Venture
IW invests £2m in GPDQ
IW Capital provides equity investments, typically of £1-2.5m, through EIS investments
LocalGlobe leads €4m round for Libeo
Funding round also sees participation from existing investor Breega and several business angels
K Fund in €1m round for Frontity
Company plans to use the financing to improve its framework, roll out new features and grow its community
VCs welcome Future Fund, but seek added clarity
VCs dicuss the use of convertible loan notes and the need for liquidity in the venture ecosystem
Bayern Kapital, CD-Venture in series-C for TriOptoTec
Company has seen increased demand for its disinfectant Dryphox and plans to scale up production
Sofinnova Telethon Fund closes on €108m
Fund targets early-stage investments in Italian biotech companies developing cures for genetic diseases
Sapphire Ventures leads $30m series-C for Adverity
Round for marketing analytics platform is more than doubles the capital raised in its April 2019 round
Sofinnova invests €16m in Italian biotech company Genespire
GP deploys capital from Sofinnova Telethon Fund, which targets early-stage Italian biotech companies
Perwyn, BGF, MMC in £33m round for Gousto
Round brings the total funds raised by Gousto in the last eight years to more than £130m
Consortium backs series-B for Leon-Nanodrugs
Investors in the biotechnology company comprise VCs and corporates, including new investor BayBG
Lingfeng Capital leads CHF 14m series-B for Crypto Finance
Switzerland-based cryptocurrency firm mandated PwC to seek new investors for the funding round
Accel, Founders Fund back €61.6m series-B for Trade Republic
Round for the mobile broker is the fifth largest venture capital round in the DACH region in 2020
Index Ventures et al. back $65m series-C for Taxfix
Index Ventures has backed a $65m series-C round for tax filing application Taxfix, with participation from existing investors Valar Ventures, Creandum and Redalpine.
TPG leads $100m round for Onfido
TPG is currently investing from its $3.7bn TPG Growth Fund IV, which closed in December 2017
Swedish company Dirac raises $6m
Company has raised $32m so far between 2017 and 2020.
Blue Venture and HealthQuest invest in UK company Perspectum
Company has reportedly raised $47m since being founded
Wellington Partners makes seed investment in Sirs Therapeutics
Life science and technology investor Wellington is the majority owner of the early-stage company
Bayern Kapital, Main Incubator back seed round for Scompler
Marketing and content management firm will further develop its software platform
VCs ramp up coronavirus mitigation efforts
Partners from Balderton, General Atlantic, Anthemis Partners, TCV and Speedinvest dicuss the crisis
Adara Ventures leads €1.25m investment in Fluzo
Sabadell Venture Capital, the venture capital arm of Banco Sabadell, also take part in the round
LVenture leads €2.5m funding round for Filo
Pi Campus, Al.Pe Invest and several business angels also take part in the investment
P101 leads €6m funding round for Codemotion
P101 invests €3.5m in the company from two vehicles, Programma 102 and co-investment fund ITA500
Insight Partners XI closes on $9.5bn
Fund deploys equity tickets in the $10-350m range in startups operating across the software industry
Lakestar leads $13m series-A for Yapily
Lakestar is currently investing its third early-stage-dedicated fund and its first growth fund