Venture
ByFounders leads $4.6m seed round for Proper
Other investors include PreSeed Ventures, Prehype, Vaekstfonden and Bjarke Ingels
Owl Ventures, Full in Partners lead $35m round for Preply
Round includes participation from Point Nine Capital, Hoxton Ventures, EduCapital, Diligent Capital, Evli Growth Partners and All Iron Ventures
Claris Ventures leads £15.2m series-B for NeoPhore
2Invest, 3B Future Health Fund, Astellas Venture Management and CRT Pioneer Fund also take part in the round
Passion Capital opens third fund to retail investors through Seedrs
Passion launched the fund in late 2017 and has already made 11 deals through the vehicle
AM Ventures holds first close for 3D printing venture fund
Additive manufacturing-focused venture capital firm has a target of €100m for the vehicle
Goldman Sachs, Kennet sell Nuxeo to Hyland Software
Goldman Sachs and Kennet Partners are expected to make a 5x return on their investment in Nuxeo
BlackRock joins $100m series-C funding for Exscientia
Company plans to use the financing to expand its portfolio of drugs and grow its artificial intelligence capabilities
Consortium in $400m series-C for Hopin
Virtual event software was valued at $2.1bn at the time of its $125m round in November 2020
Korelya leads €157m round for Wallapop at €690m valuation
Previous backers Accel, Insight Partners, 14W, GP Bullhound and Northzone take part in the funding round
VCs in €200m round for Volocopter
New investors in the urban air mobility company include BlackRock and Avala Capital
Sofinnova Crossover Fund closes on €445m
Fund focuses on investments in later-stage biopharma and medtech companies that need capital to scale up
Beyond Black holds first close for Pledge Fund I
Following the тЌ20m first close, the Berlin-based VC aims to launch a larger cleantech-focused fund
Tiger Global et al. in €178m round for Vestiaire Collective
Previous backers Eurazeo, BPI France and Vitruvian Partners also take part in the investment
Global PayTech Ventures invests €4m in Subaio
Deal is Global PayTech’s first investment and will help Subaio expand into new European markets
Platinum-backed Cision buys Brandwatch for $450m
Brandwatch raised around $65m over three funding rounds from VCs including Partech and Nauta
Hiro Capital invests $15m in three gaming studios
Funding will help the studios expand their development pipelines and accelerate global growth
P101 invests €6m in series-B for Bipi Mobility
P101 deploys capital from its Programma 102 and Italia 500 vehicles for the deal
ND Group leads financing round for EGo Mobile
ND Group acquired the electric vehicle producer in August 2020 after its self-administration process
Left Lane Capital leads €8.2m series A for Memmo.me
Swedish platform allows users to request personalised video messages from celebrities
VCs in CHF 15m round for Carvolution
Entrepreneur Franvisco Fernandez, the founder of banking platform Avaloq, leads the round
2150 holds first close on €130m for debut fund
It plans to back 20 companies, offering equity cheques of up to тЌ40m across the life of an investment
Insight Partners leads $96m series-B for Copado
Lead Edge Capital, Isai Cap Venture and Perpetual Investors also take part in the investment
Downing leads $10m StorageOS series-B
StorageOS intends to invest further in its go-to-market strategy and scale its sales
Atomico leads $11m series-A for Katana
Company intends to use the fresh capital to scale up its team, further develop its product and boost its expansion