Venture
Rakuten, Cathay lead €30m series-B for Glovo
Backers include existing investors Seaya Ventures, Entrée Capital, Caixa CR and Bonsai Venture
Raise targets €100m for new venture structure
French GP makes move into venture and will pledge 50% of carry to its not-for-profit endowment
EQT Ventures leads $8.2m series-A for Varjo
VC vehicle of the Swedish private equity house led the round alongside other investors
Mountain Partners backs €2m round for Volders
Government-backed KfW Bank also takes part in the round, along with unnamed family offices
Lifeline Ventures leads $12m round for Enevo
Firm has raised approximately $34m to date across four funding rounds
Felix leads €10m round for Heetch
Deal comes six months after the French ride-hailing business was forced to suspend its app
Rocket Internet sells €660m stake in Delivery Hero
Naspers purchases 22 million shares at €29.50, securing a 23.6% stake in total
Kibo Ventures leads €2.5m round for Bipi
Backers include business angels and existing investors B4Motion and Stella Maris
BayBG et al. sell Torqeedo to Deutz
Deutz is initially investing €100m in E-Deutz strategy, which includes the acquisition of Torqeedo
Crane leads $30m series-C for Onfido
Existing VC backers also took part in the round for the automated background check platform
Artificial intelligence offers smart opportunities for PE
Once the domain of early-stage VC investors, the AI segment is now attracting the attention of private equity buyers
Khosla, Seventure in $20m Eligo round
Series-A also includes a $2m award from the Worldwide Innovation Challenge
Born2Grow leads series-A for Venneos
Seed investors HTGF, the Max Planck Society and private investors also take part
Redalpine backs $3.9m round for Inkitt
Frontline Ventures, Speedinvest and a number of private investors also take part in the round
Entrepreneur Venture leads €6.2m round for LPB
Following the acquisition, the company aims to use the fresh capital to expand across France
Accel and Index take part in $385m Deliveroo round
Latest funding round values the delivery company at around $2bn
LBO France et al. lead Bioserenity's €15m series-A
French fund managers Idinvest Partners and BPI France also take part in the funding round
HTGF backs Numaferm
European Investment Fund also invested in the round alongside various business angels
MWN leads €1.9m funding round for Coredinate
Previous investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital also took part in the round
Ping An leads £34m series-A for 10x Future Technologies
London-based banking-related technology business was founded by former Barclay's CEO Anthony Jenkins
Fribourg Capital closes VC fund on €20m
VC firm intends to deploy capital in Romanian IT startups seeking seed funding rounds
HTGF co-leads €3m seed round for Atriva
Stichting Participatie Atriva co-leads the round, with VC firm InSynchrony Ventures also taking part
HTGF III raises target and tweaks investment terms
Fund is now operational and will begin making its first investment decisions this week
Accel leads $22.5m series-D for GoCardless
VC firms Balderton Capital, Notion and Passion have also taken part in the round