Michael Gleissner’s Bigfoot Ventures leads series B round for Fashion One television channel.
Month: September 2010
Tyfone gains three strategic backers
HDFC, Polaris Software Lab and an undisclosed manufacturer back Tyfone’s series B round.
Novacem sells innovative bond and A round to Lafarge
Lafarge to invest in UK-based cement company Novacem’s innovative bond and series A round.
Volvo sells Illuminate Labs to Autodesk
Volvo Technology Transfer and state fund Industrifonden sell Illuminate Labs to Autodesk.
Prime exit for Nedstat
Nasdaq-listed web analysis firm ComScore snaps up Prime Technology Ventures’ stake in Nedstat.
TiGenix backs seed round for Arcarios
Euronext-listed biotech company TiGenix supports seed round of its spin-out, TR-therapeutics, after its merger with Therosteon to form Arcarios.
KT becomes EnterpriseDB’s fifth strategic investor
KT, formerly called Korea Telecom, has become the fifth strategic backer of EnterpriseDB.
Autodesk successfully models Vela’s B round
Autodesk, a Nasdaq-listed 3D design software company that has previously backed OnLive, has invested in Vela Systems’ series B round.
Recurve fires its arrow for new chief executive
Andy Leventhal, previously co-founder and CEO of carbon information measurement company Planet Metrics replaces Pratap Mukherjee at Lowe’s-backed Recurve.
Investors seal TriCipher exit
After self-declared third round of funding TriCipher identifies VMware as exit option.
IDG and Steamboat consider Europe expansion
Steamboat Ventures and IDG Ventures consider expanding from US and Asia into Europe.
Media sector leads August deal activity
Media sector leads August deal activity, according to Global Corporate Venturing.
Reliance Capital aims for $500m fund
Indian industrial conglomerate Reliance Capital to start raising half its $500m fund from overseas investors, VCCircle reports.
Hard lessons learned in the education sector
Profile: Kaplan VC, which was launched as venturing division of Washington Post Company’s education subsidiary Kaplan earlier this year.