Salespoeple motivator LevelEleven raises $2m from investors including Salesforce.com.
Month: September 2013
Twitter adds MoPub to flock
Twitter is acquiring mobile advertising exchange MoPub in an all-stock deal worth around $350m.
Intel taken by HookLogic
Intel Capital leads $14.3m financing for retail search exchange operator HookLogic.
Careem picks up Saudi Telecom investment
Chauffeur car booking service Careem raises $1.7m, led by Saudi Telecom Company, to expand across Middle East.
Affle to launch M2X mobile ad fund
Advertising technology company Affle is launching a $3.3m corporate venturing fund to back mobile advertising entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific region.
Media show adapts to digital age
Media groups have pursued corporate venturing enthusiastically as the sectors in which they operate have been transformed by technological change. As we demonstrate in our forthcoming special report on the media industry, which is sponsored by US-based law firm Baker Botts and is out later this month, groups are using their investments in start-ups to keep tabs on how the production of content is changing,… Continue reading Media show adapts to digital age
Spotlight on compensation
Findings from a survey by compensation specialists at J Thelander Consulting in partnership with the Corporate Venture and Innovation Initiative CVI2 provide a rare glimpse into compensation trends in corporate venturing.
Compensation paradox moves centre stage
The finding of a survey by US-based recruitment consultant J Thelander Consulting in partnership with the Corporate Venture and Innovation Initiative that corporate venturing unit leaders earn just under $500,000 should not alarm, even though it is less than comparable venture peers.
Sify sets aside $23.1m for corporate venturing
Sify Technologies, an India-based, Nasdaq-quoted internet and IT services firm, is looking to invest up to $23.1m in corporate venturing deals as it sets out to “explore avenues to invest in or partner with technology startups focusing on cloud, security and managed services.” These investments or partnerships will be directed at companies with synergies to… Continue reading Sify sets aside $23.1m for corporate venturing
Liberty Global takes Metrological to next level
Cable company Liberty Global invests in internet television technology company and Horizon TV partner Metrological.
Viki takeover translates into another Rakuten mega deal
Japan-based Rakuten, an electronic commerce, internet services and digital media content company, is on an ambitious path to one day go neck and neck with Amazon and Lovefilm subsidiary, Netflix. Its recent acquisition of Singapore-based Viki.com, a crowd-sourcing multi-lingual video streaming company, is likely to give it the global edge it needs to build scale. The Japanese company is reportedly set to pay close to $200m for Viki, according to media sources.
Innovative region: UK
A look at the UK’s university commercialisation ecosystem in the first of a regular regional analysis series by our sister title Global University Venturing.
Where the know-how goes
Ask someone to name a form of intellectual property (IP) and they will inevitably mention one of the more traditional, registrable forms of IP – patents, trademarks or design rights. Which is why, looking through the table of contents in August’s issue of Global Corporate Venturing, I could not help but pause at the following headline: “Are partners worth more than… Continue reading Where the know-how goes
Minimising risks of misuse of confidential information
The first in a three part series on the responsibility of corporate directors to their portfolio companies.