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  • Inmatics wins €40m in financing round
    Jo Nash- 3 January 2013

    Inmatics Biotechnologies, a German bio-pharmaceutical company, has raised €40m in its second financing round, the largest private biotech financing round in Germany since 2001.

  • Wellington Partners holds first close on €50m
    PEI Staff- 3 January 2013

    German venture capital firm Wellington Partners has held a final close of its third life science fund on €50m and expects to hold a final close by the summer on €120m.

  • Selectively confident
    Robert Venes- 31 December 2012

    A new report from Ernst & Young suggests that confidence is slowly, but surely, returning to the European venture capital scene. Robert Venes reports.

  • Venture-backed NoemaLife IPOs in Milan
    Robert Venes- 31 December 2012

    German venture capital firm Wellington Partners and German/US VC Earlybird portfolio company NoemaLife has seen a 37% increase in share price since floating on the Milan Stock Exchange at the end of last week.

  • VCM hires Cotta as new MD
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The German fund of funds group has drafted experienced investment banker and private equity professional Jan Cotta to its senior management team.

  • Banexi Ventures races to €130m final close
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    In a further sign of restored investor confidence in the European venture market, Banexi Ventures Partners has closed its fourth, heavily oversubscribed early stage vehicle.

  • Index races to €300m final close
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    Index Ventures is the latest European VC investor to raise a new vehicle, closing its fourth fund on €300m.

  • Wellington hires ex-Benchmark pro
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    46-year-old former Benchmark Capital executive Eric Archambeau has joined the Munich-based VC as a general partner.

  • Wellington Partners posts €85m first close
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    The Munich-based venture capital firm has announced a first closing of its latest fund on €85m. It is aiming to close on at least €120m next year.

  • Wellington sells security firm for $33m
    PEI Staff- 30 December 2012

    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.