REAL TIME VC & PRIVATE EQUITY DEALS AND NEWS
CloudBees, a Lewes, DE-based provider of Java Platform as a Service for both enterprises and ISVs, from development to production, has raised $4m in Series A financing. The round was led by Matrix Partners, with participation from individual investors, including Marc Fleury, the JBoss founder, and Bob Bickel. The company intends to use the funds […]
FXecosystem, a New York-based low latency trading infrastructure provider to the world’s global foreign exchange market, has completed a Series A funding round of undisclosed amount. Investors include New York based telecom investment bank Richfield Capital Partners and a European-based private equity consortium. According to Jock Percy, CEO of the company, the proceeds from the […]
SuperSonic Imagine, an Aix-en-Provence, France-based ultrasound medical imaging company, has closed a €34m Series C financing. The round was led by new investors Mérieux Développement, followed by Canon, Inc. and InnoBio, which committed a total of €15.5m. Existing backers including Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners, Auriga Partners, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, NBGI Ventures, BioAm (managed by […]
Kineto Wireless, a Milpitas, CA-based supplier of smart offload solutions for smartphones, recently raised $3m in debt and equity financing. According to a regultuary filing, investors include Venrock, Seapoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. The company’s solutions are designed to enable mobile operators to use existing Wi-Fi in subscriber’s homes and offices to offload mobile […]
Seoul Semiconductor Corporation (CEO: Chung Hoon LEE), a global market-leader in Light-Emitting Diode (LED) technology, and Singapore-based Vertex Venture Management have recently agreed to jointly seek and invest in companies with advanced capabilities in the areas of LED technology development. Within the framework of the deal, Seoul Semiconductor will seek out companies and combine them […]
SEEC AB (Scandinavian Energy Efficiency Co.), a Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Sweden-based developer of energy storage and energy modules for large buildings and industrial plants, recently received an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Sting Capital. The company intends to use the investment to grow its operations and expand in Sweden and abroad. Formed in October 2006, SEEC […]
Havgul Clean Energy, an Oslo, Norway-based wind power project developing company, has raised NOK50m (approximately €6.1m) in equity financing. Investors include Investinor, which committed NOK25m, Sustainable Technologies Fund and Harald Dirdal (photo), who is one of the founders of the company. In conjunction with the deal, Helle Moen, Investinor Investment Director, will join Havgul’s board […]
Syntarga B.V., a Nijmegen, Netherlands-based biopharmaceutical company, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from PPM Oost. Syntarga, a spin off from Radboud University Nijmegen, is focused on developing a technology for linking antibodies to cancer drugs. The combination of antibody and cancer drug is also called “Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC)”. Arnhem and Enschede-based PPM Oost […]
Pegasus Direct Mail Worx Inc., an Hamilton, ON-based provider of direct mail solutions, has received a $400,000 mezzanine financing from NorthSpring Capital Partners. The proceeds from the financing will enable Dan Schottlander, the former General Manager of Pegasus, and his wife Anne, to complete a management buyout. Pegasus provides its clients with direct mail marketing […]
Time Out, a London, UK-based international multi channel publisher, has received an equity investment of undisclosed amount from Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. With the transaction, the private equity fund acquired a 50% stake in the company. Founded in 1968, Time Out provides services across traditional print, digital channels and live events in over 30 […]
XP Investimentos, a Brazil-based independent brokerage firm, has received a US$58m equity investment from Actis. With the investment, which is still subject to approval by the Brazilian Central Bank, Actis has acquired a minority stake in the company and will help XP Investimentos prepare for an IPO. In particular, the capital will enable XP to […]
Kurani Interactive, the Red Bank, New Jersey-based developer of Opinionaided, a free application that lets users use iPhone or iPod Touch to get advice and opinions in realtime, has raised $275,000 in funding from angel investors Chuck Chesler and Al Angrisani. This funding, which is part of a larger investment commitment the company will close […]
Sprint Bioscience, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company focusing on early cancer drug discovery using fragment-based methods, has raised start up capital from ALMI Invest and Entreprenörsfonden. Sprint Bioscience offers a platform for fragment-based drug discovery comprising protein expression and purification, fragment screening, high-throughput X-ray crystallography and full expansion of fragments into a patented lead series. The […]
Xention, Ltd., a Cambridge, UK-based biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of ion channel-modulating drugs, has closed an £8m series D financing. The round was led by new investor Seroba-Kernel Life Sciences Ltd, with participation from existing investors Forbion Capital Partners, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, MVM and BTG International. The company intends to […]
PhotoSolar, a Taastrup, Denmark-based producer of solar shading, raised DKK 27m in funding. Investors include the Dutch venture capital firm SET Venture Partners and Danish existing investors including Vækstfonden, The Danish Technological Institute and Syddansk Teknologis. The company has developed a new type of solar shading that allows the right amount of light to get […]