Venture
Altamar near to €450m final close for Galdana Ventures II
Fund is larger than its predecessor, Galdana Ventures I, which closed on €275m in 2016
Morningside leads €39m series-B for biotech company Inotrem
Invus, Andera Partners, Sofinnova Partners and BiomedInvest also take part in the funding round
Creandum, EVentures in $14m round for Cake
Creandum led the funding round for the Sweden-based electric motorcycle manufacturer
VC firms invest in $40m series-B for Anokion
Anokion simultaneously announces the acquisition of US-based counterpart Kanyos Bio
VCs in £7.5m round for Voxpopme
US-based Origin Ventures has led the round, with participation from NVM Private Equity and Mercia
Primomiglio to launch €80m VC space technology fund
Fund will be larger than Barcamper Ventures, which targets digital and software companies
Accel leads $70m round for Snyk
Accel first invested in the software security products developer in 2018, leading a $22m round
Frog invests $10m in Sellics
Frog holds a 16% stake in the company, corresponding to a post-money valuation of $62m
Pentech, Outward in £7m funding round for PrimaryBid
Pentech Fund III and Outward Fund VC have invested in the online investment platform
Alven leads $16m series-B for Freeda Media
Investor club U-Start, Endeavor Catalyst and several family offices also take part in the funding round
Index leads €35m round for Spendesk
Spendesk is a spend management platform for business and has now raised €45m in funding
LSP leads €10.5m series-D for Xeltis
Life Sciences Partners first invested in the medical devices company in 2014
VC-backed ADC Therapeutics announces IPO
Plans to raise $150m through the offering and use the proceeds to advance its clinical trials
VCs in $23m series-B for Elliptic
New investor AlbionVC and existing backers SignalFire and Octopus have invested in Elliptic
Ventech in SEK 74m round for Capcito
Ventech and Schibsted Growth, a Swedish investor, both join the round as new investors
Syncona, RA lead £100m series-B for Achilles
Syncona led a ТЃ13.2m funding round in 2016 for the cancer immunotherapy development company
Eurazeo, ADM in €60m round for M2I
Idinvest first invested in the pheromones and complex molecules producer in 2017
Beringea leads $5.5m series-A for Arctic Shores
Fresh capital will help accelerate international expansion and launch a SaaS platform
VCs sell Bitbar to trade
PE-backed SmartBear bolts on Finland-based Bitbar, a mobile app test automation company
Atomico leads £10m series-A for Koru Kids
Existing investors AlbionVC, Forward Partners and JamJar also take part
Felix et al. in £7m seed round for Residently
Felix Capital, LocalGlobe and A/O Proptech have invested in rentals platform Residently
Battery Ventures leads $33m round for Mews
Battery leads the series-B round, with principal Sanjiv Kalevar joining the board
IDG Capital et al. back $67m series-C for Hifibio
Latest round follows $38m series-B led by Sequoia China and Lyfe Capital in Q2 2018
VCs in $16.5m series-B for Bestmile
Existing investors Partech and Groupe ADP also re-up in the transportation software company