Venture
PPM Oost invests in Protifarm
PPM Oost is a development agency created by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate
Blackstone backs $570m FerGene investment
Ferring is based in Saint-Prex, Switzerland, with 60 subsidiaries globally and 6,500 employees
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Balderton leads €21m round for Detectify
Existing investors Paua Ventures, Inventure and Insight Venture Partners also participated
MGV holds first close for €150m early-stage fund
Fund achieves a тЌ75m first close and expects to hit its target by the end of 2020
Redalpine, Armada lead CHF 11m round for Carvolution
Series-B is the second round of 2019 for the car leasing subscription business
Slingshot, Jamjar back €10m series-B for Boldking
Online razor producer expects to consolidate and grow its European business
Arena et al. back €260m series-C for Celonis
Round is one of the largest venture capital deals in Germany this year
Indaco sells AdmantX to Vista Equity-backed IAS
Following the deal, AdmantX will be integrated within the new group and its brand absorbed under IAS
FTV Capital leads $65m round for CloudFactory
FTV Capital partner Alex Mason and principal Puskoor join CloudFactory's board
Mobeus leads $11m series-A for Active Navigation
Company plans to open offices in New York and Los Angeles, and launch a new SaaS product
Ringier Digital Ventures et al. back £3m round for AirConsole
Company receives backing from existing investors Wingman Ventures and angel investors including Christian Wenger
RTP Global leads €6.6m series-A for Plantix
Third round of funding for the plant disease detection app is earmarked for international growth
Syncona leads £32m series-B for Azeria
Magda Jonikas and Martin Murphy of Syncona join the board of Azeria Therapeutics
Foresight sells Idio for 2x return
Insight Venture Partners acquired Episerver, the acquirer, from Accel KKR in 2018
Fog City leads $6m series-A for Ad-Lib
Company will use the fresh capital to expand further in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions
Consortium backs €38.75m series-B for Tissium
France-based wound dressing developer previously raised €30.5m at the series-A stage
NordicNinja, Industrifonden in €3.9m series-A for Combinostics
Funding will be used to scale the company's platform for the US and Asia markets
MMC Ventures holds final close for Scale Up Fund on £100m
Bluetower Associates acted as placement agent and Osborne Clarke provided legal advice
HTGF exits Grandcentrix to Vodafone
Exit follows HTGF's initial investment in the Internet-of-Things company in 2010
Northzone closes ninth fund on $500m
NZ IX invests primarily in series-A and series-B rounds, financing companies based in Europe and the US
Eclipse leads $20m series-A for Wayve
Existing investors Compound, Firstminute and Fly Ventures all participated in the round
Atlantic Bridge leads $10m series-A for Siren
DVI Equity Partners, Frontline Ventures and Enterprise Ireland also take part
AO Proptech leads €29m series-B for Plentific
Newcomer Target Global and existing investor Round Hill Ventures also take part in the round