Noerr has advised the Dresden-based solar enterprise Heliatek on a Series D funding and the conclusion of a loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB). The total volume – including public subsidies – comes to around EUR80 million.   The funding consists of equity capital of EUR42 million, a

The Tikehau IM-managed Novi 1 fund has provided EUR15 million of a global EUR30 million financing for the Dietrich Carebus Group. The fund subscribed to the entire EUR10 million convertible bond issue and underwrote EUR5 million of the total EUR20 million senior bond issue.   Founded in 1920, Dietrich Carebus

NewAlpha Asset Management, which launched the first French venture capital fund dedicated to Fintechs in November 2015, has made a EUR2.5 million investment in Unilend. The investment provides Unilend with financial resources as it looks to move into the next phase in its development.   Working alongside the founders of

iOmx Therapeutics has closed a Series A financing round totalling EUR40 million, co-led by MPM Capital and Sofinnova Partners. Wellington Partners and Merck Ventures also invested.   iOmx focuses on the development of cancer therapeutics addressing next-generation immune checkpoints. By systematically screening human tumour cells, the company has already identified

A EUR20 million loan to help finance the construction of Senergy 2, a 20 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power plant in Bokhol, northern Senegal, has been agreed by intermediate capital and mezzanine finance facility Green Africa Power (GAP). Construction has already started on site and the plant, which will provide

TrueFacet has held the close of a USD6 million Series A funding round led by Maveron. Participation included Freestyle Capital, Social Leverage, Founders' Co-op, Trilogy and Liquid2 Ventures, owned by famed football legend Joe Montana, and global marketplace investors Rahul Mehta and John Lindfors.   The company recently appointed Francois Kress,

Private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP) has made a substantial investment in domiciliary care business Routes Healthcare, which provides NHS-funded intensive home care.  The investment is the first to be made following the launch of KCP’s new GBP80 million growth fund last November.   Routes Healthcare was established in

FinanceFox, an independent service platform for insurance brokers and consumers, has raised USD28 million – the largest “InsurTech” round in Europe to date – in a Series A funding round led by Target Global and Horizons Ventures. The funding will be used to further expand its product, marketing and sales

City centre bar chain BurningNight has secured GBP700,000 in the first days of its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdstacker, a UK-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform. BurningNight is offering 7 per cent per annum interest to those participating in the overall GBP3.5 million fundraise, to expand its chain of bar brands which