Google donates $5m to the WWF as part of its Global Impact Awards fund to help the organisation combat poaching by implementing a sophisticated monitoring technology.
Month: December 2012
Cerulean raises $13m
US-based Cerulean Pharma, a nanopharmaceutical company backed by Lilly Ventures, raises $13m from a consortium of previous backers, bringing the total raised by the drug company to $80m.
Verizon searches for Q-Sensei
The venture arm of Verizon Communications, Verizon Ventures, makes an undisclosed investment into US-based search technology company Q-Sensei Corp.
Scripps gets a bargain with One Kings Lane
Institutional Ventures Partners leads a $50m D round into US-based One Kings Lane, a flash sales site for the home market, in a round also backed by US-based media company Scripps Networks Interactive.
Shell extracts $26m for GlassPoint
Oil and gas conglomerate Royal Dutch Shell participates in a $26m Series B round for US-based GlassPoint Solar, a provider of solar steam generators for oil recovery.
Rib-X withdraws IPO
US-based broad spectrum antibiotics developer Rib-X Pharmaceuticals withdraws its registration for an $80m IPO.
HelloFresh cooks up $10m
Vorwerk Ventures participates in a $10m round of funding for UK-based recipe subscription service HelloFresh.
Warner Bros, MGM entertain Kabam
Warner Bros Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) partner for an investment into US-based interactive entertainment company Kabam.
Samsung invests in Delivery Agent
The corporate venturing unit of Samsung makes a strategic investment of $5m into US-based shopping enabled entertainment platform Delivery Agent.
Novartis treats Galera
Novartis, via its Novartis Venture Funds, participates in a $11m Series A round for cancer treatment company Galera Therapeutics.
SingTel books with Flocations
Singapore Telecommunications’s corporate venturing unit, SingTel Innov8, participates in a $570k round of seed funding, which was led by TNF Ventures, for web travel booking start-up Flocations.
Iris Capital exits Human Inference
Iris Capital exits from Dutch-based data management solutions service Human Inference, selling its stake to Neopost. Gimv also sells their stake.
Nike launches Nike+ Accelerator
Nike launches the Nike+ Accelerator, powered by start-up accelerator TechStars, to encourage Nike+ innovation.
Concur launches Perfect Trip Fund
Concur invests $2m into Evature, a provider of natural-language search capabilities for online travel, reportedly via its newly formed $150m Concur Perfect Trip Fund.