Venture
Sofinnova et al. back €27m series-C for Limflow
BPI France and Balestier, a Singaporean family fund, also take part in the financing
Project A et al. in $4.2m round for Aula
Funding will enable the education-focused online communication company to pursue product development
Mercia invests in £3m round for ITL
Automotive components supplier will undertake recruitment in its commercial and operations teams
Innogest leads €2m series-A for SoulKitchen.bio
VC house deploys capital from IPGest, a €40.9m vehicle backed by the Italian government
Dawn Capital holds £165m first and final close for third fund
VC firm's latest vehicle is nearly three times the size of its predecessor, Dawn II
Creandum hires in-house general counsel
Walther spent eight years at Vinge, where she worked in transactions and technology
Project A, Vito lead €4m seed round for Artisense
Chris Hitchen, an entrepreneur and venture adviser to EQT Ventures, also takes part in the round
VC firms back £29m series-B for Enterprise Therapeutics
Forbion, Versant, Novartis, Epidarex and IP Group all take part in the financing
Invitalia launches second fund for southern Italy
Fund received a €150m commitment from the Italian government's Fondo Per Lo Sviluppo e La Coesione
Foresight injects £2.1m into Codeplay
Deal will fund the computing process optimisation firm's expansion into the autonomous vehicle space
BMW I Ventures leads $15m round for Mapillary
Samsung Catalyst Fund and NavInfo take part, along with previous venture capital investors
UVC Partners holds final close on €82m
Vehicle was originally launched in September 2016 with a hard-cap of €60m, which was later revised
Eos Venture Partners launches $100m debut insurtech fund
Vehicle has raised $30m from two insurance companies to date and will have a global remit
Acton leads €7m series-A for Cluno
Existing investor Atlantic Labs also takes part after providing seed capital in 2016
iBionext et al. in $15m round for GrAI Matter Labs
iBionext Growth Fund, 3T Finance and 360 Capital Partners back the French AI technology startup
Felix, Target Global lead $21m series-B for TravelPerk
Spark Capital and Sunstone also take part in the round alongside newly founded VC firm Amplo
Iris Capital injects €6m into Singlespot
Company will use the fresh capital to strengthen its presence in France and expand internationally
Index leads €23m series-A for Alan
Previous investors OpenCNP, Partech and Portag3 Ventures LP also take part in the funding round
Parkwalk and IQ inject $5.3m into Spectral Edge
UK-based image processing business will use the fresh capital to build up its R&D team
Iris leads €20m round for Jedox
Early-stage investor eCapital and Swiss family office Wecken & Cie are also taking part
Elaia, Nauta lead €5m series-A for Geoblink
Fresh capital will be used to support the company's growth and boost its global expansion
European Commission launches VentureEU
VentureEU is a venture capital funding programme backed by тЌ410m in fresh funding from the EU
Highland Europe leads $30m series-B for Bitmovin
Atomico and Dawn Capital also took part alongside corporate venturing arm Constantia New Business
Idinvest Digital Fund III holds €180m first close
Idinvest's third digital fund, with a target of €300m, surpasses its €154m predecessor