Wellington Partners
Wellington Partners leads series-C for Sensimed
Wellington Partners, Agate Medical Investments and Vinci Capital/Renaissance PME have invested CHF 17m in Swiss medical supplies business Sensimed.
Wellington et al. in seed round for HowDo
Wellington Partners has led a seed investment round in Sweden-based HowDo, a knowledge-based social platform.
DACH PE Congress: Sourcing in a low-growth environment
With the eurocrisis overshadowing any economic and fiscal concern on the continent, GPs have to rethink how to successfully source deals and impress investors to secure commitments for future funds. Anneken Tappe reports from the unquote” DACH Private...
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Wellington Partners IV holds €70m first close
Wellington Partners has held a first closing for Wellington Partners IV Life Science on €70m.
VCs in $28m funding round for Oxford Immunotec
A pool of venture capital firms has backed a $28m funding round for Oxford University’s medical diagnostics spin-off Oxford Immunotec.
Wellington Partners et al. invest in Readmill
Wellington Partners has joined previous investors Passion Capital and Index Ventures in a series-A funding round for German social reading platform Readmill.
Wellington invests in BonusBox
Wellington Partners has invested in German social commerce provider BonusBox.
Venture firms agree on start-up funding guidelines
A series of venture industry-sanctioned guidelines, designed to facilitate entrepreneurs’ access to seed funding, were announced today.
Wellington Partners backs Artfinder
Wellington Partners has led an investment in online service provider Artfinder. US-based Greylock Discovery Fund and angel investor Sherry Coutu also participated in the first round funding.
Wellington Partners strengthens cleantech team
Pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has appointed Jigar Shah and Mark Woodall as venture partners, increasing the headcount of the cleantech investment team to four.
Wellington appoints new Venture Partner
Munich-based venture specialist Wellington Partners has appointed Jigar Shah as a venture partner.
Existing investors back €34.5m round for SuperSonic
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Auriga Partners, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, NBGI Ventures, BioAm, Wellington Partners and IXO Private Equity have joined new investors in a €34.5m series-C funding round for SuperSonic Imagine.
Wellington leads SEK 170m round in GLO
Wellington Partners has led a SEK 170m funding round in nanowire semiconductor LED developer GLO AB.
Consortium invests €53.8m in immatics
A consortium of investors including Wellington Partners, dievini Hopp Biotech holding, MIG Verwaltungs and AT Impf have raised €53.8m in a series-C funding round for immatics biotechnologies GmbH.
Wellington Partners sells off Aloqa
Venture capital firm Wellington Partners has agreed to sell Munich-based software company Aloqa GmbH to mobile phone giant Motorola for an undisclosed sum.
EPS Value Plus backs CHF 10m round in Sensimed
EPS Value Plus AG has invested CHF 3.5m as part of a CHF 10m series-B financing round in micro-systems developer Sensimed.
NLV leads $26m round for Immunotec
US-based New Leaf Venture Partners (NLV Partners) has led a second tranche of a $26m series-D round of funding for biotech business, Oxford Immunotec Ltd.
ERIP et al. in €8m round for Implanet
Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners (ERIP), has led an €8m round for Implanet SA, a French developer of surgical implants for orthopedic and spine surgery, along side CM-CIC Private Equity, Wellington Partners and Seventures Partners.
Seed financing fails to germinate
The German venture industry is under fire from all angles, with the regulatory environment, a shortage of serial entrepreneurs, and a lack of support from domestic LPs posing formidable challenges. One of the core problems within the segment, however,...
Wellington appoints new venture partner
Wellington Partners has appointed Mossadiq Umedaly as venture partner. Primarily based in the firm's Palo Alto, Umedaly is expected to be involved in cleantech investments out of Wellington Partners' London and Munich offices.