Technology
BGF invests £6.8m in Appnovation
Both CBGF and BGF made initial investments in Appnovation in July 2019 totalling £8.8m
KKR-backed Exact bolts on Belgian company Officient
Deal is company's fourth add-on acquisition under KKR's ownership
Faraday launches €40m venture capital fund
Faraday Europa I will invest in early-stage startups with potential for high-growth and rapid value creation
CrossEngage announces €6.5m growth capital round
Marketing software company also announces merger with Target Partners' GPredictive
Mayfair-, Hoxton-backed SuperAwesome sold to trade
SuperAwesome reported revenues of £21m in 2018, as well as an operating loss of £5.5m
Seed Capital leads €4m funding round for BotXO
Around €2m comes from Seed Capital, while Vækstfonden is providing a syndicated loan of €1.8m
Zamit Capital backs Science Bits
Company plans to use the financing to strengthen its market position in Spain and boost its international expansion
Consortium in €21m round for Magazino
Logistics company Jungheinrich has led the round for the robotics company alongside EIB
Beech Tree invests in Transparity
Transparity is expected to generate £13m in revenues in 2020 and plans to grow to £21m next year
CDP Venture Capital leads €5m round for Brandon
Venture capital house Primomiglio and investment holding Vulcano also take part in the round
Blue Horizon leads €47m series-B for Mosa Meat
Company will use the financing to develop an industrial production line, expand its team and introduce its products on the market
True Ventures leads $87m series-C round for ICEye
Space-tech startup has so far raised $152m since being founded in 2015
Tenzing acquires three payroll companies to form PSSG
Tenzing I closed on £200m in January 2017 and makes investments in companies valued at up to £75m
VC-backed Snyk acquires BtoV portfolio company DeepCode
Cyber security software Snyk raised $200m at a $2.6bn valuation earlier in September 2020
Apax to buy Odigo from Capgemini
Company plans to accelerate its growth and international expansion, while boosting its technological innovation
Inven, Contrarian lead €5m series A round for Eliq
Startup is a provider of customer engagement software to utility companies
IQ Capital et al. in £5.8m series-A for AccelerComm
Existing investors Bloc Ventures and listed technology investor IP Group also participate
Forto raises estimated €25m from Inven, Northzone et al.
Funding comes from new investor Inven Capital and existing investors Cherry Ventures, Northzone and Cavalry Ventures.
Icebreaker leads €1.6m round for Fixably
Startup will use proceeds to accelerate its expansion into the US and increase presence in Europe and Asia-Pacific
BGF invests £3m in 365 Response
BGF's investment will be used to accelerate the development of the technology platform
Bid Equity's Myneva Group buys Swing
Bid Equity began its social care and healthcare software buy-and-build strategy in 2017
Kinnevik leads $23m series-A round for Joint Academy
Healthtech company has raised $34.2m since being founded six years ago
Afinum buys majority stake in Listan
Computer cooling and energy efficiency hardware company is Afinum's fourth buyout of 2020
Kahoot! acquires VC-backed Actimo
Listed e-learning company is paying up to $33m for the target company