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Nokia Ventures rebrands, plans new fundThe venture capital arm of Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has changed its name to BlueRun Ventures and announced a first close of its third venture fund on $350m.
- Sofinnova V capped at €385m
Paris-based Sofinnova Partners has pulled off a rare fundraising success for a European venture group, raising €385m for its fifth vehicle.
- European venture on the rebound
Since the technology crash first began to take its toll several years ago, European venture has been in the doldrums: a new report indicates the first tangible evidence of recovery.
- European capital overhang at ‘1.5 years’ supply’
In 2003, members of EVCA invested €29bn of equity in 7,500 companies while raising €27bn of fresh capital.
- European GPs bullish as write-offs tumble
2003 was the year in which confidence returned to the European private equity industry according to preliminary figures from the EVCA.
- Wellington sells security firm for $33m
Wellington Partners, the Munich-based venture capital firm, has sold German content security provider Cobion to Nasdaq-listed Internet Security Systems, an IT security firm, for $33m.
- Euro deal round-up 11/02/04
Cyclacel takes venture funding to $123m; Sovereign backs UK care homes buyout; Sanos lands €8m Series A round; 3i, Montagu lead $15m Searchspace round; Transatlantic funding for Pertinence Data; Soffinova backs wireless start-up; Siemens spin-off lands €4.4m second round; Elliptic lands €8.5m backing from Apax, IVC
- Deal round-up
Cyclacel fundraising passes $100m mark; Sanos lands €8m Series A round; 3i, Montagu lead $15m Searchspace round; Transatlantic funding for Pertinence Data; Sofinnova backs wireless start-up; Siemens spin-off lands €4.4m second round
- Deal round-up 16/12/03
Amadeus, Apax lead Acol first round; Gyros closes largest Nordic biotech round; HBM leads E13.8m Ingenium round; SG Capital Europe takes Lince stake
- Esmertec lands bumper software round
Earlybird Venture Capital portfolio company Esmertec has raised $27m in what is the largest fundraising by a European software company since mid-2002.