Venture
Contrarian Ventures targets EUR 100m hard cap for new climate tech fund
Lithuanian VC aiming to attract funds-of-funds for second close planned for the next month
Sidekick spinoffs: Insurtech scale-ups attract PE interest
Investment set to break EUR 1.1bn mark this year as sponsors seek for rising stars
World Fund leads EUR 128m raise for quantum computing group IQM
Series-A2 for Finnish startup focused on combating the climate crisis also backed by the EIB
LongeVC mulls 2023 fundraise for second fund
Biotech-focused VC could hit the road for new USD 180m-200m vehicle once Fund I’s hard-cap is reached
Cipio holds EUR 202m final close for Fund VIII
Technology growth capital and primary buyout vehicle plans to make four to six deals per year
LP Profile: Novo Ventures ready for steady deployment amid IPO lull
Danish biotech investorтs Naveed Siddiqi on opportunities arising from larger funding rounds and benefits of a two-pronged investment strategy
Force Over Mass leads GBP 115m round for Outfund
UK revenue-based lender also supported by PostFinance, 1818 Venture Capital and Tribe Capital in the fundraise
MassMutual Ventures starts European deployment with USD 300m Fund III
New vehicle will focus on leading Series A rounds in digital health, fintech, enterprise SaaS, and cybersecurity
GP Profile: Nordic Alpha Partners on hard-tech, hypergrowth mode
Co-founder Laurits Bach SУИrensen tells Unquote about the Danish growth investorтs value creation model and plans for future investments
Elkstone Partners holds EUR 75m first close for start-up fund
Vehicle aims to reach EUR 100m hard-cap by November and will back up to 35 companies
Verdane leads USD 190m growth round for Instabox
Sponsor will roll its stake in Porterbuddy, which was recently acquired by Instabox, and invest new capital in the Swedish e-commerce shipping group
Getir backer Re-Pie launches EUR 70m VC fund
Re-Pie Ventures 1 plans to hold a first close by the end of 2022, general partner Mehmet Ali Ergin said
Inovexus gears up for seed investments in AI, blockchain, metaverse startups
Evergreen fund's LPs include Crédit Agricole, according to Inovexus CEO and founder Philippe Roche
JamJar closes second fund on GBP 100m
JamJar Fund II is the consumer technology-focused first fund with institutional investor backing
Vitruvian makes USD 35m investment in Moonfare
Deal comes shortly after Insight Partners led a USD 125m Series C for the PE investment platform
Trill Impact set for venture fund following Domin appointment
Alex Domin has joined the Stockholm-headquartered impact investor as co-head of ventures
Apax leads GBP 175m round for ClearBank
Clearing and embedded banking platform is the first deal from the GPтs USD 1.75bn Apax Digital II
Dawn Capital eyes two new funds
Software-focused VC makes early-stage deals; its Opportunities funds back its later-stage portfolio
Disruptive leads USD 250m round for Forto
Latest round brings the supply chain and logistics software platform's valuation to USD 2.1bn
Hiro Capital launches new gaming and metaverse fund
More than double the size of its predecessor, the EUR 300m vehicle will make its first deals in April
Digital Horizon set for USD 200m Fund II first close in Q2 2022
VC started marketing the fund in December 2021 and has USD 100m in soft commitments to date
Notion Capital gears up for fifth flagship fund
In addition to its flagship strategy, VC manages Opportunities funds to back its existing portfolio
Backed VC raises EUR 150m across two new funds
Core 2 will make seed deals; Encore 1 will back later-stage rounds for the VC's existing portfolio
Vaaka invests in digital staffing company Bolt.Works
GP will aim to support Finnish digital staffing company in global expansion