Based on current activity, we continue to be of the view that the European venture market is holding up.
Month: July 2012
Gaule’s Question Time: IBM
Gaule: Give a brief description of the purpose of Smart-Camp and when it was formed. Kelly: SmartCamp is about bringing together entrepreneurs, investors and experienced mentors who want to build innovation ecosystems around the world. SmartCamp takes technology that has transformed the internet, providing new insight, analytics and intelligence, and applying it to new areas… Continue reading Gaule’s Question Time: IBM
Profile: Google Ventures
Confidence bred from success.
Case study update: Cognovo
Difficulties in a partnership vacuum.
Feature: IT sector 2012
IT encircles the globe.
The merit in being ‘radically different’
It is hard for corporate venturing groups to shake off the culture of their parent, even if part of the purpose of setting it up was to help change the corporation’s perspective towards innovation from whatever source it presents itself. But as innovation globalises so corporations’ regional roots become less important than the cultural ones… Continue reading The merit in being ‘radically different’
Maketion scans $4m deal
Qualcomm Ventures announced the news but provided no further details of investors.
Legend president Liu steps down
Zhu Linan, a member of the company’s executive committee and a former executive vice-president, has replaced Liu as president.
Synerchip raises $10.5m
Alongside Spirox Ventures were venture capital firms Jafco Asia and Pac-Link Capital, which led the round as new investors, and other existing investors Magic Shares, Shinden and Synerchip chief executive, David Lee.
Xjet Solar powers up with $35m
News provider Globes said undisclosed Chinese investors were alongside Landa, which was founded in 2002 by Benny Landa, the entrepreneur behind Indigo and its sale to computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP).
Solexel shines on $36.5m
Solexel lists as one of its investors Spirox Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous Taiwan-based technology distributor
Zencoder reaches funding nirvana
Zencoder, a US-based encoder of videos which search engine Google has on its website a portfolio company, has raised $2m.
Hipster finds a cool $1m
Alongside Google Ventures and its employees Don Dodge and Paige Craig, were venture capital firms 500 Startups, Lerer Ventures, Lightbank, Charles River Ventures, and angel investors Max Ventilla, David Cohen, and David Tisch and Mitch Kapor.
Copious raises $2m
Copious, a US-based social marketplace, has raised $2m in its seed round from a consortium including search engine Google’s corporate venturing unit. Alongside Google Ventures, were BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture fund backed by Research In Motion – maker of the Blackberry smartphone, venture capital firm Foundation Capital, which led the round, Embarcadero Ventures, and… Continue reading Copious raises $2m