As part of the investment of undisclosed size, MorphoSys said it had preferred rights to exclusively license the Lanthio peptide technology for drug discovery.
Month: December 2012
Indisys speaks Intel’s language
Intel Capital invests in first Spanish deal.
Wello adds Mayo to workout
Alongside Mayo Ventures in the seed round were venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & byers, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Aberdare Ventures.
National Grid transmits $40m
Clean Line will use the infusion for development of its four HVDC transmission projects, which are focused on onshore wind energy resources in the US.
Vordel networks with Axway
Vordel raised money from Intel Capital before selling to Axway.
Pfizer finds its Rhythm
The $8m extension brings Rhythm’s B round to $33m and the total raised to $73m in less than two years.
YouScribe looks at $2.5m
As well as investing in YouScribe, Iris, which is backed by local corporations France Telecom and Publicis and Saudi Telecom, sold Human Inference to Neopost.
Wikia collaborates with $10m
Jeff Blackburn, senior vice-president of Amazon, said: “Wikia has always had the vision that users get great satisfaction developing communities and socializing around the things they love.”
3M raises voice in Israel
3M will also be collaborating with VocalZoom, a three-year-old maker of speech enhancement technology based in Israel, after investing in the start-up.
Samsung preps incubator
Samsung is close to signing a deal for a prominent venue in downtown Palo Alto that will house a start-up accelerator, according to news provider All Things D.
Healthrageous hops to next $6.5m
Healthrageous, a US-based company that provides digital health self-management tools, has raised $6.5m in its series B round from venture capital firms North Bridge Venture Partners, Egan-Managed Capital, Long River and an undisclosed investor. This latest round brings the company’s aggregate financing to $15m. In June 2010, Partners Healthcare, a US-based medical services provider, spun… Continue reading Healthrageous hops to next $6.5m
Acquia banks on $30m
Acquia, a US-based open source software provider backed by publisher O’Reilly AlphaTech’s corporate venturing unit, has raised $30m in its series E round including investment bank Goldman Sachs as a new investor. Also in the round were venture capital firms Investor Growth Capital, which led the round, and peers Accolade Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners,… Continue reading Acquia banks on $30m
Rib-X cracks for $18.7m
In May, Rib-X postponed its $80m initial public offering, according to Nasdaq OMX.
Qualcomm chips into Macheen
Macheen, a US-based cloud service provider for connected devices, has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from chip maker Qualcomm. In September, Macheen closed its $10m series C round from venture capital firms North Bridge Venture Partners and DFJ Mercury and GemVentures, which was set up in spring 2000 by the then technology company… Continue reading Qualcomm chips into Macheen