Start-ups should explore venture debt secured against machinery and intellectual property.
Month: September 2013
Let’s change the world
This is a monthly series from Astia, a global community of more than 4,000 experts building women leaders and supporting women-led start-ups.
Health needs innovation
Martin Kelly looks at the need of the health sector for innovation, ahead of HealthXL’s Summit at Stanford on September 26th.
Rising symbiosis between VC and corporate venturing
The appointment of VC directors on the boards of listed firms can be understood as an important mechanism in promoting innovation and growth.
London’s Tech City and start-up culture
Should the UK seek more inward investment from Google? Or should we bemoan the fact that companies like Google acquire all our best start-ups before they can get to scale? It is a serious question. We seem to want it both ways. We want Google to invest in London’s Tech City but we want Tech City to become a… Continue reading London’s Tech City and start-up culture
On the role and value of business models
Our regular academic columnists look at the importance of business models to innovation.
Gaule’s QT: Tony Askew, Reed Elsevier
Corven Networks’ Andrew Gaule interviews Reed Elsevier Ventures’ Tony Askew.
Profile: Hearst Ventures
A look at the corporate venturing unit of media group Hearst Corporation, which has sealed successes including Netscape, Broadcast.com and Brightcove in its near two decade-long history.
The Big Deal: Condé Nast’s and Vestiaire Collective’s “curated” approach
“We curate our collection to guarantee quality and authenticity,” proclaims the banner across the website of Vestiaire Collective, a France-based, e-commerce business which describes itself as a “resale community dedicated to luxury fashion,” although fashion here stretches to Danish chairs and Hermès ashtrays. In other words – and there are many other words for such… Continue reading The Big Deal: Condé Nast’s and Vestiaire Collective’s “curated” approach
Nokia Growth Partners navigates Microsoft transition
Microsoft Corp’s $7.2bn acquisition of the phone business of Finland-based, mobile phone maker Nokia does not include Nokia’s venture capital division, Nokia Growth Partners. Nokia Growth Partners currently has 27 active investments in mobile start-ups and raised a $250 million third fund from its sole limited partner Nokia at the beginning of 2013. Approximately three-quarters… Continue reading Nokia Growth Partners navigates Microsoft transition
BlueCross BlueShield backs ZeOmega’s $21.5m round
ZeOmega, a US-based software company whose principal product is Jiva, a population healthcare management platform, has closed a $21.5m growth equity financing round led by private equity fund Bregal Sagemount, with participation from existing investors BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, a corporate venture fund sponsored by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association of healthcare companies,… Continue reading BlueCross BlueShield backs ZeOmega’s $21.5m round
Cisco takes punt on RiverMeadow with Violin
RiverMeadow Software closes $12m series B funding from investors including Cisco and Violin Memory.
Tata buys into media buzz
Tata appears to have understood the changes in media will be fundamental to all business going forward, and by allying itself with Nielsen, it will have another eye with which it can understand the future. Watch this space.
Tata, Sillerman back Nielsen’s Pereg
An investment holding company of India-based conglomerate Tata Group and media entrepreneur Robert Sillerman have backed the first fund of US and Netherlands-based information and measurement group Nielsen’s corporate venturing unit. Apex Investments, a Mauritius-based subsidiary of Tata Industries, which invests in new and high-technology businesses for Tata, invested $5m in the Nielsen fund, Pereg… Continue reading Tata, Sillerman back Nielsen’s Pereg