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European venture: patience rewarded
Patience rewarded
Serena Capital leads £10m round for WorldStores
Serena Capital and existing backers Balderton Capital and Advent Venture Partners have jointly invested £10m in a series-C funding round for UK-based online retailer WorldStores.
Oxford Capital et al. in $3m Celoxica round
Oxford Capital Partners has led a $3m funding round for London-based ultra-low latency market data provider Celoxica.
Cisco buys venture-backed Ubiquisys for $310m
Small cells developer Ubiquisys, a portfolio company of Advent Venture Partners, Accel Partners and Atlas Venture, has been bought by US corporate Cisco for $310m.
Advent Venture appoints new operating partner
Advent Venture Partners has appointed Ian Nicholson as an operating partner in its life sciences team.
Ubiquisys raises a further $19m
UK-based 3G technology company Ubiquisys has raised $19m in an oversubscribed round from existing investors, as well as new Chinese investors Mobile Internet Capital and Nissay Capital.
Venture's Olympic performance
Venture's Olympic performance
Advent Life Sciences gets re-up for latest fund
Advent Life Sciences Fund I, a 2010 vintage venture vehicle managed by Advent Venture Partners, was reopened to accept a new commitment as well as increased investments from existing LPs.
Advent exits Vitrue to Oracle
Advent Venture Partners has exited US portfolio company Vitrue in a trade sale to IT solutions developer Oracle, following a 15-month holding period.
PE’s top five home runs of 2011
Matrix and Foresight’s stellar sale of App-DNA this week is among a handful of outstanding results the industry has achieved in recent months. Greg Gille takes a look at 2011’s top five exits
Firm of the month: Advent Venture Partners
Venture is not renowned for consistent homeruns. But one firm has hit a hat-trick of exits in four months, netting an average 6x. Greg Gille reports
Carlyle buys The Foundry from Advent Venture
The Carlyle Group has acquired visual effects software developer The Foundry from Advent Venture Partners.