Private Equity
Wool and the Gang has secured $2.8 million funding. The investment round was led by Index Ventures and Wellington Partners, together with MMC Ventures and a number of other tech investors. Wool and the Gang is a global handcrafted and knitted fashion brand.
5 min read · 25 July 2013
BlueTarp Financial, a credit provider for the building supply industry, has closed a $15 million equity round led by new investor Long Ridge Equity Partners. BlueTarp's existing investor group, including Highland Capital Partners, Flybridge Capital Partners, Village Ventures and Trinity Ventures also participated in the round.
3 min read · 24 July 2013
Treasure Data, a cloud-based analytics service, has closed $5 million in Series A financing led by Sierra Ventures. This investment will fund global expansion of the company’s operations world-wide.
3 min read · 24 July 2013
Octopus has made a 2 million pounds ($3.1 million) investment into audience technology company Affectv. The funding from Octopus will be used to support the continued growth of the company as it looks to develop its products and expand its sales and technology teams.
5 min read · 23 July 2013
jobandtalent, a London and Madrid-based recruitment platform has closed a 2.5 million euros ($3.3 million) funding round led by a group of Spanish investors. Investors in the latest funding round include Kibo Ventures; Félix Ruiz and existing shareholder, Alfonso Villanueva.
4 min read · 23 July 2013
Arthurian Life Sciences Limited, manager of the Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund, has arranged a 12.8 million pounds ($19.6 million) funding commitment from the Welsh Government to enable ReNeuron to relocate to Wales and continue to grow the unique stem cell R&D, clinical trials and manufacturing base of the company. The funding package is made up of 5 million pounds direct equity investment from the Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund and a 7.8 million pounds commitment of non-dilutive grants from the Government.
8 min read · 22 July 2013
Software platform Invenias has secured $1.5 million in expansion funding. Backers included MMC Ventures and a number of private investors, including Mark Farmer, founder of Eden Ventures.
2 min read · 22 July 2013
Italian venture capital funds TT Venture, a fund managed by Fondamenta SGR – and Atlante Seed, a fund managed by IMI Fondi Chiusi SGR, an Intesa Sanpaolo Group company have invested in MilkyWay. The business is a start-up based in Modena, Italy focused on the design, manufacture and on-line sales of bike-trial and extreme sports equipment.
3 min read · 18 July 2013
Kings Park Capital has sold IHS GmbH to a NewCo backed by Battery Ventures, a US-based technology-focused investment fund. IHS is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and provides a range of global sales & marketing, distribution, and training services to independent hotels and regional hotel groups.
2 min read · 17 July 2013
Huddle has entered into a partnership with UK reseller Softcat. Huddle provides next generation content collaboration for government and enterprises and is backed by venture capital firms DAG Ventures, Eden Ventures, Matrix Partners and Jafco Ventures.
2 min read · 17 July 2013
