Octopus has led a 2 million pound ($3.1 million) investment round into TrialReach, an online platform that is transforming clinical trials by connecting patients with healthcare companies and research organisations to make new treatments available more quickly and efficiently. Octopus is investing alongside existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, which first invested in TrialReach in 2011.

Cloud-based network solutions company, Aepona, whose largest venture investor is Amadeus Capital Partners, has been acquired by Intel. Details of the transaction have not been divulged.

ClickTale said it raised $17 million in a Series B round led by Amadeus Capital Partners and joined by Goldrock Capital and Viola Credit. The money will go toward product development and global expansion.

European technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners has joined Montezemolo & Partners as an investor in Bellco. The business is a developer of equipment for haemo-dialysis used in kidney disease and is based in Mirandola, Italy.

European technology investors, Amadeus Capital Partners and Archimedia Investments, have invested 1.6 million pounds ($2.5 million) in web-based medical practice management business, Qinec. Legal advisers on the funding were Osborne Clarke for Amadeus, Chadbourne & Parke for Archimedia, and Cannings Connolly for Qinec.

Dr Robert Easton has taken over as chairman of the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. Easton, a managing director and co-head of Carlyle Europe Technology Partners, succeeds Richard Anton, partner at Amadeus Capital Partners. Simon Clark, managing partner of Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, becomes vice-chairman. PRESS RELEASE Dr Robert Easton has taken over [...]

GlySure Ltd., a U.K.-based developer of in-hospital continuous blood glucose monitoring systems, has raised $10.9 million in fresh capital. The company will use the Series C round, led by Morningside Venture, to complete clinical trials and seek regulatory approval. Existing shareholders Amadeus Capital Partners, Chester Investments and Delta Partners also participated in the round. GlySure has raised a total of $19.5 million in venture backing.

Unruly said it raised $25 million in a Series A investment from Amadeus Capital Partners, Van den Ende & Deitmers and Business Growth Fund. The London-based social video advertising company said it has a revenue run-rate approaching $50 million with full year 2011 revenue reaching $25 million and has been profitable since 2009. PRESS RELEASE [...]

Dr. Hermann Hauser, co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, has joined the board of Tobbi Technology. Arne Almerfors, who was most recently CEO of Flir Systems Sweden, was name Tobbi’s chairman of the board. Tobbi, of Sweden, provides eye tracking and eye control technology.

Cambridge based small cell innovator, ip.access has closed a new round of funding, raising some $15 million. The company’s existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Cisco, Intel Capital, Qualcomm, Rothschild & Cie Gestion, Scottish Equity Partners and TE Connectivity all participated in the funding and re-affirmed their commitment to the small cell market. PRESS RELEASE Cambridge [...]