Tencent’s move will allow smaller companies to develop their own antivirus software independently.
Month: September 2012
Maciej Żak joins Intel Capital
Intel Capital has appointed Maciej Żak as investment director to the firm’s investment team for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia. The Central Eastern European team is led by Intel Capital stalwart, Marcin Hejka. Intel’s new addition to the team will be based in the Warsaw office and will join the… Continue reading Maciej Żak joins Intel Capital
Bertelsmann sees potential in Whisbi
German media company Bertelsmann’s corporate venturing unit contributes funds to online sales technology startup Whisbi, as it prepares to expand abroad.
Ubersense chases down $1.1m
Sports coaching app maker Ubersense concludes a seed round raising $1.1m from Google’s corporate venturing unit, ex-Olympian turned investor Ty Danco and venture capital firms Atlas Venture and Boston Seed Capital.
Amazon launches latest $100,000 challenge
The AWS challenge, first launched in 2007, offers companies implementing the amazon cloud service a $100,000 prize and exposure to venture capitalists.
Scopely scores $8.5m seed funding
Anthem Ventures, Greycroft Venture Partners and NEA have led the seed funding round of mobile game start-up Scopely for the continuing development of its line of mobile games.
OpenSignal collects $1.3m in seed funding
Signal information crowd-sourcing company OpenSignal has received $1.3m in seed funding from O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, Passion Capital and Qualcomm Ventures for its signal-strength map app
Comcast Ventures, DCM dial into Tely Labs
Comcast Ventures and DCM have participated in a $13m Series A round of Skype TV-calling start-up company Tely Labs.
Virident raises $26m in Series D round, hires new CEO
Mitsui Global Investments led the round for the company which has previously been backed by corporates including Intel, Cisco and chipmaker Spansion.
Startupbootcamp launches HealthXL
European startup accelerator Startupbootcamp has launched its latest initiative, HealthXL in Dublin with support from both IBM and GlaxoSmithKline. The accelerator fund is designed to aid entrepreneurial teams and start-ups in bringing new and innovative technologies to the healthcare and wellbeing sector. The programme will select 10 teams who will receive a micro-investment of €15,000… Continue reading Startupbootcamp launches HealthXL
Square swipes $200m
The company secures big series D, which had corporate backing from coffee shop Starbucks and US bank Citigroup’s corporate venturing unit.
Google captures Nik Software
Google acquires Nikon Corporation Japan backed software company Snapseed, an advanced photo editing app and rival to Instagram.
Roche participates in Ccam Series A
F. Hoffmann La Roche was joined backing Ccam Biotherapeutics by Arkin Holdings, a drug specialist and manufacturer.
Kabbage secures $30m haul
Atlanta based online loan provider Kabbage, has concluded a series C round totaling $30m in equity with Thomvest Ventures as lead investor, and backing from logistics company UPS’s corporate venturing unit.