Technology
Braemar et al. back Sefaira
Braemar Energy Ventures, Chrysalix SET and Hermes GPE have invested $7.2m in Sefaira alongside a $2m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank.
Isai and 3T Capital invest €1.2m in 360Learning
French VCs Isai and 3T Capital have injected €1.2m into 360Learning, a Paris-based e-learning platform.
Shackleton sells Nanosight for £15m
Shackleton Ventures has sold Nanosight, a developer of particle-size measurement instrumentation, to Malvern Instruments for ТЃ15m.
Alven et al. inject €1.2m into Algolia
Alven Capital, Index Ventures, Point 9 Capital and private investors have provided French search engine Algolia with a €1.2m round of funding.
Virtual Call Center rakes in €500,000
Hungary-based Virtual Call Center (VCC) has raised €500,000 (approximately HUF 150m) from DBH Investment, a venture capital fund set up by DBH Group, a joint organisation between the Hungarian and Dutch governments.
DailyDeal founders buy pepperbill from bm-t
Fabian and Ferry Heilemann, founders of DailyDeal, have acquired a 60% stake in iOS payment system provider pepperbill from bm-t Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen and pepperbill's management.
Seaya Ventures injects €5m into Plenummedia
Spanish VC Seaya Ventures has committed €5m to Madrid-based internet marketing company Plenummedia.
KfW and Born2grow back Rockethome
KfW and seed investor Born2grow have jointly backed home energy management technology provider Rockethome.
Northzone and Investinor in $3.4m round for Soundrop
Northzone and Investinor have injected $3.4m (NOK 20m) into Soundrop, a Norwegian social music discovery platform.
Phenomen Ventures et al. invest $7.5m in HelloFresh
Phenomen Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Vorwerk Ventures have backed e-commerce company HelloFresh in a $7.5m series-C financing round.
Arle exits Qioptiq in trade sale
Arle Capital Partners has sold photonic products manufacturer Qioptiq to Excelitas Technologies, an electronic system provider.
Auctus sells entitec in trade sale
Auctus Management has sold IT services provider entitec to data processing service provider IT.UV Software, reaping a 4x money multiple.
Apax-backed Candy Crush developer to float
Apax Partners-backed King, the games developer behind Candy Crush Saga, has confidentially filed its IPO plans with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to reports.
Russian VCs merge ZdorovieOnline and VitaPortal
Fast Lane Ventures and Prostor Capital have merged their VitaPortal asset with Runa Capital’s ZdorovieOnline to create a new Russian online medical advice company.
Tapastreet pulls in €500,000 funding round
Tapastreet, an Irish location-based media discovery app developer, has secured a тЌ500,000 investment from state-backed venture capital firms Kernel Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
Entrepreneur Venture backs edjing
Entrepreneur Venture and Deezer founder Daniel Marhely have invested a joint $2.5m in edjing, a France-based DJ application developer.
ICG refinances Exclusive Networks
Intermediate Capital Group (ICG) has provided a senior debt package to refinance Omnes Capital-backed Exclusive Networks.
Capricorn leads $3.3m round for Ngdata
Capricorn Venture Partners has led a $3.3m funding round for Belgian big data company Ngdata alongside existing backer Sniper Investments and angel investors.
Inveready leads round for Mobincube
Spanish VC Inveready has led a €700,000 seed funding round for Mobincube, a Valencia-based mobile software developer, alongside the Bankinter Innovation Foundation and The Crowd Angel.
DBAG invests €5m in DNS:Net
Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) has invested an initial €5m in German telecommunications and IT services provider DNS:Net.
Pontis sells Lixto to McKinsey
Pontis Capital has sold software company Lixto to management consulting firm McKinsey in a trade sale after a holding period of seven years.
Pipedrive secures $2.4m in funding
Estonian sales management software provider Pipedrive has raised $2.4m from Storm Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners and TMT Investments, as well as a number of angel investors.
VC-backed Criteo files for $190m IPO
Criteo, a French advertisement targeting solutions provider for e-commerce sites backed by a number of venture capital firms, has filed for its IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Perusa buys Schuberth Holding
Perusa has bought a majority stake in helmet manufacturer Schuberth Holding from investment firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG).