Follow the money. This cliché is the key to understanding working in business, and corporate venturing is no different. As we documented in a book review of Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner’s The Architecture of Innovation, compensation in corporate venturing is an area of fiendish complexity, which is dogged by the perversity of human… Continue reading Follow the money
Month: June 2013
Anki bringing robots into home
Two Sigma Ventures participates in $50m funding for US-based consumer robotics start-up.
Kenandy handed $33m
Salesforce-backed enterprise management software firm closes $33m series B financing.
Cool Planet chills with $29.9m
US-based biofuel developer, backed by 6 strategic investors, climbs towards $100m series D funding target.
BrightEdge gleaming with $42.8m
Intel-backed digital content marketing company closes series D funding.
GoodData better for $22m
TOTVS Ventures leads series D investment in US-based business intelligence platform.
PressMatrix rolls in $3.3m
PDV Inter-Media Venture joins series A funding of digital publishing solutions provider.
The Big Deal: Qualcomm’s speedy drive with Waze
Nothing is more important for corporate venturing executives to be respected at Silicon Valley’s top table than that they hit exits out of the park. So it was reassuring for the asset class Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the US-based semiconductor company, has netted a 10 times return from its investment in US-based… Continue reading The Big Deal: Qualcomm’s speedy drive with Waze
Corporates take lessons from Rarejob
Corporate venturing units YJ Capital, Cyber Agent, KDDI and Mitsubishi join $3m investment in Skype-based English language education business Rarejob.
Qualcomm Ventures nets 10x on Waze
The corporate venturing unit of US-based semiconductor company Qualcomm was one of the early backers of the company, which news provider Reuters said had been sold for $1.3bn, although terms were undisclosed.
Wipro on cloud nine with $5m Axeda stake
Wipro’s corporate venturing unit has invested $5m for a minority stake in US IT consulting company, Axeda.
SAP Ventures makes good call on JustDial
SAP Ventures’ recently listed investee company JustDial closes 22% above issue price.
Lamoda kits out in $130m
Russia-based online fashion retailer raises $130m funding led by Access Industries and joined by Tengelmann Ventures
AngelList raising for itself
Start-up platform reported to be raising funds for itself from backers including Google Ventures