Venture
Sella holds €30m first close for debut VC fund-of-funds
Vehicle targets European, US and Israeli VC funds that invest primarily in early-stage rounds
Aledia raises €80m in series-D led by BPI France
Funding is the first of the three tranches planned for its €120m series-D round
Seaya Ventures III holds €85m first close
Fund targets technology companies based across southern Europe, with the aim of supporting their expansion
White Star holds first close for $30m Digital Asset Fund
Fund invests in blockchain-enabled businesses at each layer of the tech stack, with a focus on Europe and the US
Global Founders, Rocket et al. in £21m round for Knoma
Knoma says it will initially focus on the UK market, and plans to expand globally in the coming years
CDP Venture Capital leads €15m series-C for Wise
Indaco and Eureka also take part in the round, alongside previous backers including Principia and HTGF
General Catalyst et al. in £240m round for $2bn+ Cazoo
Online used car marketplace Cazoo has generated ТЃ100m in revenues to date in 2020
Mobeus injects $3.8m into Preservica
Mobeus initially supported the spin-out of the original Preservica technology from portfolio company Tessella
83North leads $90m series-C round for Exotec
Robotics startup has raised $111m since its founding five years ago
Valar Ventures leads $52m series-A for Bitpanda
Company intends to use the fresh capital to further boost its expansion across Europe and scale up its team
Mavenir buys VC-backed IP Access
Following the deal, IP Access will operate as a business unit within Mavenir's emerging business group
Faraday launches €40m venture capital fund
Faraday Europa I will invest in early-stage startups with potential for high-growth and rapid value creation
CrossEngage announces €6.5m growth capital round
Marketing software company also announces merger with Target Partners' GPredictive
Consortium in €21m round for Magazino
Logistics company Jungheinrich has led the round for the robotics company alongside EIB
Mouro leads $26m round for Uncapped
Iron Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Seedcamp and White Star Capital participate in the round
Pantheon and LGT take lead on Medixci continuation vehicle
New €200m vehicle has closed in connection with a six-asset deal
Inven, Contrarian lead €5m series A round for Eliq
Startup is a provider of customer engagement software to utility companies
IQ Capital et al. in £5.8m series-A for AccelerComm
Existing investors Bloc Ventures and listed technology investor IP Group also participate
Forto raises estimated €25m from Inven, Northzone et al.
Funding comes from new investor Inven Capital and existing investors Cherry Ventures, Northzone and Cavalry Ventures.
Morningside leads £40.6m series-B for Immune Regulation
Morningside's Isaac Cheng will join the company's board of directors
Notion IV to close in 2020 above £125m target
LPs in the fund include Nuclear Liabilities Fund, Pentland Group, Pool Reinsurance Company and Pruger
Kindred's second fund closes on £81m
Kindred is currently projecting that around тЌ5.4m will be returned to founders from Kindred I
Kinnevik leads $23m series-A round for Joint Academy
Healthtech company has raised $34.2m since being founded six years ago
LGT Lightstone leads €144m round for Infarm
Round for the urban farming startup is the fourth-largest of 2020 in the DACH region