Venture
Principia launches fashion- and design-focused VC fund
Launched with a €150m target, the fund expects to close its first transaction by Q3 2017
Tikehau invests £80m in IT and web hosting firm Claranet
Company recently expanded into Italy, on top of acquiring Brazilian and Dutch competitors
HTGF in €1.5m seed round for Replex
Fresh capital will be used to expand into the US market, with a new office recently opened in San Francisco
Spintop leads €2m round for cleaning platform Freska
Investment comes a year after the home cleaning platform acquired Norwegian competitor Freska
Kartesia leads €25m round for Vet+a
Deal is the second investment in the insurtech sector for the GP, after backing GT Motion in January
Tesi and Debiopharm in $10m series-B for BC Platforms
Biopharmaceutical company will launch new technologies and integrate clinical and genomic data
Highland and Grafton in $40m round for Starleaf
Cloud-based video conferencing company to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region
83North hires Just Eat's David Buttress as partner
Buttress will be working with 83North portfolio companies on the operational side of their business models
Highlander backs Rotometal
Rotometal will use the new investment to expand its product range and enter new export markets
Accel leads $30m series-A for UiPath
New funding will be used predominantly to hire new staff to keep up with increasing product demand
Innogy Ventures leads €13m series-C for Move24
Move24 plans to hold further closes for the round, potentially raising up to €20m over the next eight weeks
Ringier, BtoV, et al. in €6m round for Foodspring
Company will use the fresh capital to expand into other European countries and develop its food products
Project A sells Minodes to Telefonica Next
Fifth exit from Project A's first fund, which held a final close on €80m in 2012
Albion and Grafton in £12m series-B for MPP Global
UK-based media, marketing and data analytics business to expand across the US and Asia Pacific region
Novartis, Columbus et al. in €37.5m series-A round for Vivet
Other investors in the round include Roche Venture Fund, HealthCap, Kurma Partners and Ysios Capital
Go Capital holds first close for €60m seed fund
Fund will invest in companies in pre-development stage across a broad range of sectors
Finlab and Coparion back Fastbill
Extra capital will be used to support the company's growth by expanding the financial platform
BIVF at al. lead €20m series-A for ImCheck Therapeutics
Backers include Kurma Partners, Idinvest, Gimv and Life Sciences Partners
HTGF sells Collinor to Godesys
Medium-term goal of the acquisition is to integrate Collinor's software into Godesys's project management systems
OxfordCapital and Episode 1 lead $3.1m round for Attest
Market research platform will use the funding to launch its product, and invest in product development
Vendep Capital hits €40m close for second venture fund
GP aims to support pre-series-A fundraising for Finnish software developers
Elaia Partners holds €115m first close for latest fund
French VC has already made five investments via its latest vehicle, Elaia Delta Fund
Bitkraft holds €18m first close for eSport venture fund
Fund is targeting a final close on €30m and has already invested in 10 eSport companies
Digital+ Partners leads €13.5m series-B for Riskmethods
New capital will be used to accelerate product development and further international expansion