Venture
VC-backed Spotify bolts on Soundwave and Cord Project
Music streaming service Spotify has raised more than $1bn in funding since inception in 2006
Rocket Internet launches growth fund
Investors and Rocket Internet itself have provided $420m for the vehicle
Linxo raises €2m from Crédit Agricole et al.
Fintech specialist will strengthen its technical team as it expands from France to the rest of Europe
Telensa raises $18m from ETF and SVB
Cambridge-based Telensa has developed energy-efficient street light applications
Competition, maturity drive swell in French VC investments
Paris's venture scene is thriving, with increasingly larger investments being deployed
Catapult holds first close for GM&C Life Sciences Fund
VC firm Catapult manages funds on behalf of public and private investors
Oxford et al. in $13m round for Import.io
Other backers of the series-A include Imperial Innovations, Wellington Partners and Open Ocean
Catapult hires new investment manager
Gareth King joins as investment manager and will help launch Catapult's new life sciences fund
Index backs Morphogen's £1.5m seed round
Index closed its latest fund, Index Ventures Growth III, on тЌ650m in April 2015
Albion to manage new £50m UCL fund
LPs Imperial Innnovations and European Investment Fund provided vast majority of funding
ACapital leads €5.2m round for Sunpartner
GP financed half of the equity ticket via its China-Outbound fund, now 80% invested
US investor Salesforce Ventures backs FinanceFox's $5.5m round
Company claims insurance premiums under its management total CHF 15m
Project A, Capnamic and IBB back CrossEngage's seed round
Project A also supported the company financially and operationally at inception
Carjump scores seven-digit series-A
Car sharing app's initial founders sold their shares in the company in March 2015
Accel leads £12.5m series-B for Carwow
Round follows ТЃ1.3m seed investment and ТЃ4.6m series-A in February and December 2014
EQT Ventures makes first investment with €5m Holidu series-A
Holidu joins crowded market, competing with companies such as HomeToGo and Hundredrooms
Seed Capital and Creandum's Vivino raises $25m series-B
Danish wine social app raises capital from LVMH CEO and existing investors, including Balderton
Galdana Ventures holds first close for VC fund-of-funds
Barcelona-based VC now targeting €150m final close for its maiden VC FoF
Skyscanner raises £128m from Vitruvian, Artemis et al.
Company will focus on accelerating its growth following the funding round
Dayuse raises €15m from Partech et al.
Series-A saw VC draw equity from its €130m, 2011-vintage sixth venture fund
Acton backs Mambu's €8m series-B
Mambu's series-A raised $2m from Runa, Point Nine et al. in Febuary 2013
Ysios et al. in €11.5m series-A for Aelix
Ysios has backed the HIV vaccine developer via its €100m second healthcare-focused fund
Push Doctor raises $8.2m in series-A funding
The online GP marketplace had previously received $1.2m in seed capital in November 2014
HTGF backs LifeTime's seven-digit round
Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg and business angels also take part in the round