Peter Bisgaard, partner with Novo Ventures, joined the board of Ceterix, which was founded in October 2010 as SuturePro Technologies based on the inventions of Justin Saliman.
Month: January 2013
JustFab dresses up with FabKids
In July last year, JustFab raised $76m.
Mitsui calls into Tempo
Tempo Cagri Hizmetleri, a Turkey-based call centre, has reportedly raised an undisclosed amount from Japan-based financial services company Mitsui and local investment firm Globalturk Capital.
Lophius diagnoses latest investment
Lophius Biosciences, a Germany-based developer of medical diagnostic tests, has raised an undisclosed amount from state and corporate-backed funds. VRD, a local family office, WIC, S-Refit, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and two business angels provided the money. In July 2011, Lophius raised €1.4m ($2m). The company said it was started after the Hochschulgründerwettbewerb competition for… Continue reading Lophius diagnoses latest investment
Enter Crews exits to Mobcast
Japan-based social gaming company Mobcast has bought local peer Enter Crews for $7m from shareholders including B Dash Fund, a multi-corporate venture firm backed by NTT and Bigfoot.
Chernin flicks through comic
Media entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman launched Graphic India as a subsidiary of US comic book company Liquid Comics, which will retain a stake.
Optus-Innov8’s round two
In November, the Optus-Innov8 Seed Program made its first round of investments in 121cast (alongside venture capital firm Adventure Capital) and Venuemob (alongside Sydney Angels network).
Cmune games with VCs
DCM invests on behalf of Japan-based games company Gree in it’s $100m A-Fund and sold develop Pokelabo to this limited partner for $175m last year.
Dolphin Browser swims to Qualcomm
MoboTap, a China-based technology company that produces the Dolphin Browser, has raised $10m in its series B round led by US-listed chip maker Qualcomm’s corporate venturing unit. Alongside Qualcomm Ventures in the B round – which had been trailed to be happening in December – were venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners, which… Continue reading Dolphin Browser swims to Qualcomm
3rdKind gains KDDI backing
KDDI, a Japan-based phone operator, has invested an undisclosed amount in local applications publisher 3rdKind though its Open Innovation Fund.
Ecus closes agri-fund
Ecus Agri-Food raised $11m from private investors and gained a credit line from Corfo, the Chilean economic development agency, for $19m.
Perfint heads Norwest for $11m
Venture capital firm Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), which invests on behalf of bank Wells Fargo, has reinvested in its first investment in India by backing Perfint Healthcare, a firm set up in 2005 making medical equipment to detect cancer. NVP invested $11m in Perfint’s series D round. In July 2010, NVP had led the $7.2m… Continue reading Perfint heads Norwest for $11m
SnagFilms catches on $6m
CNF Investments, the corporate venturing unit of Clark Enterprises, led the C round.
Big Deal: A spotlight on search and surveys
Facebook and Google’s search competition seen through the prism of SurveyMonkey’s $444m deal.