Osborne Clarke has advised the US investor Raine Ventures on its investment in Berlin-based start-up Dojo Madness GmbH. The capital comes from Raine Ventures and other co-investors. The financing round will allow Dojo Madness to extend its product line and expand in Asia. In total, the company has raised EUR 5.8 million in this investment round.

Raine Ventures is the venture capital arm of The Raine Group a globally acting US-merchant bank with offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London and Shanghai.

Fieldfisher has advised new Fintech client The Hub Exchange Limited on an equity investment from and technology partnership with Elite Club Deal, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange.

Osborne Clarke has advised the Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures GmbH on its investment in London-based start-up what3words. Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures GmbH plans to use the what3words tracking system to increase the quality and efficiency of their worldwide trade in goods.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Staufen.Digital Invest GmbH (Staufen.Digital), on a Series A financing. Staufen.Digital has acquired shares in the Karlsruhe technology startup robodev GmbH. The agreement includes the issue of an A-1 tranche and the entry of another technology venture capital fund in the medium term. The transaction volume remains confidential.

Slaughter and May has advised Accsys Technologies PLC on various aspects of its financing of a project consortium established to build and operate the world’s first Tricoya® wood chip manufacturing plant in the UK, and to expand the existing Accoya® plant in the Netherlands.

This transformational increase in manufacturing capacity will allow Accsys to meet demand from the substantial and growing markets for its products globally.

Hogan Lovells advises NEoT Capital (New Energy of Things Capital), the first international company dedicated to funding of distributed renewable energies and electric mobility, founded by several leading companies including EDF and Forsee Power, on the creation of NEoT Green Mobility.

Delphi has advised the German company AM Ventures in the investment in the Swedish company Exmet AB and their patented solution for additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing or free form fabrication) of amorphous metals. The investment aims to shorten the time to market for new functional products.

Exmet develops technology for additive manufacturing (AM) of amorphous metal alloys. With Exmet’s additive manufacturing technology, engineers and designers can fully exploit the excellent properties of amorphous metals.

Paul, Weiss represented Tencent, a leading provider of internet value-added services in China, in its $200 million cash investment in Zhuan Zhuan, a China-based used goods trading platform operated by 58.com.

Shearman & Sterling advised Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP), alongside Kedaara Capital Investment Managers Limited and Soros Fund Management LLC, on its investment in Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited.

Spandana is an Indian microfinance lender with 540 branches in 13 Indian states and has over two million borrowers. The funds will be used to repay and restructure Spandana’s existing debt with 37 different lenders and exit the Indian corporate debt restructuring scheme.