The launch of Global Corporate Venturing, a media title specifically for the venture capital industry working in companies.
Month: May 2010
Deals Round-up: May 2010
A summary of corporate venturing deals in May 2010
Top 20 Healthcare VCs
Top 20 Healthcare VCs, as ranked by Thomson Reuters VentureXpert and published in Global Corporate Venturing.
Top 75 Most Influential Healthcare Corporate Venturing Divisions
The Top 75 Most Influential Healthcare Corporate Venturing Divisions, as ranked by Global Corporate Venturing.
US Army backs Ogmento’s war games
The US Army has led a $3.5m first round of investment in Ogmento, a New York-based company that adds computer-generated images to the physical real-world environment, known as augmented reality. Leading the series A round was Chart Venture Partners, a $100m venture capital fund investing in security-related technologies formed by Chart Group, a private investment… Continue reading US Army backs Ogmento’s war games
US Army backs Ogmento’s war games
The US Army has led a $3.5m first round of investment in Ogmento, a New York-based company that adds computer-generated images to the physical real-world environment, known as augmented reality.
BlackBerry fund strikes China joint venture
Research in Motion (RIM), a Canada-listed company that makes the BlackBerry mobile phone, has started raising a planned $100m corporate venturing fund for China.
Rosen leaves Pfizer for venture capital
David Rosen has this month joined US-based healthcare venture capital firm MPM Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence.
Intel becomes third strategic at TRA
A third strategic investor has joined the syndicate backing US-based market research company TRA Global’s third round of funding in the three years since its launch. Intel Capital, the in-house venture capital division of US chip maker Intel, invested $10m as part of TRA’s $18.2m series C round. Its investment came from the $200m Intel… Continue reading Intel becomes third strategic at TRA
Novo makes Logical reinvestment
Denmark-based medical foundation Novo, which invests $300m per year through its corporate venturing funds, has reinvested in US-based drugs company Logical Therapeutics’ in its third round of funding. Logical raised $16.9m in its series C round led by venture capital firms SV Life Sciences (SVLS) and Novitas Capital and including merchant bank and VC Burrill… Continue reading Novo makes Logical reinvestment
Dow reinvests for Noxxon’s €110m funding marathon
Dow Venture Capital, the corporate venturing unit of US-based Dow Chemical Company, has reinvested in Germany-based healthcare company Noxxon Pharma’s fourth round of funding. Noxxon raised €33m ($40.8m) in its series D round led by US and Germany-based venture capital firm NGN Capital as a new investor. NGN’s VC and German state-backed peers, TVM Capital,… Continue reading Dow reinvests for Noxxon’s €110m funding marathon
Guindy takes ReVolt plunge as COO
ReVolt Technology, a Switzerland-based developer of rechargeable batteries backed by German energy company RWE’s corporate venturing unit, has hired Wade Guindy as chief operating officer and executive vice president of technology.
Jaffe becomes Glam’s numbers man
Glam Media, a female-focused media company backed by Germany-based corporate venturing fund Burda Digital, has hired Bruce Jaffe as its chief financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president of corporate development.
Smith takes up balance of a Kenda company
US-listed energy services company Smith International has acquired the remaining shares in @Balance from fund manager Kenda Capital.