Good Energies, the clean-tech venture capital unit of the Bregal holding company, has invested in a consortium backing the sky blues – Azzurro Semiconductors.
Month: November 2010
Legend preps its own flotation
News provider Wall Street Journal said Legend, a China-based holding company for computer maker Lenovo Group and corporate venturing units Hony Capital and Legend Capital, was preparing its own flotation in the second half of the decade.
ATP launches second Nordic fund
News provider Global Pensions said Denmark-based pension fund ATP’s second venture capital fund would target local and Nordic-region information technology and telecommunications companies.
Banse takes top venturing role at Comcast
Peacock fund’s merger with Comcast Interactive Capital will see Amy Banse take top role.
Elbrus exits Mail.ru mountain
Elbrus Capital, previously known as Renaissance Private Equity but renamed after Europe’s largest mountain (pictured), invested in Mail.ru in 2007 and sold out at its flotation earlier this month.
ISoftStone tests listing density
ISoftStone preps NYSE flotation
DangDang adds detail to IPO book
DangDang plans to issue 17 million American depository shares (ADS) at between $11 and $13 each in its flotation.
ABB drips Aquamarine into portfolio
SSE Venture Capital and ABB Technology Ventures back Aquamarine Power’s wave energy technology.
Fenwick sees venture price increases
Fenwick & West’s Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey of 107 deals found more than half showed an increase in price per share compared to previous financing rounds.
India funds Mitra Biotech
Mitra Biotech raises $1.1m for cancer research.
Seoul Semi links with Vertex
Joint venture to invest in lights between Seoul Semiconductor and Temasek’s Vertex Venture Management.
MoMinis raises $3m
Mitsui Ventures and BRM Capital join to invest $3m in Israel-based mobile phone games developer MoMinis.
ZTE nears fundraising target
ZTE Venture Capital Fund nears RMB1bn target fundraising.
HiSoft plans secondary offering
A near-threefold increase in share price since its summer flotation leads Intel Capital-backed HiSoft to plan secondary placement.