gestion.
DENMARK - Egalet secures $27.6m from Atlas, Index and existing investors
Danish drug delivery company Egalet a/s has announced the closing of a $27.6m round of financing led jointly by new investors Atlas Venture and Index Ventures.
GERMANY - BayTech leads EUR 3.8m funding of abaXX
BayTech Venture Capital, the German early-stage venture capital firm, has led a EUR 3.8m funding round in financial services firm abaXX, a Stuttgart-based provider of business process management software for financial institutions.
UK - Liverpool healthcare firm raises £750k funding
A Liverpool pharmaceutical company is expanding with a finance package totalling over ТЃ750,000 which includes support from Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF).
FINLAND - Sentica invests in video rental business
Sentica Partners has invested in Turku-based Makuuni Oy. Makuuni specialises in movie rentals and has more than 90 stores across Finland.