Deals/Venture
Newton BioCapital in €15.3m series-B for Acticor
Biotech startup could receive additional financing of €5m to support clinical developments
Index, Balderton et al. invest $7m in Credit Benchmark
Credit Benchmark has now raised $34m and provides aggregated ratings for 22,000 institutions
HTGF backs Kumovis
Value of the financing was not disclosed but was said to be in the seven-figure range
Alpana invests CHF 6m in Lend
Geneva-based VC firm supports European startups with international expansion strategies
Reach, Kindred in $11m series-A funding for Mrs Wordsmith
Round was led by Trustbridge Partners, with the participation of VC firms Reach and Kindred
Blackstone, Goldman invest €100m in Prima Assicurazioni
Co-founders Alberto Genovese and Teodoro D’Ambrosio will retain a majority stake in the company
Lifeline et al. in €5.1m funding round for Synoste
German early-stage investor HTGF, a previous backer of Synoste also participated in the round
Bullnet Capital sells Zhilabs to Samsung
Following the deal, Zhilabs will continue to operate independently under its own management
Investinor et al. raise $5m for Memory
Previous investor SNÖ Ventures also participates in the latest funding round for the tech startup
P101, Samaipata lead €6m funding round for Colvin
Television group Mediaset Spain also takes part in the funding, alongside several private investors
Dawn Capital et al. inject $12m into Zivver
UK-based Dawn Capital and DN Capital, and previous Dutch investor HenQ Capital, back Zivver
Kinnevik leads $44m series-C for TravelPerk
Previous backers including Felix Capital, Target Global and LocalGlobe also take part in the round
Dawn Capital leads £22.9m round for Garrison
Expansion deal for the web browsing software provider comes 19 months after its £12m series-A
VC firms in $22m series-B for Thread
Balderton Capital, Beringea and Forward Partners all commit capital to the round
CapAgro invests SEK15.6m in BoMill
CapAgro is currently investing via its Innovation fund, which held a final close on €124m in 2017
Inception invests €7m in Penta
Investment comes just eight months after a €2.2m seed round also led by Inception
IW Capital invests £2m in Eos Leisure
With the new capital, Eos Leisure intends to drive development of its own-brand sales
Edge Investments in £2.9m round for TRX
UK-based TV licensing platform has quadrupled its volume of transactions since Q1 2018
BGF invests £5m in Fleetondemand
BGF investment manager Chris Boyes and head of TMT John Eggleston will join the company's board
Partech et al. inject €5m in Acorus
Other backers in the round include French VC firm Elaia Partners and Kima Ventures
DTCP injects $10m into Pipedrive's $60m series-C
Follow-on round for the CRM software developer comes four months after an initial $50m series-C
SV, Sofinnova in $30m series-A for Sitryx
Biotech company focused on immuno-oncology and immuno-inflammation launched earlier this year
Mercia injects £1.5m into Voxpopme
Deal for video market research software business comes 11 months after the GP's initial investment
Atomico leads $31m series-B for Varjo
Funding will be used to scale Varjo's teams from 80 to 200 over the next 12 months
