Venture
CapDecisif holds first close for CapDecisif 4
VC is aiming to exceed its €50m target but will not surpass the €70m assigned hard-cap
Digital+ Partners holds final close on €350m
Vehicle was launched in 2016 with a €300m target and held a first close on €131.5m in 2017
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Unquote speaks to founder Hommels about the VC's future ambitions and the European venture landscape
Panakes, Invitalia in €3m series-A for Aileens Pharma
Panakes principal Barbara Castellano and Invitalia’s Svetlana Vashkel will join the board
Stripes Group invests $40m in GlobalWebIndex
Deal will enable the UK-based digital market research company to pursue international expansion
Sofinnova leads €4m seed round for Enthera
JDRF T1D Fund, managed by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, also takes part in the round
DN Capital et al. in $8m round for Happeo
Fresh capital will enable the firm to expand its integration suite with LinkedIn, G Chat and Slack
Rocket Internet launches second fund
Rocket Internet Capital Partners I held a final close on its $1bn hard-cap in January 2017
3L leads €30m series-D for Lesara
Existing investors Mangrove Capital, Northzone and Vorwerk Ventures all take part
Nauta leads $2.2m seed round for Landbot
Spanish investment bank Bankinter and VC fund Encomenda Smart Capital also take part in the round
Pentech and Connect in $3m round for Lifebit
Beacon Capital and Tiny VC also took part in the round for the genomics data software company
Insight closes 10th fund on $6.3bn
Total is 5% more than the fund's $6bn target and 32% more than the $4.75bn raised by its predecessor
Seven Ventures in $300m funding round for About You
Fresh capital is injected at a valuation of more than $1bn, making it Hamburg's first unicorn
Accel leads $3m seed round for FRVR
VC firm Makers Fund and several angel investors also took part in the funding round
Northzone leads $7.5m funding round for Truelayer
London-based company will use the fresh capital to expand into further European countries
Seventure nears final close for Digital Opportunities Fund
Seventure is also currently fundraising for its Health For Life II and AVF vehicles
Seaya et al. in €115m series-C for Glovo
Delivery platform will invest in recruitment and product development following the deal
VC firms in $25m round for Polares Medical
Earlybird Venture Capital, Wellington Partners and Endeavour Vision also take part
HPE Growth backs $50m funding round for PPro
Round is led by PayPal with participation from Citi Ventures, the CVC arm of Citi Group
AP Ventures launches two funds with $200m commited
New vehicles will inherit seed investments made by PGM producer Anglo American Platinum
VC firms back £30m funding round for Orbex
Capital will be used to launch orbital vehicles from the UK's newly announced spaceport
VC firms back CHF 13.7m series-A for Allthings
Round is led by Earlybird and Idinvest Partners with participation from Kingstone Capital
Tesi co-leads €5m funding round for Oura
US-based Bold Capital Partners co-leads the deal and will introduce US industry specialists to the board
Conor Venture et al. inject further $13.4m into Verto
Consortium is led by Conor Venture Partners, Open Ocean Capital and Finnish Industry Investment