Morgan Stanley’s Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) unit joins VCs in backing Cloud Engines’ $15m B round.
Month: December 2010
Juniper picks Sentrigo for C round
As a new investor in Sentrigo, Juniper’s Junos Innovation Fund has joined venture capital firms Benchmark Capital and Stata Venture Partners in the C round.
Teradata buys Aprimo
After more than a decade of venture backing, Aprimo sells to Teradata for $525m.
Chesapeake backs Wireless Seismic
Venture capital firm Energy Ventures joins Chesapeake in the $19.5m round for geological surveyor Wireless Seismic.
Meebo takes D round to $27.5m
Meebo has now raised $70m since launch in 2005 after previously raising $25m in April 2008 from a consortium including Time Warner Investments.
The9 lauches $100m fund
After buying a minority stake in Aurora Feint, a US-based social gaming platform for Apple’s iPhone, earlier this year, The9 has launched a $100m corporate venturing fund.
Siemens leads Encelium Technologies round
Mike Majors, an investment partner at Siemens Venture Capital, has joined the Encelium’s board as part of its $11m round.
Gilead acquires Abbott’s Arresto
Abbott backed Arresto Biosciences in one of its first deals since its corporate venturing unit was set up last year and has now sold the portfolio company to Nasdaq-listed drugs company Gilead Sciences.
Total elevates biofuels round to $100m
Venture capital firm Naxos Capital Partners led the $100m C round for Elevance Renewable Sciences, and was joined by Total Energy Ventures International and private equity firm TPG’s biotech and growth funds.
BlackRock joins Chevron’s LS9
BlackRock joins other members of LS9’s D round: CTTV Investments, the corporate venturing unit of oil major Chevron’s Technology Ventures subsidiary, and venture capital firms Flagship Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Hon Hai finds precise healthcare fund
Hon Hai commits $15m to Burrage Capital Healthcare Offshore Fund II.
Buzzd flies into $1.5m
In a regulatory filing, Buzzd say it has raised $1.5m from 19 investors after raising $300,000 in June.
Google plucks Miso Media’s deal strings
Miso Media gains $600,000 to develop its guitar-playing application.
Tengelmann and Holtzbrinck to exit Brands4Friends
Online shopping clubs now account for about 20% of online fashion sales in Europe, according to eBay, which is buying Brands4Friends for $200m from strategic investors Holtzbrinck and Tengelmann Group.