In its latest filing, BrightSource said Alstom and Caithness Development had agreed to purchase in private placements $65m and $10m, respectively, at a price per share equal to the initial public offering price.
Month: March 2012
Anaphore buys RuiYi
Anaphore said it acquired RuiYi for an undisclosed amount to gain access to its biologics drug discovery platform targeting G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Zynga draws up OMGpop deal
OMGpop publishes Draw Something, which is the top game on social network Facebook.
Pinel Advocates Group starts venturing unit
Pinel Venture Capital will make investments in small to medium-sized businesses.
Bats pulls flotation
Bats had sold 6.3 million shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at $16 each, which was the low end of its $16 to $18 per share range, but these were withdrawn after trading started at near-zero cost.
Qualcomm and Dow make internal moves
Miles Kirby has become managing director of technology group Qualcomm’s Ventures Europe unit, while Mark Felix, investment manager for? Dow Venture Capital, is effectively running Europe for the chemicals company from its Swiss office.
Kotak drives into Minda
The private equity unit of financial services firm Kotak Mahindra Group reportedly invests $24.4m in the automotive parts supplier.
Packlate switches from consumer to B2B
Genacast-backed travel company reportedly switches to business to business focus.
Sberbank seeds Troika fund
Sberbank backs Troika Dialog’s corporate venturing unit shortly after the merger of the two Russia-based financial institutions.
RingCentral dials up Robert Lawson
Cisco-backed cloud phone service hires the former chief financial officer of biofuels company Codexis.
Tencent plans 10 deals this year
Tencent reportedly is looking to invest in at least 10 companies this year.
Broadcom snaps up Broadlight for $195m
Broadcom, a corporate venturing backer of the optical networking company, acquires a company which reportedly raised $50m in venture financing.
Google Ventures backs Upstart veteran
Google Ventures backs long-time Google employee Dave Girouard, who was a manager of consumer applications like Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs, to be an up
Vivox picks up Droplet
The social communications company previously backed by International Data Group’s corporate venturing unit seals the acquisition.