DFJ Esprit
Draper Esprit acquires Elderstreet
Merger comes in response to VCT regulatory changes made over the past year
Partech leads $36m series-B for Finland's M-Files
Round pushes the total funding raised by the Finnish enterprise software company past the $40m mark
SEP et al. in £9.5m series-C for SportPursuit
Round brings total raised to ТЃ19m
The long game: running beyond the 10-year fund life
A number of longer term funds are beginning to emerge – but will they work?
VC-backed Kiadis Pharma lists with €166.4m market cap
Shareholders to invest a combined €12m as part of flotation
VC-backed Kiadis Pharma lists with €166.4m market cap
Shareholders to invest a combined €12m as part of flotation
DFJ Esprit Secondaries leads $16m Miura investment
Funding round was joined by DFJ's EIS fund
Trustpilot raises $73.5m series-D from Vitruvian
Round is among largest-ever VC investments in Denmark
RhodeCode raises $3.5m from Earlybird and DFJ Esprit
Earlybird and DFJ Esprit have led a $3.5m funding round in secure software developer, RhodeCode.
DFJ et al. in $14.5m round for Bright Computing
Company counts Amazon, Cisco and Dell among user-base
Xmos raises $26.2m in series-D
Investment comes from existing investors, including Amadeus
Sofinnova et al. inject €36m into Avantium
Capital injection is from consortium of VCs and strategic trade players
2014: the year of the VCT
From left, Tim Levett of NVM, Andrew Garside of Isis and Mark Wignall from Mobeus
Sunstone and DFJ Esprit back Crate Data
VCs inject $1.5m into data business
DFJ appoints healthcare specialist Gulati
Dr Vishal Gulati, DFJ Esprit
DFJ Esprit, Greencoat Capital invest £6m in Aveillant
Former parent Cambridge Consultants also invests
VC-backed Horizon Discovery raises £68.6m for IPO
Offering gives company ТЃ120.5m market cap
VC-backed Horizon Discovery plans £25m IPO
Horizon Discovery Group, a Cambridge-based biotech backed by DFJ Esprit and Roche Venture Fund among others, is planning to raise ТЃ25m in its IPO on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange.
Hoxton and DFJ Esprit invest £3m in Campanja
Hoxton Ventures and DFJ Esprit have led a ТЃ3m series-A round for Campanja, a real-time search engine marketing platform.
DFJ leads £5m investment in SportPursuit
DFJ Esprit has led a ТЃ5m investment round for SportPursuit, a UK sport flash sales site.
Balderton et al. invest $14m in Lyst
Balderton Capital has led a $14m series-B funding round, alongside existing backers DFJ Esprit and Accel Partners, for Lyst, a London-based fashion e-commerce site.
DFJ Esprit et al. back Trustpilot
DFJ Esprit and its Menlo Park-based parent DFJ have led a $25m series-C round for consumer review site Trustpilot.
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