Digimarc Corp acquires US-based Attributor Corp, backed by US media company Turner Broadcasting, for a reported $5.6m.
Month: December 2012
Black Coral Capital sparks $5.5m Powerit C round
US-based energy efficiency provider Powerit closes a $5.5m Series C round led by Black Coral Capital.
BGF hires Davies
The Business Growth Fund appoints Edwin Davies as an investment associate based in Bristol.
Google calculates $9m for ClearStory
Google Ventures invests in a $9m A round for Silicon Valley-based data analysis start-up ClearStory Data.
Gree levels up with $3m investment
Japan-based Gree begins its expansion into second party mobile games with a $3m minority investment into mobile games developer Munky Fun.
Epic Sciences receives an injection of $13m
US-based Epic Sciences, a biotech and cancer diagnostics company, raises $13m in Series B financing.
Playnery secure $3.7m to explore social gaming
Playnery, a Korean social game development studio secures $3.7m in funding led by Japanese corporate venturing unit, SoftBank Ventures, with backing from semiconductor company Qualcomm.
2012’s important year for industry
This has been an important year for corporate venturing, and next year promises to be even more interesting as the industry reframes the argument that they bring baggage to venture capitalists that offer the best form of capital to fast-growing entrepreneurs. This will be part of the discussion at a webinar on Tuesday at 09.00… Continue reading 2012’s important year for industry
Steamboat pair, Ticketmaster CEO emerge at Knightship
Two former senior executives at US-based media company Disney’s corporate venturing unit and the former chief executive (CEO) of event tickets company Ticketmaster have set up venture firm Knightship. Dan Beldy and Beau Laskey, veterans of Steamboat Ventures, and Sean Moriarty, Ticketmaster CEO from January 2007 to March 2009, have set up Knightship, which is… Continue reading Steamboat pair, Ticketmaster CEO emerge at Knightship
The Big Deal: Semtech meets Powervation
An Irish corporate venturing foray by Nasdaq-listed Semtech Corporation, follows the semiconductor company making its largest acquisition in its 52 year history earlier this year.
Google invests in UpThere
Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Elevation Partners have invested in an undisclosed round for US-based stealthy cloud startup UpThere.
Google searches for HomeLight
Google Ventures has invested in a $1.5m seed funding for US-based real estate technology company HomeLight.
Radius withdraws IPO
Radius Health, a US-based developer of drug therapies, has postponed its flotation plans which were initially supposed to raise $86.2m for the company before being scaled back to $62m.
BioMerieux purchases Quanterix stake
US-based Quanterix, a maker of diagnostic tests, closes its Series C round at $18.5m, a round which included a $15m equity stake from multinational biotechnology company BioMerieux.