Venture
Lauxera Growth I holds €100m first close
Fund is dedicated to financing and accelerating the commercial growth of promising healthtech companies
Sinergia Venture Fund holds €30m first close
Fund invests in pre-series-A and series-A rounds to support the growth of startups operating across a large variety of sectors
Octopus to launch £100m healthcare-focused fund
In conjunction with the announcement, the firm has hired an investment team from TenX Health
Alta Life Sciences invests in Inbiomotion
Existing investors including Institut Català de Finances also take part in the financing
Korys, FPIM et al. in €12m extended series-B for Remynd
Biotech company initially raised €12m in December 2018
Toscafund leads €25m round for Elinvar
Existing investors Goldman Sachs Growth, Ampega and Finleap also back the round
Lightspeed leads $20m Wintermute series-B
Lightspeed led the company's series-A funding round in June 2020, following another round in January
Aurica Capital invests in SamyRoad
Aurica intends to support the company in further expanding its customer base and boosting its international development
Swanlaab leads $8m series-A round for Landbot
Startup has so far raised $10.2m in funding since being founded in 2017
Gresham House Ventures hires Rupesh Patel
Patel most recently worked at Praesidian Capital, a transatlantic private equity and debt fund
Lumos Capital leads €16.5m series-B round for Ironhack
Other investors in the round include Endeavor Catalyst and existing investors Brighteye and Creas
VCs in $50m round for Maps.Me
Navigation and travel app was bought by Parity.com subsidiary Daegu for around €16.65m in 2020
Blue Horizon Ventures closes debut fund on €183m
Food-technology-focused VC was founded in 2018 and has so far made 18 investments
Sequoia Capital to invest in Auto1 prior to IPO – report
IPO of used car trading website could generate proceeds of €1bn, the company said in a statement
Eurazeo et al. in $180m round for $1bn-valued PPro
Funding will go towards PPro's global expansion and support the development of its technology
New Baltic fund targets €30m to back female founders
Fund targets Baltic and Nordic startups with female founders and gender-balanced executive teams
Index Ventures leads $125m round for Personio
VCs including Meritech Capital also back the round, which values the HR software at $1.7bn
Partners in Equity leads €25m round for Quin
Netherlands-based digital health platform has now raised €36m, the company said in a statement
Heal Capital closes debut fund on €100m
Healthtech-focused VC sees opportunities in the developing European market, managing director Christian Weiß tells Unquote
Mobeus invests in Northern Bloc
Paul Keen, previously CFO of ETC Venues, will join the board as a non-executive director
BlackRock invests in Clarity AI
BlackRock plans to integrate Clarity AI's capabilities into its investment management platform, Aladdin
Dawn hires Kainz as vice-president
During 2020, Dawn Capital welcomed nine new joiners to its team and raised its fourth flagship fund
Redalpine leads series-A for Felmo
Redalpine has led a series-A funding round for Germany-headquartered pet healthcare startup Felmo.
Forbion et al. in $196m round for NewAmsterdam Pharma
Company intends to use the fresh capital to finance the full phase-III development of its obicetrapib drug