Venture
BlackFin, MTech in €8m series-A for Akur8
Round for the French insurance technology business brings Akur8's total funding to date to €10m
Sparkmind holds first close for debut ed-tech fund
KRR III and Finnish Industry Investment back the fund as cornerstone investors
Battery acquires WinWorker
GP is investing from its Battery Ventures XIII fund, which held a final close on $1.2bn in February 2020
Mobeus leads £3.5m round for Bella & Duke
Mobeus investment executive Joshua Henshaw will join the board of Bella & Duke
Frontline closes FrontlineX fund on $80m
Frontlinex has already made investment in TripActionsт series-B and People.AIтs $100m series-C
Draper Esprit hires investment director in London
Hornung will focus on consumer internet, financial services and online marketplaces
Trustbridge Partners et al. in $41m series-B for FiveAI
Existing investors including Lakestar also back the UK-based autonomous driving startup
GA leads $130m series-B for Immunocore
Five existing investors, including Eli Lilly and RTW Investments, take part in the round
Draper Esprit leads $83m round for Thought Machine
Based in London and with an office in Singapore, Thought Machine employs around 80 people
Enern nears close for VC fund, on road for growth vehicle
While the VC fund is largely committed, Enern is still open to hearing from interested parties
Khosla leads $9m series-A extension for Sword Health
Vesalius Biocapital, Green Innovations, Founders Fund and Faber Ventures also take part in the round
Goldman Sachs et al. in $55m round for Jumo
Odey Asset Management and Leapfrog Investments also back the round
Georgian leads $25m series-C for Tractable
Series-C funding round nearly doubles the total funds raised by the company to $55m
Frog leads £7m round for SHE Software
Existing investor the Northern VCTs, managed by Mercia, also participated
Innovestor holds first close for industrial fund
Fund has a focus on sectors benefiting from the fourth industrial revolution
Softbank invests $100m in Behavox
Behavox's CEO and other employees remain the largest shareholders in the business
Demeter, Allianz France in €23.6m series-C for Cityscoot
Fresh capital will helf finance the expansion into two new European cities in 2020
Consortium backs Volocopter series-C extension
Round for electric helicopter startup brings the total series-C funding to €87m
VC Profile: CapitalT
Co-founder Janneke Niessen talks to Unquote about the firm's fundraise and its data-driven model to analyse startup teams
CapitalT holds first close for debut fund
VC firm was founded by Janneke Niessen and Eva de Mol, and will target €40m for its first vehicle
Isai, Capgemini join €12m round for Toucan Toco
Isai and Capgemini invested through their joint investment fund Isai Cap Venture
EV Private Equity et al. exit Halfwave to trade
Sale ends an eight-year holding period for EV Private Equity, which bought a 56% stake in the company
OTB Ventures closes debut fund on $100m
Fund deploys equity tickets of up to $15m in technology startups based in central and eastern Europe
Atomico closes fifth-generation fund on $820m
Atomico V is the largest of any Europe-based venture fund in 2020, according to Unquote Data