Venture
Longitude Capital leads $40m round for Polares Medical
Existing investors Decheng, Endeavour Vision, IDO, Earlybird and Wellington also take part
Astorg to acquire Normec from Summit
Summit Partners acquired a minority stake in Normec for an undisclosed amount in December 2017
DACH venture capital looks for a new normal
Although dealflow in the DACH VC market has remained fairly strong, deals have shrunk in average size, and uncertainty lingers
Consortium in €20m series-A round for Memo Bank
Company also announces it has been given the seal of approval to be a fully-fledged bank
Index Ventures leads €70m series-C for Swile
Company will use the funding to expand internationally, starting with Brazil
Left Lane, DN Capital back €8.3m round for GoStudent
Speedinvest backed a €1.5m round for the Vienna-based online tutoring company in July 2020
VCs in £25m round for Cazoo at valuation of $1bn
Since launching in December 2019, the online car retailer has generated £20m in revenues
HSBC contributes $7m to Privitar's series-C
Warburg Pincus led an $80m series-C funding round for the data privacy company in April 2020
Coatue leads $150m Checkout series-B with $5.5bn valuation
US-based late-stage investor Coatue has previously taken stakes in companies such as Instacart
Epidarex Capital III closes on £102m
Fund invests in new life science companies from emerging research hubs across the UK
MMC leads $3m seed round for Agamon
Fresh capital will be used to scale the company's deployments with more hospitals globally
Optum Vetures et al. back $26m series-B for Kaia Health
Idinvest and Capital300 also back the digital therapy platform, along with existing investors
Consortium in €20m round for Roamler
Investment will enable Roamler to internationally expand, starting with the UK and Germany
SoftBank in $19.5m in Splyt series-B
SoftBank vice-president Daichi Nozaki will join the company's board of directors
Hoxton closes second fund on almost $100m
Hoxton Ventures II has a 30% carry rate with a 2.5% management fee and no hurdle
Adara Ventures leads $5m round for CounterCraft
Round also sees participation from existing backers Evolution Equity Partners, Orza and Wayra
Mobeus leads £4m round for MyTutor
Fresh capital will be used to increase the availability of MyTutor's platform
Atomico leads $27m series-B for Onna
Glynn Capital takes part in the investment, alongside previous backers Dawn, Nauta and Slack Fund
Go Capital taken over by management
As part of this deal, Jerome Guéret is appointed as CEO and Bertrand Distinguin takes on the role of president
Meta Change Capital launches €100m fund
Fund is dedicated to investments in blockchain companies across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa
VCs invest £60m in Monzo for £1.24bn valuation
Online bank's previous £113m funding round valued the company at £2bn in June 2019
Square buys VC-backed payment app Verse
Verse joins the Cash App division at Square and continues to operate as an independent business
83North leads $30m series-B for Wandelbots
Existing investors Paua Ventures, EQT Ventures and Atlantic Labs also back the robotics company
IQ appoints Hirtzel as general partner
Hirtzel previously served as chief operating officer of Kreos Capital after working at PA Consulting