Alongside Comcast Ventures in the C round were venture capital firms and angel investor David Sacks.
Month: January 2013
ChaCha gees up with $14m
Alongside Qualcomm Ventures in the G round were venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures.
Qualcomm speeds into Zoom
Alongside Qualcomm Ventures in the A round were angel investors Jerry Yang (Yahoo founder), Subrah Iyar (WebEx founder), and Dan Scheinman (ex-Cisco executive) and Bill Tai, a venture capitalist at Charles River Ventures.
DLD Ventures commits to Lool
Avichay Nissenbaum and Yaniv Golan, co-founders of Lool, have previously founded their own companies and been angel investors.
Al Gore joins speakers at Symposium
Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the US, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (which he is pictured accepting) and co-founder of investment firm Generation Investment Management, will be among the speakers at Global Corporate Venturing’s third annual Symposium in London, UK, on May 21 and May 22. Gore has joined an all-star line-up of… Continue reading Al Gore joins speakers at Symposium
Adachi chairs Asia trade body
The Asian Venture Capital Private Equity Council, a regional association of national trade bodies in the industry, has elected Toshihisa Adachi (pictured), president of Japan Venture Capital Association, as its first chairman for a term of 2012-2013. Adachi is also president and chief executive of trading group Itochu’s corporate venturing unit, Itochu Technology Ventures, that… Continue reading Adachi chairs Asia trade body
Prosper gains with $20m
In total, Prosper has raised $95m. In June 2011, CompuCredit, a Nasdaq-listed financing company, reinvested in a consortium providing $17.2m to Prosper.
Twitter early birds to fledge
If enough employees accept the tender offer to hit the $80m limit, BlackRock will own just less than 1% of Twitter, according to news provider Financial Times.
Tata backs Marck Biosciences
The investment is one of the first from the Tata Capital Healthcare Fund I, which made a final close at R320 crore ($40m) in April last year and is run by Visalakshi Chandramouli.
Anxin-China ends at Infinity
Last July, Anxin invested $30m buying Israeli security video analysis technology Mate IP and I-China Security from Infinity.
Dentsu eyes EhonNavi
EhonNavi sells picture books in Japan.
Revolver turns to Suneight
Suneight Investment, the venture unit of the eponymous holding company conglomerate, has invested Y50m ($550,000) in Revolver, which sells digital content.
NEC clips IPeen’s coupon
According to Inside, iPeen currently has more than 200,000 business listings, and enjoys more than 100 million monthly page views.
Fashionguide meets CyberAgent
CyberAgent said it would help FashionGuide expand into Japan, China, Southeast Asian countries and South Korea.