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BioGeneration Ventures Fund III secures EUR66m

BioGeneration Ventures (BGV), a early stage life sciences venture capital firm, has secured investments from the European Investment Fund (EIF) and other new investors in BGV III, taking the fund’s total capital commitments to EUR66 million. The Fund is supported by the “InnovFin – EU Finance for Innovators” initiative under

MUSO Raises GBP2.5m in Series A round

MUSO has raised GBP2.5 million in Series A funding from Harwell Capital. The investment will be used to expand the company’s current capabilities around sales and marketing, as well as bolster its technology and operations infrastructure and support. MUSO tracked more than 191 billion global visits to websites hosting unlicensed

NewAlpha closes first VC fund at EUR56m

NewAlpha Asset Management (NewAlpha) has closed its first venture capital fund with capital commitments of EUR56 million including an EUR15 million investment by the French Tech Acceleration fund, managed by Bpifrance as part of the French Tech initiative and financed by the Investments for the Future Programme (PIA). The fund,

JML acquires consumer goods start-up in GBP2.3m deal

Consumer product brand JML has acquired health and beauty goods start-up Brand Evangelists in a deal worth GBP2.3 million. JML, which was founded in 1986, is a UK-based company specialising in retail promotions, TV home shopping and e-commerce. A spokesperson said today that it had acquired a 51 per cent

Satori Capital invests in The Lovesac Company

Satori Capital has made a USD10 million investment in The Lovesac Company. Satori, a Dallas/Fort Worth multi-strategy investment firm committed to the principles of conscious capitalism, served as the anchor investor in the current bridge round of financing. Mistral Equity Partners, which has provided growth capital to Lovesac since 2010,

LetsVenture and OurCrowd form strategic India-Israel partnership

OurCrowd, a global leader in equity crowdfunding, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with LetsVenture, India’s largest marketplace for startup funding. As part of this partnership, OurCrowd will offer curated deals to Indian investor syndicates managed by LetsVenture, as well as showcase Indian startups on OurCrowd’s platform, giving selected Indian

Trend Micro launches new USD100m venture fund

Cybersecurity specialist Trend Micro Incorporated has launched a corporate venture fund to explore emerging technology markets. With an initial investment of USD100 million, this venture fund will allow Trend Micro to nurture a portfolio of startups that are incubating ideas and living at the epicenter of hyper growth markets, such

Disruptive big data company Quantexa furthers global expansion

Quantexa, a big data and analytics company backed by HSBC and Albion Ventures, has furthered its international expansion by opening a new office in Sydney, Australia. This follows the opening of a Brussels office in April and the doubling in size of the firm’s Global Headquarters in London.   Following

Rabobank names Global Head of M&A

Rabobank has appointed Donald Meltzer, currently Vice Chairman, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions North America will assume the role of Global Head of M&A. In addition to his global responsibilities, Meltzer will continue to lead the North American M&A business, a critical component of Rabobank’s global M&A strategy. In his new

TechSee secures USD 7.5m in Series A funding

TechSee, a specialist in Intelligent Visual Support powered by AI for corporates’ customer support departments, has successfully completed a USD 7.5 million Series A round of financing led by Planven Investments with participation of existing investors OurCrowd and strategic investors innogy, Comdata Group and other investors. “The new investment will help

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