Octopus Ventures
Octopus leads £7.5m round for Bought By Many
Deal will fund the launch of the online aggregation and price comparison platform's insurance products
Octopus Ventures adds Zihao Xu to investment team
European venture capital investor is best known for backing Secret Escapes and Zoopla
Woodford in €16m series-B round for Eve Sleep
Startup held a first closing in July this year, when it raised an initial тЌ8m
Octopus Ventures leads $22m round for Outfittery
Existing backers including Northzone, Highland and Holtzbrinck also take part in the round
Octopus leads $12m round for Big Health
Behavioural medicine company will invest in product development
Octopus, DN Capital in £6.9m round for Eve Sleep
British mattress manufacturer will look to expand internationally
Carlyle's Addison Lee acquires Octopus-backed Tristar
Post-transaction, the combined executive car hire company will have a headcount of 800
Chronext in €11m series-C round from Partech et al.
Partech also led series-B funding round for Chronext in November 2015
Octopus leads $8m series-A for Stratajet
Online platform for private jet hire will explore US expansion options
Octopus raises £100m for VCTs
Increased consumer appetite for VCTs follows the introduction of new UK pension laws
CIC and Octopus in £13.7m round for Origami Energy
VCs previously took part in a ТЃ3.5m seed round for the UK-based software-as-a-service firm
Paladin leads $5m series-A for Elliptic
Santander InnoVentures, KRW Schindler and others have joined the funding round
Octopus leads £12.9m series-B for Property Partner
Crowdfunding platformтs round includes ТЃ3m debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank
Octopus sells Vision Direct
Octopus had been invested in the company since 2009 and supported several bolt-ons
Notion and Octopus re-up in $7.5m round for Adbrain
Latest investment brings total raised by the UK advertising startup to $16.5m over three rounds
Accel, Octopus, Index exit SwiftKey in $250m Microsoft deal
US technology conglomerate continues European acquisitions with deal reportedly worth тЌ250m
Octopus in £2m series-A for Segura
Investment is the latest in an active Q4 for Octopus, according to unquote" data
Uniplaces raises $24m from Atomico et al.
Previous backer Octopus takes part in series-A
Octopus moves into later-stage funding with new £140m vehicle
Octopus Zenith Opportunities II is now closed to commitments
Octopus appoints entrepreneur-in-residence
Debu Purkayastha, Octopus Investments
Value of UK early-stage investments holds steady
UK early-stage deal numbers are dropping off, but the total value invested has held steady over the last four years.
Index Ventures leads £8m funding for Secret Escapes
Index Ventures has led an ТЃ8m funding round for UK-based online luxury travel club Secret Escapes.
Octopus-backed Zoopla aquires UpMyStreet
Octopus Venture Partnersт portfolio company Zoopla.co.uk has bought property information website UpMyStreet.com.
Crowe Clark expands its Thames Valley team
Crowe Clark Whitehill has appointed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specialist Simon Jordan as a partner in its corporate finance team in the Thames Valley.