New York-listed Allergan buys Vicept Therapeutics for $75m in cash initially and up to a further $200m in performance fees.
Month: July 2011
Cathay plans $200m flotation
Goldman Sachs has missed out on being an underwriter of Cathay’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange, with Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities and Jefferies serving as co-lead underwriters.
Zynga lists Google’s backing
Online gaming company Zynga updates regulatory filing to mention Google.
SeaMicro swims into $20m
Undisclosed strategic investors back SeaMicro’s D round.
Siemens exits SensorDynamics
Maxim has agreed to pay $130m, excluding $34m of debt, for Austria-based SensorDynamics, which develops sensors for cars.
Motorola solves Nearbuy deal
Reese Schroeder, managing director of Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, said: “Indoor micro-location for shoppers and employees is a compelling solution for retailers.”
ZTE launches venturing fund
The ZTE Innovative Fund will help incubate new technologies and business models suggested by its 80,000 employees.
Intel and Qualcomm play Gaikai hand
The online gaming company has attracted funding from the corporate venturing units of Intel and Qualcomm to take its series C round to $30m.
Renewable Energy Group files for $100m IPO
The biodiesel spin-off from West Central Cooperative has at least four corporate backers.
Xunlei delays $200m float
China-based cloud-based digital media company Xunlei, backed by IDG and US-based search engine Google, has postponed a $200m flotation.
Zenrin carving up Indian map(maker)
The Indian mapmaker backed by Qualcomm and Kleiner Perkins is on the verge of sealing a $30m investment.
SynapSense takes optimal route for capital
Corporate venturing units GE Energy Financial Services and Germany-based Robert Bosch Venture Capital have participated in the US-based data centre energy management company SynapSense‘s $16m series C round of funding. SynapSense is one of the companies to have benefited from industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE)’s Ecomagination Challenge, a programme set up to provide funding to… Continue reading SynapSense takes optimal route for capital
Violin Memory plays public market overture
Violin Memory, which includes Toshiba and Juniper Networks among its backers, reportedly expects to appoint a banker by September.
WPP smiles on Affectiva
The communications group has led the latest funding round by the emotional measurement company, which looks detect how people react emotionally using computers.