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COBI said Wednesday it raised more than $4 million from European investors Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital and Creathor Venture. Private investors from COBI's seed round of financing also participated. COBI, of Frankfurt, Germany, has developed a modular system to digitally upgrade bicycles to smart bikes.

Mobiles Republic said Wednesday that it has received $6 million in Series B funding. Intel Capital led the round with participation from XAnge Private Equity and Creathor Venture. Headquartered in San Francisco, Mobiles Republic is a syndicator of news apps for mobile devices.

Bitbar said Wednesday that it closed a $3 million financing round led by Creathor Venture, DFJ Esprit, Finnvera Venture Capital and Qualcomm. Based in Helsinki, Finland and Silicon Valley, Bitbar is the creator behind a cloud-based Android testing platform.

CEVEC Pharmaceuticals, a maker of technology used for the manufacture of complex biologics and therapeutic antibodies, has inked $8.6 million in financing from NRW.BANK, Creathor Venture Fonds, and other undisclosed investors. The money will help with continued development. CEVEC is based in Cologne, Germany.

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CEVEC Pharmaceuticals GmbH, a German developer of a technology platform for developing therapeutic proteins, has raised €4 million. Creathor Venture Fonds and NRW.BANK co-led the round, and were joined by return backers like Sparkasse KoelnBonn and ERP Startfonds.

Diva AG, a Zurich-based developer of a B2B publishing platform for digital media assets, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from Creathor Venture.

Ayoxxa Biosystems, a biotech firm in Germany and Singapore, has received an additional 2.3 million euros in its Series B funding. The investors in this round were BioMedPartners AG and Grazia Equity GmbH. Also, the company has named Andreas Richter as chief financial officer. His appointment becomes effective January 1, 2015.

Zimory has secured $20 million in funding led by Deutsche Boerse. Creathor Venture, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, KFW and T-Venture also participated. Berlin-based Zimory provides carrier-grade cloud infrastructure management software.

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Netbiscuits, a developer of software for “adaptive web development,” has raised $27 million in new funding. Stripes Group led the round, and was joined by existing investor T-Venture. The money will go toward bolstering sales and marketing and expanding research and development efforts.

Caprotec Bioanalytics GmbH, a Berlin-based biopharmaceutical company, has added $1.4 million in a second tranche of its Series B round, bringing the total raised in the round to $7.2 million. LBBW Venture Capital , Creathor Venture, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, ERP Startfonds, and other undisclosed investors contributed to the round. Caprotec is based in Berlin, with operations in Burlington, Mass.

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