Serena Capital
Highland backs €21m round for Alkemics
Existing investors including Cathay and Index also backed the brand and grocery partnership platform
Serena Capital, 2CRSi et al. invest €30m in Blade
Latest round brings the total amount raised by Blade since inception to €100m
VCs in $16.5m series-B for Bestmile
Existing investors Partech and Groupe ADP also re-up in the transportation software company
Idinvest et al. inject €25m in Malt series-B
VCs Serena and Isai re-up, having previously backed the €5m series-A in 2016
Serena, Newfund back €7m round for FlexyBeauty
Fresh capital will be used to consolidate FlexyBeauty's position in France and expand into the UK
French VC fundraising shifts towards sector specialisation
A number of specialist VC funds have held first or final closes in recent months, bringing distinct advantages and risks in equal measure
Serena et al. inject €12m into Vekia
BPI France, Pleiade Venture, CapHorn and ZTP also take part in the round
Serena Capital leads €4m round for Elium
Government-backed Société Régionale d'Investissement de Wallonie (SRIW) also invested
French venture expected to flourish under Macron
VCs welcome the arrival of a president who is likely to encourage a more favourable investment landscape
Partech, Serena and Airbus in $2m round for BestMile
New funding will be used on sales and marketing resources to aid with international expansion
Serena Capital holds first close on €80m for Data Ventures
Venture fund is first to focus exclusively on big data and artificial intelligence
FirstMark Capital leads $14m series-A for Dataiku
New round brings total raised by the French data analytics startup to $17.6m
Serena Capital in €6m round for TVTY
Previous investors include Partech Ventures and 360 Capital Partners
Cathay and Serena in €20m series-B round for Alkemics
Alkemics received €5m in a series-A round from three investors last year
Serena Capital leads €6m round for iContainers
Existing shareholders Kibo Ventures and Vitamina K take part in the funding round
Evaneos raises $21m series-C from Serena, BPI et al.
Latest funding round brings total amount raised by French start-up to $28m
Serena et al. in €10m series-B for Lengow
Business has received €11.4m in institutional funding since creation
Augure raises €15m from Serena Capital et al.
New backers include Seventure and BPI France
Goldman Sachs leads £25m round for Worldstores
Existing backers include Balderton and Serena Capital
Alven, Serena invest €3m in Dataiku
Deal marks Dataiku’s first funding round
Endless sells Kiddicare to Worldstores
Online retailer Worldstores is backed by Balderton, Serena and Advent
Trip Advisor buys Otium's LaFourchette
Deal reported to be worth around €100m
XAnge et al. inject €6.75m into PrestaShop
Seventure and Serena Capital also take part in the round
Serena Capital announces second fund on €100m
French venture capital firm Serena Capital has announced the first close of its second fund on €100m.