Venture
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 £13.2m 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
Go Capital et al. in €5m round for Robocath
NCI, Normandie Participations, M Capital and Supernova Invest also re-invest in the business
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
Kleiner Perkins leads $16m series-A for Inkitt
Redalpine, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Earlybird have also invested in the publishing platform
VC-backed Raisin buys retirement savings startup Fairr
Second add-on inked by Raisin this year, following the purchase of MHB Bank from Lone Star
Doen Participaties, Bamboo in $50m series-D for BBoxx
Mitsubishi Corporation led the funding round for the solar powered battery pack manufacturer
HTGF et al. backs Zahnarzt-Helden
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Enjoy Venture have invested in the dental equipment procurement platform
Obvious Ventures leads SEK 100m series-A for Hedvig
Cherry Ventures and D-Ax, the early-stage investment arm of Axel Johnson, also take part
Axeleo leads €1.2m seed round for DataHawk
Company plans to use the funding to boost its growth, targeting 1,000 paying subscribers by 2020
Kernel Capital leads £2m round for Silform
Funding will be used to establish a pilot plant in Northern Ireland and scale the R&D team