The US-based skin treatment company backed by Novaquest, buys Triax Pharmaceuticals.
Month: May 2012
EcoATM prints $17m
Nasdaq-listed vending group Coinstar is joined backing the electronics recycling company by Singapore billionaire Koh Boon Hwee, advisory firm AKS Capital and venture firms including Claremont Creek Ventures.
Virgin Mobile Latin America secures $26.5m
Virgin Group was joined in the round by Souter Investments, the private investment vehicle of Stagecoach founder Brian Souter, as well as venture firms ePlanet Capital and Hermes Growth Partners.
Castlight raises $100m
The Cleveland Clinic-backed healthcare transparency company secures its fourth round of funding, taking it to $181m raised since it was founded in 2008.
BASF, Total help NanoH20 drink $60m
BASF Venture Capital and Total Energy Ventures were two of the leads for the US-based water desalination company’s $40m fundraising, with $20m of debt also raised.
Hanwha, ESB shine for TenKsolar
The Korea-based conglomerate and Ireland-based utility’s corporate venturing unit back the US-based roof top solar business
Nokia Growth Partners backs Intermedia
Nokia’s corporate venturing unit invests in the cloud services company bought in a buyout by private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners last year.
Metamarkets analyses $15m
The event-based data company backed by AOL Ventures reportedly raises a new round.
ParAccel raises $20m
The US-based data analytics platform previously backed by Amazon, raises the sum, after reporting a more than 500% increase in first quarter revenue.
Acme Packet buys Iptego for $21m
The Germany-based software company secures the exit after raising its first institutional funding round from Intel Capital and XAnge Private Equity two years ago.
Kark Mobile Education wins investment
The Singapore-based mobile education group which is going through an incubator programme backed by SingTel Innov8, reportedly wins another incubation investment.
New York health accelerator unveiled
Corporates including health companies Aetna and UnitedHealth Group have clubbed together with venture capital firms and a fund chaired by US private equity veteran Henry Kravis, to invest in healthcare technology start-ups in the region.
New York Times prints product from venturing unit
The New York Times’ corporate venturing unit unveils its first product, after the media group decided to start the venture arm based on its experience running a research and development lab.
Forkwell lifted up by $740,000
CyberAgent Ventures-backed Forkwell, a Japan-based jobs website for software engineers, raises more funds from Nippon Venture Capital.