Earlybird
Earlybird opens London office to step up UK and Ireland deployment
Germany-based VC firm plans to invest 15-20% of its latest EUR 350m Digital West fund in the region
Earlybird names three new Digital West partners
Andre Retterath and Paul Klemm are existing team members, while Vincenzo Narciso joins from Px3 Partners
Earlybird holds Growth Opportunity V first close
Later-stage fund has a EUR 300m target and will mainly back existing Earlybird investments
Earlybird holds EUR 350m final close for Digital West VII
Fund is double the size of its predecessor to keep pace with the market, Earlybird's Hendrik Brandis said
Turkven, Earlybird to reduce Mikro Yazilim stakes in upcoming IPO
Mikro Yazilim, a Turkey-based software company, intends to float a 54.34% stake on Borsa Istanbul
Third Point, Coatue lead USD 900m round for N26
Digital bank is now valued at more than USD 9bn, versus USD 3.5bn at the time of its previous round
Earlybird heads for Growth Opportunities final close
European VC investor is also fundraising for its latest Digital West and Health funds
DACH Fundraising Pipeline - Q1 2021
Unquote compiles a roundup of the most notable fundraises ongoing across the DACH market, including Capiton, Afinum, Gyrus, Cipio, and more
Hellman & Friedman sells Finanzcheck to VC-backed Smava
Acquisition of the consumer finance platform is financed by Smava's VC investors, including Earlybird
VC-backed Ubitricity sold to Shell
Investors including Earlybird and IBB previously backed the electric vehicle charging startup
VCs in $160m series-D for Sennder
Funding round brings the freight and logistics startup's valuation to more than $1bn
Lakestar leads €75m round for Isar Aerospace
Micro-satellite launch developer also backed by investors including Earlybird and UVC Partners
CrossEngage announces €6.5m growth capital round
Marketing software company also announces merger with Target Partners' GPredictive
VC-backed Snyk acquires BtoV portfolio company DeepCode
Cyber security software Snyk raised $200m at a $2.6bn valuation earlier in September 2020
Longitude Capital leads $40m round for Polares Medical
Existing investors Decheng, Endeavour Vision, IDO, Earlybird and Wellington also take part
Santo Venture Capital to increase its stake in Movinga
Earlybird, ETF Partners, Rocket Internet, Seven Ventures and STS Ventures have previously invested
VCs sell Peak Games to trade for $1.8bn
Earlybird, Hummingbird and Endeavour Catalyst have exited to US-based mobile game designer Zynga
Smava raises €57m in debt and equity financing
Company said it raised the additional capital to prepare for the effects of the pandemic
IVP leads $40m series-B for Aiven
IVP general partner Eric Liaw will join Aiven's board of directors as part of the transaction
Insight Partners et al. back €27m series-C for SimScale
Engineering simulation software provider was also backed by a number of existing investors
DACH VCs introduce sustainability clause
VCs and their portfolio companies will commit via a term sheet and shareholder agreement clause
MTIP leads $21m series-B for Oviva
New investor Earlybird and existing investors Albion VC, F-Prime and Partech also participate
Kleiner Perkins leads $16m series-A for Inkitt
Redalpine, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Earlybird have also invested in the publishing platform
VCs back Movinga - reports
Online relocation service company Movinga has raised capital from new investor Seven Ventures