Venture
Swiss commerce minister announces CHF 500m VC fund
Schneider-Amman states between CHF 200-300m has already been committed by Credit Suisse, Mobiliar and UBS
1717 Life Science Ventures announces €50m venture fund
1717 will now begin fundraising and expects to hold a final close within six to eight months
Endeit Capital in €15m series-B for Gastrofix
Round was led by German brewery group Radeberger, which already provided €8m in February
ETF and McRock in €8.3m round for Worldsensing
Data analytics company will increase its focus on smart cities and industrial IoT products
HTGF in €3m series-B round for POS Pulse
Round was led by former Schleich managing director Paul Kraut along with moebel.de founder Robert Kabs
Partech holds final closing on €400m for seventh VC fund
GP's previous vehicle, Partech VI, closed with €130m in commitments in 2013
Shortcut et al. sell Mediakraft to Gamigo
Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital are among the company's previous investors
Xing buys Kizoo-backed Prescreen for €17m
Purchase price could rise by €5-10m from earn-out payments based on 2020 targets
Project A, Creandum lead €8.5m series-A for Comtravo
New funding will be used to accelerate product development and facilitate future international expansion
Runa and XAnge in €4m Yoopies series-A
Further undisclosed amount was raised to fund the takeover of UK-based FindaBabysitter
High-Tech Gründerfonds sells Fruux
GP sells its stake to the company's founding partner after a five-year holding period
Cipio holds final close for Fund VII on €174m
Fund will make primary and secondary growth capital investments in expansion-stage technology companies
Breega Capital closes second fund on €100m
Breega Capital Venture One, the firm's maiden fund, had reached a €45m close in March 2016
PE-backed Global Bionenergies in €10m private placement
CM-CIC and Seventure Partners are among the company's shareholders, and are reducing their respective stakes
HTGF, Media Ventures et al. in $8.5m round for Make.tv
Corporate venture players Voyager Capital, Microsoft Ventures and Vulcan Capital also back the round
Target Partners leads €4.2m round for ArangoDB
Deal is the final tranche of the series-A funding round, which first closed on €2.2m in November 2016
VCs back digital insurance merger
Previous Knip investors Route 66 Ventures, Red Alpine and QED are also providing funding to support the merger
BaltCap holds €40m first close for growth fund
Baltic-SME-focused vehicle has a target of €50m and raised commitments from pension funds and the EIF
iSeed exits MySugr in trade sale to Roche
Mysugr was backed by US VC iSeed Ventures as well as Roche Ventures, Allianz Ventures and XLHealth
XAnge exits KissKissBankBank
XAnge Private Equity first invested in the Parisian startup with a €750,000 seed roundin 2009
Primomiglio leads €1.5m round for Codemotion
Backers include Italian venture capital firms Invitalia Ventures and LVenture Group
Cathay Innovation raises $320m for first vehicle
Cathay Innovation, Cathay Capital Private Equity's venture arm, closes its first investment vehicle
VC-backed Delivery Hero readies for €4bn+ IPO
Listing is expected to raise €996m and give the company a total enterprise value of €4.4bn
Safran and Pengpai in $26m funding round for Kalray
Safran Corporate Ventures and Pengpai join as new investors in the round alongside previous backers