Astanor leads series-A round for Hyris
Astanor Ventures has led a series-A funding round for biotechnology startup Hyris.
Astanor Ventures has led a series-A funding round for biotechnology startup Hyris.
Baring Vostok and RTP Global are fully exiting 2GIS, a Russian provider of mapping services, to state-run lender Sberbank and O2O Holding, a joint venture of Sberbank and internet company Mail.ru Group.
Austria-headquartered Apex Ventures is on the road for its second fund, focusing on digital health startups. Wolfgang Neubert and Kelly Klein talk to Harriet Matthews about the VC's current strategy and the future of healthtech
The company has made several successful outright acquisitions of start-ups in the past, including Instagram and WhatsApp
API development platform Postman has soared to a $2bn valuation thanks to a Series C investment round led by private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners.
Life sciences venture capital firm Sofinnova Partners has sold its portfolio company Corvidia Therapeutics to Novo Nordisk for $2.1bn.
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs Growth, Barclays Ventures and law firm Linklaters have backed a $27m round for document digitisation and analysis platform H4, obtaining a minority stake in the business.
Highland Capital Partners Europe has backed a €21m series-C funding round for France-based retail supplier platform Alkemics, along with existing investors Cathay Capital, Index Ventures, SEB and Serena Capital.
Spanish venture capital firm Inveready has led a €5m investment in Barcelona-based fertility biotech startup Oxolife.
Venture capital house Elaia has led a €10m series-B funding round for Spanish hospitality startup The Hotels Network (THN).
Fidelis Insurance has picked up another $500m of equity capital from existing backers including CVC Capital, Crestview and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Online fraud prevention company NS8 has picked up $123m in venture capital funding led Lightspeed Venture Partners and AXA Venture Partners.
Protera, an AI-driven startup designing and developing new proteins, has closed a $5.6m Series A financing led by European life sciences venture capital major Sofinnova Partners.
A cybersecurity company launched by the former head of Israel’s Internal Security Agency Shin Bet has picked up $7m of seed funding led by Jerusalem Venture Partners and private angel investors.
