Venture
High-Tech Gründerfonds leads €9m series-A for Audiocure
Backers in the round include new shareholder Med-El and several private investors
Life Sciences Partners et al. in €32m round for Oxthera
Round also saw participation from Ysios Capital, Sunstone Capital and Flerie Invest
Socadif, Brie Picardie, Idia in €15m round for Acrelec
Socadif, Brie Picardie Expansion and Idia Capital Investissement are all Crédit Agricole subsidiaries
Karmijn Kapitaal leads €10m round for Five Degrees
Karmijn invested via its €90m vehicle Karmijn Kapitaal Fund II
BayBG in €6m AMW round
AMW recently acquired an additional site in order to build a new production facility
Daphni and Kima Ventures in €4m round for Agricool
Daphni prodived half the round and was joined by Kima Ventures and business angels on the round
Target invests €2.2m in ArangoDB
GP currently invests from its second fund, a €113m vehicle
UK government to invest £400m in venture
Chancellor of the exchequer's Autumn Statement focuses government's attention on supporting startups
SEP's Skyscanner sold to Ctrip in £1.4bn deal
Sale of so-called EUnicorn values the travel search engine at around 70x its 2015 EBITDA
Seraphim holds £50m first close on Space Tech Fund
Space Tech Fund is backed by a ТЃ30m investment from the British Business Bank
SI Capital launches second fund
Vehicle has a target of €100m and focuses on the energy efficiency sector
HTGF provides seed funding for Flowtify
Prior to the seed round, the startup took part in the Metro Accelerator in October 2015
P101 leads €720,000 round for Velasca
GP injects €370,000 ticket alongside private investors and the management team
Idinvest et al. in €150m series-E round for Sigfox
Latest round brings total raised by startup to around €230m
HTGF and Bayern Kapital in Mecuris seed round
Mecuris claims to operate in a €1.8bn market for prosthetics in Germany
Credo in £1.3m round for Cera
Funding round will support the launch of the London-based online social care platform
P101 holds €66.7m final close on first fund
Vehicle is now 60% invested as the GP eyes the launch of its second fund in 2017
HTGF in Filestage seed round
Germany-based VC High-Tech Gründerfonds usually invests €600,000 at the seed stage
IBB in €4.2m SearchInk round
IBB invested together with former Google engineering director Michael Schmitt
Polytech in $9.7m series-A for Ava
Other Swiss and American investors joined Polytech in the series-A round
BGF and Beringea invest £4.5m in Firefly Learning
Education software business will look to double its headcount across its London and Sydney offices
KKR holds $687m first close for tech growth fund
Vehicle targets growth equity stakes in high-growth companies
P101, 360 Capital Partners raise $10m series-B for Musement
Prior to the transaction, the GPs led a €5m series-A for the Milanese startup in March 2015
Buran VC in €6.9m round for Bonusway
CEE-focused VC Buran is joined by Finnish venture fund Visionplus in the funding round