Venture
Partech promotes Huberson and Grosse Hokamp
Pair will work on the investment strategy of Partech Growth Fund, a €400m vehicle closed in mid-2016
EMBL sells ViraTherapeutics to trade for €210m
Acquirer signed a collaboration and option agreement with ViraTherapeutics in August 2016
VC firms invest $16m in Job Today
Existing investors Mangrove Capital Partners and Accel Ventures also take part
Calculus Capital leads £6m round for Arecor
Albion Capital and Downing Ventures also take part in the funding round
Inveready leads €4.5m round for ProntoPiso
Sabadell Venture Capital and several private investors also take part in the financing
Kernel invests €1.7m in Sytorus
Company plans to use the fresh capital to accelerate its growth and open a new office in Frankfurt
Blumberg backs $30m series-B for Wunder
Round is led by family office KCK Group with participation from other undisclosed investors
360 Capital launches €60m fund
Poli360 was launched in partnership with Italian university Politecnico di Milano
Augmentum and Investec in $60m series-B for Monese
Latest round brings the total amount raised by the UK-based challenger bank to $76m
VC firms lead $17m series-B for Asana Rebel
Greycroft Partners and EVentures co-lead the funding round alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds
VC firms in €30m series-D for Miracor
Belgian listed investment fund Quest for Growth takes part in the financing
Vesalius backs Forendo Pharma in €4m round
Additional funding comes after a €12m series-A financing in 2014 and €5.7m of R&D loans
Sixth Element leads £4m series-A for Azeria
Company plans to use the fresh capital to advance its research towards clinical trials
Forward Partners leads £2.3m round for CountingUp
Online bank and bookkeeping software developer will invest in developing its accounting features
Viking Venture takes minority stake in Mercell
According to Norwegian daily Finansavisen, Viking invests between NOK 50-100m
Evox Therapeutics raises £35.5m series-B
New backers include Redmile Group, GV, Cowen Healthcare Investments and Panacea Healthcare Venture
Albion leads $4m series-A for Phrasee
Previous backers Next Fifteen and angel syndicate Galvanise Capital also take part in the round
BPI France et al. back Qucit
Backers include Urban US, which backs startups seeking to improve the functioning of cities
Lansdowne et al. in £25m series-B for Genomics
US-based drug developer Vertex Pharmaceuticals led the funding round for the genetic data researcher
VisVires New Protein Capital et al. back Mitte
Three VC firms in $10.6m seed round for Mitte, a water purification system developer
Swedbank, Zouk in €10m funding round for Readly
Funding will drive the next stage of growth for Readly, with new investor Swedbank Robur on board
Longitude leads £25m Kandy Therapeutics series-C
Recently founded biotech company will advance its menopause drug to the testing phase
Blockchain startup Dfinity attracts $102m round
Startup, which uses blockchain for cloud computing, already raised $61m earlier this year
Sprints Capital leads €50m funding round for Vinted
Previous backers Insight Venture Partners and Hubert Burda Media also take part in the funding round