European Investment Fund
Anima Alternative 1 holds €117m first close
Fund intends to provide flexible financing solutions for the medium- and long-term needs of Italian SMEs
Sofinnova et al. in €35m series-C round for CorWave
Company has so far raised €80m in funding since being founded in 2012
Forbion V closes on €460m hard-cap
Investors in Forbion V include a mix of existing and new LPs including Pantheon and Argentum
ECSO, private investors plan €1bn cybersecurity fund-of-funds
European Cyber Security Organization and eight private investors have approached the EC with a proposal
True Ventures leads $87m series-C round for ICEye
Space-tech startup has so far raised $152m since being founded in 2015
Eir Ventures holds first close on €76m for life sciences fund
VC firm will invest in opportunities in new therapies, medical technology and digital health
ETF closes Environmental Technologies Fund III on £167m
Around 40 existing and new LPs, including British Patient Capital and the EIF, participated
VI Partners Swiss Innovation fund holds €71m first close
VI Partners also manages Venture Incubator, an evergreen investment platform launched in Switzerland in 2002
Inovo launches €40m second fund
Fund will invest in CEE-based tech startups in late-seed and series-A rounds
EC launches €300m platform Escalar
In its pilot phase, Escalar will provide up to тЌ300m, backed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments
Revo Capital Fund II holds first close on €40m
Domiciled in the Netherlands and structured as a BV, the fund has a 2% management fee
Paris takes over London as VC capital of Europe
Greater Paris region received €3.1bn between 2007-2015, according to Invest Europe research
Balderton VII closes on $400m hard-cap
Balderton VII's predecessor closed on $375m and is now more than 50% deployed over 30 investments
Skylake Capital launches $150m early-stage fund
New venture firm is launched by Marcos Battisti, formerly of C5 Capital and Intel Capital
European VC catching up to US, says EIF's Grabenwarter
Panellists at the recent Invest Europe Investors' Forum in Geneva extolled the virtues of the European venture ecosystem
VC activity picks up steam in Spain
Venture capital activity maintained momentum in 2018, largely fueled by international players in later-stage rounds
Gradiente holds €135m final close for second fund
Fund is larger than its predecessor, Gradiente I, which held a final close in 2012 on €76m
Video: EIF's Panier talks fundraising, succession
Denise Ko Genovese interviews EIF's head of European lower-mid-market equity investments at the IPEM conference in Cannes
Allocate 2018: Risk-return for maiden managers and spin-outs
First-time vehicles have enjoyed historically good fundraising conditions over the last two years
EIF seeks manager for Croatian fund-of-funds
Selected fund managers will be expected to attract private capital to be co-invested
Sintef launches NOK 500m seed fund for startups
New vehicle will be managed by Sintef TTO, the technology transfer office of Sintef
P101 holds first close on €65m for second VC fund
Fund targets digital and technology startups offering B2C and B2B services to various industries
EIF's push into private capital management
The European Investment Fund is aiming to raise up to тЌ2.1bn in private capital for a new investment platform focused on venture and growth vehicles
Five Seasons Ventures holds first close for maiden fund
French VC firm's first fund, dedicated to agriculture technology, holds a €60m first close