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Italian VCs inject €2m into Personal Factory
IMI Fondi Chiusi has joined existing backers Vertis and Fondamenta in a €2m round for building materials company Personal Factory.
Octopus leads £3.7m investment in Amplience
Octopus Investment, joined by existing shareholders as well as new investor Northstar Ventures, has led a £3.7m series-B funding round for e-commerce technology company Amplience.
Imperial et al. back Polytherics and Antitope merger
Imperial Innovations, Mercia Fund Management, Catapult Venture Managers and Invesco Perpetual have provided £13.5m for the takeover of Antitope by UK-based biotechnology firm Polytherics.
Index et al. back Wool And The Gang with $2.8m
UK-based knitwear e-commerce company Wool And The Gang has raised $2.8m from Index Ventures, Wellington Partners and MMC Ventures.
Atlas leads €2.5m round for Harbour Antibodies
Atlas Venture has led a €2.5m funding round for Rotterdam-based Harbour Antibodies, an engineer of transgenic mice designed to produce high-affinity human antibodies.
Sycamore Aviation lands £750,000 investment
Durham-based Sycamore Aviation has received a £750,000 cash injection from a syndicate of investors led by regional firm FW Capital.
United Ventures supports LoveTheSign
United Ventures has led a €1m funding round for e-commerce interior design site LoveTheSign.com.
Octopus backs Affectv with £2m
Octopus Investments has injected £2m into Affectv, a UK-based targeted-advertisement technology company.
Jobandtalent raises €2.5m from Kibo Ventures et al.
Spanish venture capital investor Kibo Ventures has led a €2.5m funding round for recruitment firm Jobandtalent.
Gimv et al. back Jenavalve
A consortium of venture capital investors has injected $62.5m as part of a series-C round for Jenavalve Technology, a Germany-based medical devices manufacturer.
MMC in $1.5m round for Invenias
MMC Ventures has taken part in a $1.5m funding round for UK-based Invenias, a cloud-based search software provider for executive recruitment firms.
ReNeuron raises £33.2m
Several venture capital investors, including the Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund, have participated in a £33.2m funding round for stem cell development firm ReNeuron.
French VCs in €23.5m round for Withings
State-backed investor BPI France, Idinvest Partners, 360 Capital Partners and existing backer Ventech have invested €23.5m in French smart devices business Withings.
UI Gestion injects €15m into GBNA
French GP UI Gestion has provided private healthcare group GBNA with €15m of growth capital funding.
Active Venture Partners backs ReviewPro
Active Venture Partners has injected €3m into Spanish online reputation analytics firm ReviewPro.
Greek taxi-hailing start-up Taxibeat secures $2m
Athens-based Taxibeat, a taxi-hailing start-up business, has received $2m in fresh funding, marking a reawakening in Greece's hushed investment market.
Panoramic backs Captify Media
Panoramic Growth Equity has injected £1.2m into digital marketing company Captify Media in exchange for a minority stake.
BGF invests £10m in York Mailing
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has invested £10m in UK printing business York Mailing, a producer of retail flyers, media inserts and catalogues.
MCI backs Answear.com
MCI Management has invested in Polish online fashion retailer Answear.com in return for a minority stake.
Smadex raises €600,000 from Cabiedes et al.
Spanish mobile advertising firm Smadex has closed a €600,000 funding round with participation from Cabiedes & Partners.
Oakley's intergenia acquires German web hosting company
Oakley Capital Equity Partners’s (OCEP) portfolio company intergenia has bought web hosting provider Internet24.
Idinvest leads €34m round for Crocus
Idinvest Partners has led a €34m funding round for Crocus Technology, a French supplier of magnetic semiconductors and sensors, with participation from a consortium of new and existing backers.
August invests in Minerva Education
August Equity has invested in Minerva Education, the parent company of Eaton Square School Group (ESS) and Ravenstone School.
Avedon backs 2theloo
Avedon Capital Partners has provided funding to Netherlands-based 2theloo, a provider of public toilets and hygiene-related products.