Venture
Finch, Velocity co-lead €14m series-B for Twisto
Existing investors ING Ventures, Uniqa Ventures and ING Bank also take part in the round
Cathay et al. in $38m series-B for ride-hailing app Heetch
Existing shareholders Idinvest, Alven, Felix, InnovAllianz and Via-ID also take part in the round
Notion Capital leads $12m series-A for HeyJobs
Notion Capital typically leads funding rounds with a first investment of $3-5m in startups
BioGeneration, Wellington lead €30m series-A for Confo
Fund+ and Perceptive Advisors, Capricorn, Qbic, PMV, Mints, V-Bio Ventures and VIB joined the round
Active and Gresham House in funding round for TravelLocal
Online holiday-booking platform will invest in its international marketing activity
Panakès Partners in CHF 9.5m round for SamanTree
Panakès Partners is using equity from its Fund I, which invests €5-6m in European startups
Fortino hires De Leeuw
Prior to joining Fortino, De Leeuw was an investment manager at Ackermans & van Haaren
Sequoia, Spark Capital lead $47m series-C for Tourlane
Existing investors in Tourlane include NFQ Capital, DN Capital and HV Holtzbrinck Ventures
Insight and DST lead $230m series-A for Checkout.com
GIC, Blossom, Endeavour Catalyst and others also took part in the round for the e-payments firm
VC firms in $30m series-B for logistics specialist Freighthub
Maersk Growth, Northzone, Unbound, GFC and Cherry Ventures also take part in the investment
Beringea invests in $19m series-A for Fnatic
Round was led by LVL1 Group, the holding company of tech entrepreneur Lev Leviev
Lakestar leads €150m series-D for Spanish startup Glovo
Idinvest Partners and Korelya Capital also took part in the round, alongside Papa John's owner Drake Enterprises
Indaco, Invitalia in €8m round for rental startup Sweetguest
Indaco invests via its Indaco Ventures I fund, while Invitalia deploys capital from Italia Venture I
Five Seasons et al. in €17.4m round for Butternut Box
Fresh dog food company will look to expand its sales activity into continental Europe
Summit leads $33m round for A Cloud Guru
IT training platform intends to increase its headcount and invest in product development
Voima raises €40m for deep-tech startup fund
Fund is targeting тЌ50m and will make 25-30 investments in seed, pre-seed, series-A and series-B rounds
Concentric leads $15m series-B round for Wheely
Ride-hailing company is due to roll out its platform in new cities, with a Paris launch in 2019
LDV leads $3.1m funding round for Synthesia
AI lip-synching video platform launched in 2018 and has clients including the BBC and BuzzFeed
VCs sell Parlamind
Investors include Motu Ventures, Asgard Capital, Angelfund.vc and business angels
Owl Ventures leads $21m series-B for Labster
Balderton Capital, Northzone and Swisscom Ventures also take part in the funding round
Gresham House invests £4.5m in Diaceutics IPO
Deal comes a year after the pharmaceutical data analytics company raised $5m of mezzanine
CEE venture ecosystem matures as buyout market stalls
With the buyout market at an inflexion point, the local venture capital scene could be the one grabbing headlines in the coming months
Harwell injects £3.5m into Muso
Media-focused anti-piracy firm will invest in sales and marketing-related activities
Oxford leads £6.5m round for Weengs
Courier service will use the capital to invest in its automated warehouse and product development