Esprit - DFJ Esprit announces $495m new European Venture Capital
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Fidelity has worked with a number of enterprises across Europe during the last decade deploying more than $150m in sectors including software, semi-conductors, telecommunications and consumer internet businesses. Past investments include Seatwave, a European leader in secondary ticketing; Curam, a global provider of social management software; and Neverfail, a server virtualisation solution vendor. Simon Clark, partner of Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, said, “I am delighted that we have been able to create Fidelity’s first venture fund solely focused on European companies.
Fidelity collects £100m for first fund dedicated to Europe
News - Highland Capital closes $400M Fund
This fund is half the size of its $800 million Fund VII, raised in 2006, a reflection of leaner times, but also of continued confidence on the part of LP’s. The company has done well in recent years, helping 90 of its 200+ companies to get acquired or go public. Some of the firm’s recent successes include Conor Medsystems (IPO/acquired by Johnson & Johnson), lululemon athletica (Nasdaq: LULU), Starent Networks (Nasdaq: STAR) and VistaPrint (Nasdaq: VPRT). Based in Boston, Highland has had a strong showing of pharmaceutical startups, but general partner Bob Higgins tells PE Hub that the firm will now be “more cautious on deals with high capital commitments,” which will likely mean shifting to lower-cost digital media and IT sectors. Highland Capital has closed its eighth fund , worth $400 million.
Denis Lucquin, a managing partner of Sofinnova Partners commented “Given the context of the global economy and coupled with our successes during the past 12 months, the closing of our sixth fund is testimony to the fact that our investors recognize our solid investment style and our ability to generate returns, even during turbulent economic times”. Sofinnova Capital VI will invest in all kind of areas, its former investments (already are in healthcare therapeutics, medical devices, green chemistry, wireless and mobile technologies. The investors that fueled the fund include CDC Entreprises , Industrial & Financial Investments Co ., JP Morgan Asset Management , funds advised by Partners Group and Skandia Life Insurance Company . The portfolio companies include Celsius, CoAxia, Inc., Crescendo Biologics Ltd, DNP Green Technology, Inc. , Flexion Therapeutics AG, MD Start, Mydeco (UK) and Sagem Wireless (France).
Sofinnova closes its Sixth fund at €260m | TheStartup.eu
Technology - Skype founders raise $165m for new fund
Atomico’s fundraising was not immune from the downturn. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last year, it said it originally hoped to raise $266m. “When we started we had a flexible number,” Mr Zennström said.
Index said that it aims to carry out around 20 seed deals over the next two years, ranging from angel-level investments of $50,000 up to $1m. The firm has made seed investments since its inception in 1996 but, as it has grown, the focus has shifted further along the venture capital spectrum. However, the reductions in technology costs and the rise of open-source software has driven down the costs of starting a business, making opportunities in the space more attractive, according to Index partner Saul Klein.
Index Ventures returns to roots with seed investment initiative
If you are already a AltAssets subscriber please log in below. Login area Sorry, to read the full story you must be a Premium Subscriber Finland early stage investor Conor Venture Partners has reached the first close of its second fund targeting technology investments in the Nordic and Baltic regions.
Nordic investor Conor reaches €46.5m first close of early stage
Finally, a quick note on scaling VC funds. As Fred notes in his post Moving to Boston venture teams work best when they are all in one location. We share that philosophy at DFJ Esprit, and seek to marry it with strong ties and networks in Silicon Valley and around the world. Like all of the sixteen funds around the world in the DFJ network , we raise our own separate funds which we manage as an independent partnership, but on top of that we operate as part of the DFJ global network of partners.
Atlas are leaving, but there is money in Europe | The Equity Kic
Alors que les investissements en capital risque sont en repli de 11 % en 2009, ils progressent de 26 % pour les entreprises du Web. 181 millions d'euros ont ainsi été injectés dans l'Internet français en 2009, selon l'indicateur Chausson Finance. © Journal du Net / Martin Ducrot
Le bilan du capital risque français en 2009 - Journal du Net e-B
Pontis Capital and a group of business angels have invested in games developer Xendex, in a financing round worth $3.5M UK – DN Capital invests in Apsmart AUSTRIA – Pontis leads $3.5m round for Xendex DN Capital has invested an undisclosed amount into smartphone company Apsmart
Late 2009 EU VC invt
Bestport Ventures has led an investment in internet marketing company Intela, committing a little over £3m in a round totalling £4 GERMANY – Seventure and DuMont invest EUR 2m in Tradoria UK – Bestport in £4.5m round for Intela Seventure Partners and DuMont Venture have invested EUR 2m in e-commerce solutions company Tradoria, in a series-B funding round Acton Capital Partners has acquired a minority stake in luxury online retailer mytheresa through an undisclosed investment FRANCE – Alven invests EUR 500,000 in QuelleEnergie
Late 2009, Early 2010 Venture Capital deals in Europe | TheStart
Recent VC deals in Continental Europe
AppsFire is a leading promotion and discovery platform for mobile apps (iOS and Android) helping users finding apps and helping developers marketing better their apps. Appsfire edits a set of mobile guides for the app store that helps users find apps in a fun, visual, personal way Appsfire edits unique and highly efficient ad units specific for the promotion of mobile apps. The startup plans to move beyond the iPhone to other mobile devices with growing app markets such as Android and Blackberry.
AppsFire Draws In Some French Angels To Bankroll Mobile App Reco
Marc Simoncini et Xavier Niel investissent dans Tokup.fr - Journ
La plate de marché de services Tokup.fr vient de boucler un premier tour de table auprès de Marc Simoncini, le fondateur de Meetic , de Jean-David Blanc, le fondateur d' AlloCiné , ainsi que de Kima Ventures, le fonds géré par Jérémie Berrebi (Zlio) et Xavier Niel ( Iliad-Free ). Le montant de cette levée de fonds n'a pas été précisé. Le capital de la start-up a cependant été ouvert à hauteur de 10 %.
The VC firm thus joins Kipost and FS Ventures as investors of the crowd-sourced mobile app development venture. The size of the round remains undisclosed, but we hear the amount of financing totaled just south of a seven-figure sum, so we’ll peg it at in between $800,000 and $999,999. Labotec offers a relatively unique way of mobile app publishing, based on crowd-sourcing ideas from third parties.
Labotec Raises Funding For Crowd-Sourced Mobile App Development
Kima Ventures investit dans iAdvize - Journal du Net > e-Busines
Partech et OCP Finance annoncent le lancement d’ISF Innovation
Index Ventures creates seed fund with Kleins at the helm
Criteo lève 5 millions d'euros pour percer aux Etats-Unis - Jour
Index Ventures Blog – Groupspaces funding
