Last week was absolutely astonishing regarding venture capital deals in Europe. I was overwhelmed by the amount of news I got. Here are the most important, even though I left out many deals that weren't digital, web or mobile.
I'm curious to see some stats about the VC industry in this last part of 2009, I have a felling it's really booming.
PPM Oost invests in Can-iTGovernmanet-backed venture investor PPM Oost has invested an undisclosed sum into internet firm Can-iT, acquiring a 16% stake in the business
- Icso backs EUR 4m AT Internet investment
Icso Private Equity and l’IRDI have provided software business AT Internet with an investment of over EUR 4m
- Maven Capital invests £2m into Documetric
Maven Capital Partners, via its Capital for Enterprise Fund, has invested £2m into Documetric, a provider of business-to-business services
- YFM Venture Finance invests £400,000 into Lattice Voice
YFM Venture Finance, via its PIF and YHEF vehicles, has invested £406,000 into telecoms software company Lattice Voice Technologies
- Emertec supports Insiteo
Emertec, alongside a group of business angels, has provided a first round of funding for Insiteo, an indoor geo-location company, valued at several million euros
- Chalmers leads a SEK 2.3m funding round for Aluwave
Chalmer Innovation Seed Fund has alongside Innovationsbron and existing backers participated in a SEK 2.3 millions round for Aluwave
- Wellington leads $16m Livebookings funding
Pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners has led a $16m funding round for online restaurant marketing and reservations service Livebookings, along existing investors
- NextStage makes EUR 1m Expertissim investment
NextStage has invested EUR 1m in Expertissim, an online art retail platform
- Neuhaus Partners and T-Venture invest in WWG
German venture investor Neuhaus Partners and T-Venture, the venture capital company of Deutsche Telekom, have joined existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures and High-Tech Grunderfonds, in a series A round of funding for online games portal Worldwidegames GmbH (WWG)
- Auriga leads EUR 3.2m Cytoo financing
Augriga Partners has led a second round of financing for technology company Cytoo, raising EUR 3.2 millions
- Advent, AGF and Atlas return for EUR 15m Dailymotion investment (TechCrunch post)
Advent Venture Partners, AGF Private Equity, Atlas Venture and Partech International have returned for a EUR 15m third round of funding in Dailymotion, alongside a new investor
- XAnge provide KissKissBankBank with EUR 750k
XAnge Private Equity has provided KissKissBankBank, an internet platform, with EUR 750,000 in seed financing
- Mercia et al. invest £400,000 into Allinea Software
Mercia Technology Seed Fund and Midven, via its Advantage Growth Fund, have co-led a £400,000 seed funding round for specialist software developer Allinea Software
- MCP backs Microgame in a 8 figures deal
International private equity fund Monitor Clipper Partners (MCP) has backed online game operator Microgame, in a deal thought to be valued in the tens of millions of Euros
- Amadeus Capital invests in Linkdex
Amadeus Capital Partners, via its Amadeus Seed Fund and Amadeus III vehicle, has invested EUR650,000 into software company Linkdex
- BrainsToVentures invests in Linguee
Investors from BrainsToVentures have, together with its in-house fund, provided a second round of financing for online translation search engine provider Linguee GmbH
- Seventure invests EUR 1.6m into TalentSoft (TechCrunch post)
Seventure Partners has provided software company TalentSoft with an investment of EUR 1.6m
