Venture
Sofinnova leads €12.3m round for Highlife
Following the deal, Sofinnova will become the largest shareholder in the business
Notion leads $6m series-A for Adfenix
Other backers include co-investor Industrifonden, as well as IT outsourcing company Goodfellows
HTGF backs seed round for Ferroelectric Memory Company
Company takes advantage of a new semiconductor memory technology for non-volatile storage
Truffle et al. exit Vexim in €162m Stryker deal
US-based Stryker Corporation acquires French VC-backed company Vexim for €162m
Ataraxy leads €6m series-B for Nicki's
Series-A investor European Media Holding also takes part in the latest funding round
Point Nine Capital in $14m funding round for Brainly
Other backers include Kulczyk Investments, Naspers, General Catalyst and Runa Capital
Idinvest Partners, BPI France et al. in €32m iAdvize series-C
French GPs invest €32m in the conversational marketing platform developer
SevenVentures invests €13m in series-C expansion for Move24
Original round was led by Innogy Ventures with Holtzbrinck, DN, Piton and Cherry participating
Capnamic, Grazia in $8m round for Zageno
Fresh capital will be used to expand the sales, marketing and technical integration teams
Primomiglio leads €1m seed round for Yolo
Backers include US-based seed investor Miro Ventures and insurance broker Mansutti
Endeit leads $10m series-B for Tourradar
Existing investors Cherry Ventures and Hoxton Ventures also take part in the round
Tesi launches €150m venture fund-of-funds
VC firm intends to deploy capital into Finnish venture capital and small buyout funds
VC firms invest €3.6m in Blickfeld
Fluxunit, HTGF, Tengelmann and UnternehmerTUM all take part in the funding round
Global Founders in £36m Nested round
Online estate agent will target expansion in London before looking to grow across the UK
Invitalia hits €87m final close with EIB commitment
Fund has already invested €11m in 16 Italian startups and currently has €33m in AUM
Circularity and Mustard Seed co-lead $7.4m round for Winnow
Business will roll out its software for tracking food wastage across new international markets
Auven leads $200m round for ADC Therapeutics
Hedge fund Red Mile, the Wild Family Office and VC Astrazeneca also back the round
Paladin and VT Partners join forces on cybersecurity investments
The two firms intend to share resources, knowledge and networks through the agreement
CM-CIC leads €6.1m series-B for Robart
Innovacom, Robert Bosch Venture Capital and SEB Alliance also take part in the financing
Korelya to manage extra €100m on behalf of Naver
Venture player Korelya is headed by former French secretary of state Fleur Pellerin
German VC firms back €19m series-C for Global Savings
Rocket Internet, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Deutsche Telekom Venture Funds, Ru-Net and Deutsche Bank take part
Spectrum holds final close on $1.25bn hard-cap
GP will make investments in IT companies ranging from $25m up to more than $100m
Santo leads €22m funding round for Movinga
Santo invests €18m in two €9m tranches; Rocket Internet and Earlybird invest €4.4m
Otium Capital and Kima Ventures in €2m round for Comet
Venture capital funds back startup, which connects freelancers with companies who need staff