Venture
Lakestar, GV lead $40m series-B for Blockchain
Digital currency platform will look to expand internationally and invest in research and development
Accel leads $11m series-A for Soldo
Connect Ventures, IrReach Ventures, U-Start and R204 Partners also took part in the round
Iris Capital holds €250m first close for IrisNext
Venture fund, which will largely focus on the digital sector, is largest raised by the GP to date
83North appoints Tucci as special adviser
Tucci leaves EMC Corporation after 16 years to join 83North following the close of its recent fund
Innogest, Invitalia in €8.4m series-A for GreenBone Ortho
Luxembourg-based investment holding Helsinn Group led the funding round with a €2m injection
TVM leads €25m series-A for Centogene
Backers include Deutsche Private Equity, Careventures and CIC Capital
Medicxi launches £300m late-stage fund
New vehicle will invest €10-25m in private or public European biotechnology businesses
Maven backs ITS with £2.25m venture funding
Maven deploys capital for the internet provider via its venture capital trust funds
BOM Capital in €45m round for Protix
GP had already contributed to a first venture round of an undisclosed amount in 2015
Albion invests £4.7m in G Network
Fibre broadband company is aiming to connect 70 streets in central London to attract new SME clients
Point Nine closes €75m venture fund
Vehicle was launched in Q4 2016 and has raised the majority of its commitments from existing investors
Bayern Kapital backs Octimine Technologies
Numerous business angels also invested in the round to provide an amount in the seven-digit range
Albion Ventures rebrands as Albion Capital
Change follows the acquisition of Olim Investment Managers and the general expansion of the firm's remit
Expon leads €2m round for Nektria
Spanish delivery management software startup will expand its international presence
Accel leads $53m round for Algolia
Accel Partners had already led a $18.3m series-A for the tech startup in 2015
US investors lead $6m round for Jodel
Business angels the Samwer brothers and Soundcloud investor Christophe Maire also participated
VCs exit Propertybase to Boston Logic
Neuhaus Partners, HTGF, Bayern Kapital and BayBG all report a successful exit from the investment
Redalpine to close venture fund by end of Q2
Fund is still open for investments and has a hard-cap of CHF 100m with minimum commitments of CHF 1m
Creandum, Idinvest, Alven in €7m round for Clustree
Alven Capital provided a €2.5m round of early-stage funding for Clustree in 2015
Speedinvest in €2.5m round for Fincompare
Business angels and family offices from the banking and finance sectors also invest in the round
Grazia Equity leads $4.9m seed round for Yeay
VC firm Mountain Partners also invested in the round along with well known business angels
VC firms in €13m round for Alphapet Ventures
Heliad Equity Partners, Venturestars, Reimann Investors and Mountain Partners invested €10m of equity
Speedinvest leads €1m round for Timeular
Company will use the new money to expand its operations to the US and other international markets
VC-backed Bicycle Therapeutics raises £40m series-B
Round is led by new backer Vertex Ventures and includes several existing investors