Netatmo, a France-based consumer electronics company, has raised €4.5m ($6m) from a consortium including multi-corporate-backed venture capital firm Iris Capital. Alongside Iris Capital, which is backed by local phone operator France Telecom’s Orange subsidiary, are French state-backed FSN PME and angel investor Pascal Cagni, a non-executive director of Vivendi and Kingfisher. Netatmo provides a personal… Continue reading Netatmo eyes up $6m
Month: June 2013
Targovax raises $3.6m
In January last year, Targovax raised just short of 13 NOK ($2.2m) from venture capital firm Birk Venture, RO Invest and the Norwegian Radium Hospital’s research foundation.
Rock Health adds Boehringer
Boehringer Ingelheim, a Germany-based drugs company, has become a strategic partner of US-based digital health accelerator Rock Health. Rock Health also has as corporate partners: Switzerland-based drugs group Roche’s Genentech biotech subsidiary; Alexandria Real Estate Equities, which owns biotech buildings; and public relations firm Ogilvy. Rock has 11 start-ups for its latest accelerator programme, including CRIXlabs,… Continue reading Rock Health adds Boehringer
Guavus records Pipeline deal
In April, Guavus extended its series D round by $9m by adding investment bank Goldman Sachs and venture capital firm TransLink Capital as investors in its syndicate.
Ngmoco founders form N3twork
Neil Young and Bob Stevenson, founders of N3twork, previously sold Ngmoco (also backed by Google Ventures) to Japan-based peer Dena for $400m in 2010.
Panzura stores up $25m
Separately, CTV said its head, Trond Unneland had moved on to another part of Chevron.
Captricity captures fresh finance
Digitized data platform raises $2.4.m Series A finance led by Social+Capital
Skillern going independent
Kevin Skillern is reported to be leaving GE Energy Financial Services
IAC signs for DraftStreet
Internet company IAC invests in US fantasy sports site.
Canvas stretches funding by $4m
Motorola Solutions continues backing business apps company Canvas in Series C funding round
AppLift ups $13m
AppLift, a mobile games marketing platform backed by Germany-based company builder HitFox Group, has raised $13m from venture capital and growth equity firm Prime Ventures in its series A funding round. AppLift will use the funds to further invest in its marketing and monetization platform and to accelerate global expansion. Jan Beckers, chief executive of HitFox… Continue reading AppLift ups $13m
Relationship Science connects to $29m
Hearst-backed business networking tool raises new equity finance.
Gaule’s Question Time: Qinetiq
Gaule: Give a brief description of the purpose of your venture, when it was formed and how the process occurs in your organisation. Adcock: The vision of our business is “to transform the way the world delivers training”, primarily in the military market but also in selected hazardous civilian markets such as mining. We do this by the progressive use of gaming technologies integrated with… Continue reading Gaule’s Question Time: Qinetiq
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