Clean-tech dominates corporate venturing investment amounts rather than deal numbers as overall volumes and values start to rise again.
Month: January 2011
LinkedIn undecided on exchange option
New York or Nasdaq could be flotation route for social network LinkedIn after it files for initial public offering
Energy Technology Ventures raises $300m
Industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE), energy utility NRG Energy and oil major ConocoPhillips have provided undisclosed-sized tranches of the $300m to launch Energy Technology Ventures.
2011 University Private Equity Summit, January 27-29, 2011, in Utah, USA.
The three-day 2011 University Private Equity Summit – the 8th consecutive annual conference presented by the world’s leading student-run venture fund – brings together more than 150 students from 37 colleges and universities in every region of the US to network with and learn from one another and some of the nation’s top investors and entrepreneurs.
Citrix makes Elemental deal call
Elemental and Citrix have previously worked together on virtualized applications, such as computer-aided design software, and plan further developments in video applications in a virtual environment, including programme guides after the strategic investment.
Nexstim scans Lundbeckfond for money
Lundbeckfond Ventures, the Denmark-based Lundbeck Foundation’s life sciences investment entity known as LFI Life Science Investments until November, led the consortium investing $16m in Nexstim.
Ericsson finds Novatium Solutions
Previously, venture capital firms NEA and Emergic Ventures have backed Novatium, which has added Ericsson as an investor.
Citrix launches seed fund
The multi-million dollar Citrix Startup Accelerator will invest in technologies or business models that can extend the Citrix virtual computing solution portfolio and those where anyone can work and play from anywhere on any device.
2011 Medical Innovation Summit, October 3-5, Cleveland, Ohio
Join the industry’s most distinguished leaders at the 9th Annual Medical Innovation Summit. Take advantage of our exciting lineup of speakers, panel discussions, live surgeries and clinical presentations to learn about the latest trends in medical innovation and what they mean to you.
France Telecom plans Dailymotion purchase
Having provided $68.5m since 2005 to Dailymotion, investors will sell a portion of their shares to France Telecom.
CyOptics continues fundraising run
CyOptics breaches $150m in total funding as it closes on latest $50m target.
DSM blows into SkySails
Started in 2001, SkySails’ lead investors are ship financing company Jan Luiken Oltmann Gruppe and marine engine supplier Zeppelin Power Systems as well as DSM Venturing.
Yet2.com starts venturing fund
The Yet2Ventures fund will provide follow-on investment and liquidity to small companies.
CoorsTek provides $3m for EmiSense
EmiSense started in November 2009 after the merger of assets by Innovate! Technology and CoorsTek, which has just provided a further $3m.