Venture
Ventech et al. in series-B round for The Agent
GPs invest €7m in the French e-commerce retail platform to fund international growth
BGF invests £6.3m in Dianomi as Beringea exits
Online advertising content management platform will expand into the US, Germany and Asia-Pacific region
BNP Paribas launches venture fund
BNP Paribas Capital Partners' vehicle targets financial services and insurance startups
Deals accelerate in German online marketplaces
Three transactions in the space within the first two months of 2018 saw PE firms invest a combined €500m and cash out more than €700m
Balderton leads $22m funding round for Peakon
Round is backed by EQT Ventures, Idinvest Partners and Sunstone Capital
Partech invests $2.5m in QuasarDB
Funding will be used to expand to the US market and finance research and development
Nauta leads $1.6m funding round for Holded
GP is deploying capital from its Nauta IV fund, which held a final close in 2017 on €155m
Holland Ventures-backed Avensus buys ICT Visions
Security services and cloud technology service Avensus bolts-on Dutch ICT Visions
LocalGlobe et al. lead $3.9m round for StatusToday
Funding will enable the HR-related AI firm to build out its team and invest in product development
VC firms invest €4m in Kaliti
VC firms invest €4m in French construction and real estate software developer Kaliti
CIC leads $6.6m series-A expansion for GeoSpock
Deal brings the total value of series-A funding for the data analytics company to $13.3m
Atlantic Bridge leads $30m round for DecaWave
Irish fabless semiconductor business will invest in recruitment and international expansion
Statkraft leads €5m round for Parkbee
Fresh capital will be used to add 15 new full-time employees to the UK team
EQT et al. back Tinyclues in $18m series-B
Investors back the French AI-first marketing campaign intelligence service Tinyclues
Inventure, Tesi raise $2.4m for Thirdpresence
Deal marks the first investment from Inventure Fund III, which held a first close on тЌ110m
Vento leads €4m series-A for Spanish startup Blueliv
Company will use the fresh capital to consolidate its expansion and develop new products
EQT Ventures leads $41m round for Small Giant Games
Participants in the round include existing investors Creandum, Spintop Ventures and Profounders
Alven backs €2.5m series-A for Supermood
VC firm 50 Partners also takes part in the financing, as well as Blablacar CTO Francis Nappez
VC firms to sell Lendico to ING Diba
ING Diba has registered its intention to acquire Lendico with the competition authority
VC firms back $30m round for Relayr
Round is led by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, a corporate venturing arm with $1bn in AUM
Capnamic promotes Knott to partner, hires two
Knott will be responsible for deal sourcing and execution, as well as portfolio management
Pontifax backs €16m series-A funding round for Abac Therapeutics
Backers include Global Health Science Fund, Caixa Capital Risc and Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Aquilo et al. invest $55.8m in Merus
Consortium of backers invests in the Dutch clinical-stage immuno-oncology company
Touchstone leads $3.5m round for Re:Infer
New backer Crane Ventures and existing investor Seedcamp also take part in the round