Marketing technology company Gigya raises $25m funding led by Greenspring Associates with participation of Advance Publications.
Month: September 2013
Branding Brand wins eBay backing
Mobile commerce platform Branding Brand raises $9.5m series B funding from investors including eBay Enterprise.
Healthcare connects on defence
Healthcare uses corporate venturing defensively as Google unveils Calico deal with Art Levinsohn.
Samsung hires Arbulu for Open Innovation Center
Samsung Electronics has hired Luis Arbulu reportedly as a director in its Open Innovation Center.
Google makes longer-term bet with Calico
Google establishes new healthcare business Calico to tackle issues of aging and illness – “clearly a longer-term bet.”
Plaid picks up Google cheque
Plaid, a US-based financial technology startup which provides developers with an API for banking data, allowing them to programatically interact with banks and credit cards, has raised $2.8m from Google Ventures, the corporate venturing division of internet search firm Google, together with venture capital firms Spark Capital, Felicis Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Homebrew, the… Continue reading Plaid picks up Google cheque
Concur and Visage Mobile keep travelling together
Visage Mobile, a US-based technology company which provides enterprise mobility management software-as-service (SaaS) to help companies manage their mobile device inventory, usage and costs, has secured an undisclosed amount of investment from Concur, a US-based company which provides travel and expense management technology. Visage Mobile is already backed by Qualcomm and Motorola Solutions from previous funding… Continue reading Concur and Visage Mobile keep travelling together
App Annie happy with just $15m
App Annie, a China-based analytics service for mobile device applications, has closed a $15m round of funding led by Sequoia Capital’s US fund, with participation from existing investors, IDG Capital Partners, the corporate venturing unit of publisher International Data Group, and venture capital firms Greycroft Partners, e.ventures (spun off from Germany-based publisher Bertelsmann) and Infinity… Continue reading App Annie happy with just $15m
SAP puts all into Recommind
Unstructured data analysis company raises $15m series C funding exclusively from German software company SAP.
Google and IDG say Yesware
Sales technology company Yesware raises $13.5m series B funding from backers including Google and IDG.
Bertelsmann Asia deal Mo9 ‘pays back’
A mobile-based credit service that allows gamers to play and pay later has caught the eye and capital of corporate venturing outfit, Bertelsmann Asia Investment Fund, and venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital. The China-US outfit, Mo9, has raised millions of dollars in this series B round, according to the gaming sector press.
Rakuten takes $23m Slice
Rakuten, a Japan e-commerce and internet company, has led a $23m round of investment in US-based app developer, Slice. Slice uses the information buried in your email inbox to create fun and useful consumer applications and experiences. Slice is backed by DCM, Floodgate, Innovation Endeavors (Eric Schmidt), Lightspeed Venture Partners, NPD Group, Siguler Guff’s Russia… Continue reading Rakuten takes $23m Slice
Nexon-backed Shiver free to play
Nexon, a Japan free-to-play games publisher, that is best known for games like MapleStory and Combat Arms, has invested an undisclosed amount of capital in Shiver Entertainment. Shiver is a games studio founded by John Schappert, formerly of EA and Zynga. Schappert, who also founded Tiburon Entertainment, the developer behind the Madden series. Schappert only… Continue reading Nexon-backed Shiver free to play
Tuniu raises tidy $60m package
Tuniu, a China-based online travel package provider, which can name Japan e-commerce and internet company Rakuten as one of its investors, has raised $60m in a series D funding. The deal was led by Singapore-based investment firm Temasek and US-based venture firm DCM. Existing backers also participated. Established in 2006, Tuniu.com focuses on domestic and international… Continue reading Tuniu raises tidy $60m package