The molecular diagnostics company has taken its overall funding to more than $150m following a round featuring Johnson & Johnson, Philips and Debiopharm.
Month: November 2011
Celgene divines promise in Agios
The US-based oncological research company has raised $78m in equity financing from investors including Celgene, taking its overall equity funding to $102m.
LivingSocial eyes $200m round
The Amazon-back daily deals website reportedly set to raise the funds from the large internet retailer as well as JP Morgan and T Rowe Price.
Meilishuo’s shopping bag filled with investors
China-based social shopping website Meilishuo.com closed its series C funding round on Wednesday, having raised an undisclosed amount reportedly in the "tens of millions" of dollars. The series C round was led by venture capital (VC) firm Sequoia Capital, with participation by Zero2IPO Ventures, the VC division of VC services firm Zero2IPO, as well as… Continue reading Meilishuo’s shopping bag filled with investors
Box.net investing $2m in start-ups
The Box Innovation Network will allow smaller developers to collaborate with larger partners in order to produce enterprise software.
Electric funding results for Fisker Automotive
US-based hybrid electric sports car manufacturer Fisker Automotive has secured $58m of a planned $150m funding round . Fisker is yet to disclose the investors in the latest round but past investors include advanced battery company A123 Systems, which participated in a $202m May 2010 round followed by $190m round in March, and which also… Continue reading Electric funding results for Fisker Automotive
Comcast goes for Spree with Padopolis
Comcast Ventures and the Blackberry Partners Fund have joined in the series A financing of Padopolis, developer of mobile application Catalog Spree.
Google Ventures chooses the CustomMade option
The custom luxury marketplace has closed a $2.1m series A round co-led by Google Ventures.
LinkedIn shareholders cash in
Business-oriented social networking website LinkedIn priced the 8.75 million shares for its follow on-public offering at $71.00 on Wednesday. Of the shares released, 1.3 million were sold by LinkedIn with the remaining shares sold by stockholders. Those stockholders included SAP Ventures, the corporate venturing fund belonging to software corporation SAP. SAP Ventures divested 28,000 (or… Continue reading LinkedIn shareholders cash in
Angie’s List raises $114m from IPO
US-based social reviews website Angie’s List priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $13 pre share, $114.3m in all, and the shares popped to just under a 45% gain when they began trading on Nasdaq today. The shares, which are trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ANGI, popped to as high as $18.75 per share,… Continue reading Angie’s List raises $114m from IPO
Invensense processes $75m IPO
The Qualcomm-backed motion processing technology firm raised $75m from its initial public offering.
Rethink Books finds its Ambassador
US-based Rethink, which develops mobile applications for digital books, has raised $2m in its series A round.
Axxana looks to Asia with Sumitomo
Presidio Ventures, the US-based corporate venturing division of Japan-based general trading corporation Sumitomo, invested an undisclosed amount in Israel-based data recovery software firm Axxana on Wednesday. Prior to Presidio’s funding, Axxana had raised $14m in financing over two rounds. Axxana’s series A raised $5m from venture capital (VC) investor Gemini Israel Funds, in 2007, and… Continue reading Axxana looks to Asia with Sumitomo
Happiest Minds raises $45m
The enterprise IT company has raised $45m in its series A round from investors including Intel Capital, surpassing the $25m figure tipped in earlier reports.