Signals Venture Capital backs funding round for Workpath

Signals Venture Capital has backed a funding round for Germany-based Workpath, a developer of objectives and key results (OKR) enterprise software.

BlackRock invests $118m in Arrival at $3.5bn valuation

BlackRock has invested $118m in electric vehicle startup Arrival, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Venture capital firms help automated investing, banking platform M1 Finance to $45m Series C round

Automated investing, borrowing and banking platform M1 Finance has finalised its Series C investment round on $45m.

Northpond, Octopus lead $30m series-A for Ori Biotech

Northpond Ventures and Octopus Ventures have led a $30m series-A for biotechnology company Ori Biotech.

Newion leads €2.5m round for Mediatool

Swedish media management software company Mediatool has raised €2.5m in a series-A funding round led by Dutch investor Newion, alongside J12 Ventures, Almi Invest and current investor Twig.

Education tech specialist Brighteye Ventures rides Covid distance learning boom with sophomore fundraise

European edtech investment specialist Brighteye Ventures has almost doubled its assets under management through a first close of its sophomore fund.

Sofinnova Partners swoops for Anderson as partner to boost growth-stage Crossover Fund team

European life sciences venture capital major Sofinnova Partners has brought on board experienced former Abingworth investor Joe Anderson as a partner.

Baidu Capital, Lake Bleu Capital among backers for lung disease diagnosis, treatment business Broncus

Lung disease diagnosis and treatment startup Broncus Holding Company has picked up a round of Series C investment from VC houses including Baidu Capital and Lake Bleu Capital.

Continuous online security assessment startup Cyberpion gets $8.25m venture capital-led investment

Security platform Cyberpion has closed a venture capital-led seed round on $8.25m to help it increase its sales and marketing efforts.

AUA Closes Sweet Sale of Indulge

AUA Private Equity Partners has sold Indulge Desserts Holdings to publicly traded Emmi Group. Indulge Desserts was acquired by AUA in June 2016 and is a maker of premium gourmet desserts, offering a full line

Gridiron Invests in Cubii

Gridiron Capital has made an investment in Cubii, a direct-to-consumer fitness equipment company, in partnership with the company’s founders and management team. Cubii manufactures and sells compact seated elliptical exercise equipment and accessories. The Chicago-based

Long Ridge Hits Hard Cap

Long Ridge Equity Partners has held an oversubscribed, hard cap, and final closing of Long Ridge Equity Partners III LP with $445 million of capital commitments. Limited partners in the new fund committed $400 million

Wolt raises €7.5m from angel investor Lukasz Gadowski

Finnish food delivery platform Wolt has raised €7.5m in funding from angel investor Lukasz Gadowski.

Novartis, Novo lead €9m series-A for Rappta Therapeutics

Novartis Venture Fund and Novo Holdings have co-led a €9m series-A funding round for Finnish developer of anti-cancer drugs Rappta Therapeutics. 

Ten largest unicorns in the world hit over $560bn value

Opalesque Industry Update - When the term unicorn emerged back in 2013, there were only 40 private companies with a valuation of one billion dollars in the world. Since then, the number of these financial

Q4 Fundraising Pipeline: UK

Unquote rounds up the most notable fundraises currently ongoing in the UK and Irish markets across the buyout, venture and secondaries spaces, with the latest available intel for each vehicle.

Venture capital veteran Canaan Partners eyes healthcare, frontier tech deals with new $800m fund

Veteran venture capital firm Canaan Partners has scored another $800m fund close to wrap up capital raising for its 12 early-stage investment fund targeting healthcare and technology companies.

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