Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures leads $20m series D financing for provider of catalytic and separation process technology, with participation of Mitsui Global Investment.
Month: August 2013
Telco venture heads ring out
A strange trend since the beginning of 2012 is the amount of telecoms corporate venturing heads who have left their positions, with at least four departing, according to research carried out as part of our annual utilities sector feature out this coming week in our August magazine. It has been more common in recent years… Continue reading Telco venture heads ring out
Sanofi backs Edimer Pharmaceuticals
Edimer Pharmaceuticals raises $18m series B financing led by New Enterprise Associates and including new investor Sanofi-Genzyme BioVentures.
Softline joins CloudBox partnership
Moscow Seed Fund and Softline invest in innovative IaaS platform project.
Kyle Enright leaves First Data Ventures
Head of First Data Ventures is no longer with the company.
The Big Deal: Epizyme’s new style IPO
Epizyme, a US-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, has just released its second quarter results which show it sitting on a large cash pile of $149m, comfortable enough to see the company through to 2015. The pile reached that size largely thanks to Epizyme’s initial public offering (IPO) which closed on 5 June and which raised… Continue reading The Big Deal: Epizyme’s new style IPO
Corporate venture capital to the fore in Q2
The percentage of CVC dollars within VC investments was 13.7% in 2013 Q2, its highest level since at least the credit crunch, according to latest NVCA industry data.
Sahara Group stakes corporate venture claim
Nigeria-based energy conglomerate Sahara Group has created a new unit, Sahara Infrastructure Development and Venture Capital.
GS Group goes corporate venturing
Russian high technology developer and manufacturer unveils new venture arm.
SingTel latest investor in Fab series D round
SingTel Innov8, the corporate venturing unit of Asia-based communications company, SingTel Group, has invested $10m in international design lifestyle shopping site, Fab. SingTel joins fellow series D round investor Tencent, the Asia-based internet services and instant messaging company. The series D round has raised about $160 so far.
Epizyme sitting on $149m cash
Epizyme reports second quarter results including milestones reached and completion of its well-bought IPO.
Sydney start-ups mapped out for investors
Australia-based technology venture investor and accelerator group for online companies, Blue Chilli, has reported that its digital map of the Sydney start-up sector will be updated between every four and six months. The map details over 30 different organisations and companies, and more than 100 start-ups, conferences and meet-ups.
SMIT, GSR, Atomico put $10m in mobile dongle payment company iBoxPay
China-based iBoxPay, which provides a solution for making and accepting payments via mobile phones with the use of a dongle, has caught the eye of SMIT, a China-based company specialising in secure digital content delivery.
South Korea’s NCSoft makes play for Molten Games
South Korea-based NCSoft, a publisher and developer of massive multiplayer online games, has invested several million dollars in a series round of funding for US-based game studio and publisher Molten Games. The exact amount invested has not been disclosed to the public, according to a July report by San Diego Business Journal. NCSoft, which has… Continue reading South Korea’s NCSoft makes play for Molten Games