Venture
DN Capital leads $7m funding round for Cubyn
French logistics operator and e-delivery company looks to expand in the UK
Mangrove holds first close on $170m for fifth VC fund
VC will target European technology companies in the early stages of development, with add-on capital available
Pentech closes Fund III on £88m
New vehicle is double the size of the venture firm's previous effort, closed in 2008
Maven leads £3.5m round for Contego Fraud Solutions
NVM Private Equity and existing investors provide £1.7m in the round as well
KCP invests £6.6m in MC&C
New capital will be used to hire staff, invest in technology and finance potential acquisitions
Partech Ventures leads £12m series-A for Privitar
Backers include corporate investment group Salesforce Ventures and US-based CME Ventures
French venture expected to flourish under Macron
VCs welcome the arrival of a president who is likely to encourage a more favourable investment landscape
Creathor and MTIP lead €14m round for Blueprint
Existing investors, including Inventure and Pontos Group, will also participate
Smedvig, Panoramic back content creation firm Quill
Investment will be used to scale up the firm's operations and expand internationally
Insight leads $75m series-D for Darktrace
Cybersecurity firm will use the funding to support its ongoing international expansion
Index leads $66m series-B for Revolut
Online bank will expand internationally, with a particular focus on the US and Asia
Notion, NEA in $48m series-C for Move Guides
Since it was founded six years ago, Move Guides has raised $91m in five funding rounds
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
EnBW New Ventures in €7m round for Theva
ECapital, Bayern Kapital, Target Partners and Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft also invest
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