Versalis was joined in the D round for the sustainable chemicals company by US-based refuse company Waste Management and venture firms Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mohr Davidow Ventures and VantagePoint Capital Partners.
Month: August 2012
Mersana Therapeutics raises $27m
Pfizer’s corporate venturing unit invested in the pharmaceutical company along with New Enterprise Associates, Fidelity Biosciences, ProQuest Investments, Harris and Harris Group, and Rho Ventures.
GoPro looks to float
The camera manufacturer is reportedly looking to go public after it won a funding round from Disney’s Steamboat Ventures last year.
Avalanche cascades to $30m
The memory chip company receives another investment from chip manufacturer Qualcomm’s corporate venturing unit, in its second round this year.
Videolicious lands $1.4m
Amazon is joined in the seed round by venture firms Venture51, Ludlow Ventures, Trestle Ventures, Quotidian Ventures as well as assorted angels.
Box closes $125m round
Private equity firm General Atlantic (GA) provided $100m of the investment in the cloud storage company backed by SAP Ventures and Salesforce.
Prabhakar becomes DARPA director
Arati Prabhakar, a partner at US Venture Partners, becomes director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA].
O’Reilly eyes third fund
O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), the corporate venturing unit of O’Reilly Media, is planning to begin marketing its third fund this Autumn with a target of $75m, according to news provider Fortune. The fund aims higher than previous funds. In 2010, the firm closed its second fund, OATV II, at $59.25m, and raised $51m for its… Continue reading O’Reilly eyes third fund
Square doubles value to $3.25bn
Private equity investor Suhail Rizvi is leading the latest round for the Visa-backed mobile payments company, according to news provider New York Times that cites sources familiar with the deal.
P&G makes Becker business development head
Laura Becker, the new head of Procter & Gamble’s Becker Global business development group, running its innovation programme has worked for P&G in a wide range of roles since 1990.
Picarro secures $7m
NTT Electronics, a Japan-based hardware company, is joined in the Series D round for the air quality measuring company by venture firms Focus Ventures, DAG Ventures, and China-based healthcare PE investment fund Mingxin China Growth Fund.
Bluefin Labs names Maheu CEO
Bluefin Labs recruits another chief executive after raising $12m in January backed by media company Time Warner’s corporate venturing unit.