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SMP has advised the smartphone rental service Everphone in its Series B financing round. In addition to lead investor Signals VC, AlleyCorp, Telekom Innovation Pool and the Dutch NIBC Bank invested a total of around 34 million euros in the Berlin-based company.

SMP advised the renowned VC funds Lightspeed Ventures Partners (Lightspeed) and Viola Ventures (Viola) on their investments in the accounting software company Candis. In addition to Lightspeed and Viola, Dutch investor Rabo Frontier Ventures among others participated in the Series B financing round.

SMP advised Caroline Rupert's family office Kathaka on its investment in the customer intelligence platform (CIP) Zeotap. In addition to Kathaka, four new investors participated in the financing round. Neue Capital, Math Capital, TTCER Partners and Coparion invested in Zeotap in the context of this Series C with a total volume of 42 million USD.

SMP advised the Israeli early-stage investor Maniv Mobility on its investment in the Munich-based automotive sales technology specialist 2trde. This was the VC's first investment in a German start-up. Maniv Mobility led the seed financing round with a total volume of EUR 2.5 million.

SMP has advised the food impact investor Katjesgreenfood on its investment in Pink Albatross. The clean label, currently available in Spain and Portugal, specializes in the production of vegan ice cream. With its investment in Pink Albatross, the sister company of the Katjes Group complements its portfolio, which is geared towards sustainably produced and plant-based food, and opens up access to the ice cream market.

SMP advised the international growth investor Acton Capital Partners (Acton Capital) on its investment in the digital industry marketplace Laserhub. In addition, the existing investors Project A and Point Nine Capital also participated in the Series A financing round, which was led by Acton Capital.

SMP advised the Berlin-based early-stage investor Project A on its investment in the software company Pactum. Project A led the seed financing round with a total volume of USD 3 million.

SMP advised Fly Ventures on the formation of their second venture capital fund. Like the first fund generation, Fly Ventures II, with a total volume of 53 million euros, focuses its investment on technology start-ups.

SMP advised 468 Capital on the formation of its new early-stage "deep tech" focused venture capital fund. According to 468 Capital, the fund with a volume of 170 million euros will invest in early-stage start-ups in an effort to bridge the innovation gap between Europe and the US. In particular, the fund intends support start-ups in the machine learning, open source and automation segments.