Urs Cete rose the ranks of Germany-based publisher Bertelsmann and its corporate venturing unit after he joined his “first real employer” eight years ago. Cete said: “I have a German business degree, so education-wise it looks like pure business. Yet part-time I am pure geek, using a soldering iron in my spare time. With this… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Urs Cete, BDMI
Month: November 2012
2012 Powerlist: Ignaas Caryn, KLM
He helped set up the joint venture three years ago.
2012 Powerlist: Darren Carroll, Lilly Ventures
In his present role as vice-president of corporate business development at Eli Lilly, he oversees acquisitions, private equity deals, partnering and corporate venturing.
10gen adds three strategics
Intel Capital, Red Hat, and In-Q-Tel (IQT) back database provider.
Mothers adds two more IPOs
Games company Colopl and applications developer Enish to list in Japan next month.
Innovacom backs French duo
Innovacom, a venture capital firm spun out of phone operator France Telecom but which remains as an investor, has backed two local companies. Olea Medical, a provider of advanced medical images, raised €4.2m ($6m) in its series B round from Innovacom and EMAL, Olea’s original investor. Separately, Innovacom earlier in the year backed the multi-million… Continue reading Innovacom backs French duo
SK Group starts fund
The fund is a partnership with Korea Development Bank and National Pension Service, according to news provider Asia Private Equity Review.
42Floors lets in $5m
Jason Freedman, 42Floors founder, said: “We had huge demand in San Francisco — so much that we couldn’t keep up. So, for the New York launch we’ve quadrupled our capacity by partnering with the biggest property owners and brokers beforehand.”
The Big Deal: Amantys
How to structure a corporate venturing group to meet the different requirements for investing over 30 to 50 years as well as three to 10 years.
Akimoto returns to Japan
Nobuyuki Akimoto has stepped backed from leading Japan-based phone operator NTT Docomo’s American corporate venturing unit to return home to make strategic investments. Last month, NTT Docomo formed a $125m incubator and corporate venturing fund for smartphone and tablet-related start-ups in Japan to complement its $100m fund in the US. The launch of the Y10bn… Continue reading Akimoto returns to Japan
Amantys arms with Moonray
Arm, a Nasdaq and London-listed chip maker, and the long-term corporate venturing unit of mutual fund manager Fidelity International have reinvested in UK-based smart grid company Amantys. Moonray Investors, which invests using Fidelity’s balance sheet to look for long-term investments in clean-tech and healthcare, and Arm invested $8m in Amantys’ series B round, following their… Continue reading Amantys arms with Moonray
Reed Elsevier networks Activate to $10m
Reed Elsevier Ventures leads a $10m Series B for US-based network analytics mapper Activate Networks, investing alongside healthcare alliance Premier and Excel Venture Management.
Kashyap wins promotion
It emerges that Nagraj Kashyap rises to senior vice president, from his vice president role, at the same time as Kashyap is named the thirteenth most powerful person in corporate venturing in our inaugural Powerlist 100 out today.
Powerlist 2012: Johan Carlsson, Vovlo
Johan Carlsson took over Sweden-based vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group’s corporate venturing activities as president nearly two years ago. He recently unveiled a new strategy for Volvo Group Venture Capital. He said: “When I took over this portfolio almost two years ago I looked over those transactions, trying to identify which ones had been more successful… Continue reading Powerlist 2012: Johan Carlsson, Vovlo