Just browsing my weekend RSS aggregator. Private placement specialists ChaussonFinance & AeliosFinance are reporting on their blogs a couple of recent deals:
- security software co. Exaprotect raises series A of 4.5m euros
- logisctisc co. L4 Logistics raises series C of 3.8m euros
- medical co Crossject raises 9m euros
- pet e-commerce site Wanimo raised a series A of 2m euros
A while ago
- social network Viaduc raised Series A of 5m euros
- food company Ceprodi raised a series B of 6.5m euros
what stroke me is that these companies (aside of Viaduc) are not very web 2.0–ish, and give a more “normal” touch to the venture community, less Techcrunch-esque. Good for the entrepreneurs and the VCs. Expect also a couple of deals in the e-commerce space soon.
Another notable detail here is the high disparity of prices per round. Probably linked to the beta of the sector ? or the potential of the market, the company, the team… usual stuff.
Now I hear a lot of things around the online video market in Europe. You’ll be surprised when you read about them… getting slightly wild.
It has just started here with Vodeo.tv raising capital from ArtsAlliance Media (although I’ve heard a number, it’s not in the press release, that has however this little sentence: “with an option to acquire the company within the next 12 months.” Interesting that this is AA’s Media arm, not the Venture arm; I get a sense of a first step in the digital content market in France, and a good move into buying a catalog.
Anyways, to finish off, Google Video launched in a number of countries this week, including France.
