Technology
Partech leads €4.6m round for YD
Partech Ventures and Active Venture Partners have invested €4.6m in Netherlands-based YD, a provider of performance display advertising technology.
HTGF et al. invest €500,000 in Microstim
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Fides Finanz-Invest and Genius Venture Capital have backed Microstim, a medical devices company, with €500,000.
NewsWhip secures $1.1m in seed funding
Hal Philipp of Meridian Growth Capital, Shane Naughton of Inundata and others have invested $1.1m in a seed funding round for NewsWhip, a Dublin-based online news platform.
HTGF invests in Recycling Angel
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed technological gadgets recycler Recycling Angel.
Debt provider Kreos funds PE-backed Kreditech
Data technology provider Kreditech, backed by private equity firms such as Blumberg Capital, Point Nine Capital and H2 Investments, has secured a $7m credit line from Kreos Capital.
Cinven's HEG buys Telefónica Germany Online Services
Cinven’s Host Europe Group (HEG) has acquired hosting solutions provider Telefónica Germany Online Services (TOS) from Telefónica Deutschland.
PE-backed MeinAuto takes over Autoda
Online car buying platform MeinAuto, backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, has bought fellow online car purchasing platform Autoda.
Inveready sells Indisys to Intel
Spanish investor Inveready has sold its stake in dialogue solutions provider Indisys to US trade player Intel.
TalentSoft raises €15m
Software solutions firm TalentSoft has raised €15m from Highland Capital Partners Europe and existing investor FSN PME.
MBG et al. invest €1.2m in Pumacy
Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen (MBG), Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (ISA) and private investors have invested €1.2m in software company Pumacy Systems.
AlienVault raises $26.5m in series-D round
GGV Capital has led a $26.5m series-D funding round for AlienVault, a security information and event management services firm.
VCs sell Blink to Groupon
Several venture players have sold Blink Bookings, a Spanish last-minute travel app, to Groupon.
Midven invests in Eagle
Midven has injected ТЃ590,000 into Eagle Genomics, a provider of outsourced bio-informatics software for the life sciences sector, alongside a number of individual angel investors and syndicates.
BGF backs Inoapps with £10m
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested ТЃ10m in Aberdeen-based Inoapps, an Oracle application reseller and IT consultancy business, in return for a minority stake.
PE-backed Foodpanda receives $8m for Middle East expansion
Foodpanda, backed by Rocket Internet, Investment AB Kinnevik and Phenomen Ventures, has received $8m from iMena.
Target Partners reinvests in Tado
Target Partners and Shortcut Ventures have invested €2m in heating app Tado.
Point Nine Capital and RTAventures back Typeform
Point Nine Capital (PNC) and RTAventures (RTA) have provided €550,000 of seed funding to Typeform, a Spanish software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.
Summit Partners to sell Actix for $120m
Summit Partners has agreed to sell London-based mobile optimisation software provider Actix to customer experience systems company Amdocs for close to $120m.
Earlybird et al. back Jumpstarter with $1.7m
Earlybird Venture Capital, Paua Ventures and Martin Sinner have provided $1.7m in funding for Jumpstarter, a Stockholm-based productivity tool for developers.
Index leads $17.5m round for SwiftKey
Index Ventures has led a $17.5m series-B round for London-based virtual keyboard app SwiftKey, with participation from existing backer Octopus Investments and several angel investors.
HTGF provides seed round for Somonic Solutions
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) have jointly invested in Somonic Solutions, an electroplating technology provider.
HTGF invests in PS Biotech
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has backed PS Biotech, a manufacturer of special microtiter plates for the screening of micro-organisms.
KeyLemon raises $1.5m
Switzerland-based face recognition technology company KeyLemon has raised $1.5m in a series-A funding round from Debiopharm Investments and Swisscom Ventures.
Idinvest et al. in $20m round for Vestiaire Collective
Idinvest has joined existing investors Balderton Capital and Ventech in a $20m series-C round for French start-up Vestiaire Collective, led by publishing group Condé Nast.