Venture
8GT launches £110m Sino-British venture fund
Government-formed fund will partner with Chinese institutes to invest in UK tech companies
Future Planet to launch Sino-British venture fund
Asian asset manager TW & Partners will commit up to $200m to the life sciences and technology fund
Inception leads €2.2m seed round for Penta
Fresh capital will be used to hire more staff to support the company's growing customer base
HPE leads $25m series-B for Uberall
Previous backers Project A and United Internet are also taking part in the financing
Universal Partners and Parkwalk in £15m round for Yasa
Electric and hybrid motor manufacturer will open a new manufacturing facility in Oxford
CM-CIC Innovation et al. in series-A round for ForCity
Round of funding sees €8m invested in the French urban simulation software developer
Augmentum to launch £125m listed fund
New fintech-dedicated vehicle will acquire the GP's stakes in five portfolio companies
Trident leads $17.5m series-B for BehavioSec
Trident Cybersecurity managing directors Alberto Yepez and Ken Gonzalez join the board of directors
Parkwalk leads £6m series-A for Bodle Technologies
Low-powered video display producer will use the funding to scale up its operations
Intel Capital et al. in series-C for Aledia
Braemar Energy Ventures, Demeter, BPI France, Ikea GreenTech and Sofinnova Partners also take part
Gilde leads €40m series-C for Fire1
Deal for the remote monitoring medical devices business is the GP's first Irish investment
Cathay Innovation et al. in series-A round for Saagie
Consortium of investors commit €5m to the French big-data processing platform
Canaan et al. in series-B round for ContentSquare
US GP leads the round for the French online content optimisation platform
Insight and Eight Roads in $28m round for Duco
VCs have invested in the data management platform alongside corporate backer NEX Group
Go Capital et al. invest in Pherecydes Pharma
New backers include Omnes Capital, Fa Dièse and a group of angel investors
Da Vinci invests £15m in EZBob
Fresh capital is provided at a post-money valuation of £100m, according to press reports
Felix backs Highsnobiety
Fresh capital will be used to expand the branded content line and run more events
Felix leads $20m round for Heetch
Via ID and Alven Capital both took part last time and have reinvested along with Idinvest
Octopus Ventures leads $20m series-B round for Depop
Rebecca Hunt, investment manager at Octopus Ventures, will join the board of Depop
Insight in additional series-C round for Showpad
Insight Venture Partners injects $25m in the Belgian content activation platform company
VC-backed Blacklane raises series-D
Car manufacturer Daimler also takes part in the round alongside Alstin and Blacklane's founders
Conor to raise third technology fund
Target size of the latest vehicle is around double the amount raised by its predecessor
DN Capital closes GVC Fund IV on €200m
Primary focus is on the UK and Germany, with France and the Nordic region as secondary investment markets for the fund
Project A in €3m funding round for Opinary
Existing investors including Global Founders Capital and Motu Ventures also take part