Kids arts and crafts subscription startup Kiwi Crate has raised $2m in seed financing from investors including Comcast Ventures.
Month: October 2011
Google’s carrot for Stickery
Google Ventures and 500 Startups are heading up the seed funding for mobile game learning platform Stickery.
Fidelity boosts Wahanda’s health
Online wellness marketplace Wahanda has secured $5.5m in a round led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe.
Game on: NFL eyes venture
The US league for American football is co-ordinating its members to invest in venture capital.
Technology Strategy Board recruits BT veteran
Mike Carr, who was responsible for BT’s corporate venturing among other activities, joins the government agency.
American Express taps Clickable to $12m
Online advertising firm Clickable closed a $12m series C financing round yesterday, led by financial services firm American Express with participation from venture capital (VC) firms Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, and private equity firm FirstMark Capital. Founders Fund, Union Square and FirstMark were investors in Clickable’s $14.5m series B round in July 2008. Union… Continue reading American Express taps Clickable to $12m
Black Duck quacks for $12m
The open source software company raises the latest round, led by Split Rock Partners, another fundraising win for the company taking it to $46m raised in its nine-year history.
Waste Management backs Recyclebank
Waste Management joins corporate-backed firm Physic Ventures investing in the US-based recycling incentives company, and sells it its social recycling platform Greenopolis.
Gerson Lehrman Group connects with Ushi
The US-based business research company helps China business networking company Ushi to a reported $4.5m in total.
Quench thirsts on $30m
Virgin Green, Potomac Energy Fund, Orix Venture Finance and The Pohlad Companies back the US-based water cooler company.
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Tianjin Borun revs up electric drive co.
China-based chemical company Tianjin Borun is reportedly among the backers of Xiangyang Yuqing, a local electric drive system company.
Vodafone answers LocalResponse
Vodafone Ventures is among the investors backing locally-based advertising service LocalResponse in its latest round of financing, worth $5m.
Hulu sale pulled
The corporate-backed video streaming site says it terminated the sale because of the business’s “unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners”.