Samsung is reported to be establishing a new seed accelerator in Israel and planning increased investment activity in the country via its venture capital funds.
Month: October 2013
Comcast and Liberty join behind Integrate
As marketing departments set about modernizing, Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures join $7m series B follow-on round led by Foundry Group for Integrate, provider of a dashboard that allows a single media buyer to manage campaigns and do the work of an entire team.
Kickstart gives Lenddo $6m a hand
Lenddo, an online platform that allows members to use their online social connections to access local financial services, has raised an additional $6m in a series B funding round from Philippine incubator Kickstart Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures and Skype co-founder and angel investor Toivo Annus.
Nokia gets pixelated over Solar Vista Media
Nokia Growth Partners, the corporate venturing unit of mobile phone company Nokia, has led an undisclosed series D round of funding for SolarVista Media, a China digital outdoor advertising billboard company.
All fun and games for Chukong in $50m series D round
Chukong Technologies, a China mobile game developer and publisher, has raised $50m in a series D funding round, bringing its total fund raising efforts to date to $83m. Other investors include existing investors GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital, Steamboat Ventures and Northern Light. The company’s breaking record monthly revenues have more than doubled this year from… Continue reading All fun and games for Chukong in $50m series D round
Intel angles in on Prism Skylabs
Intel Capital leads $15m series B funding for Prism Skylabs, a technology startup which aims to boost brick-and-mortar businesses by attaching web-style analytics to their in-store video cameras.
Gainspeed gains Juniper Networks investment
Juniper Strategic Investments leads series B funding for Gainspeed, provider of software-driven, all-IP cable network architecture designed to help cable operators meet skyrocketing capacity requirements.
Edison and Constellation climb aboard Proterra
Proterra, a US-based maker of battery-powered electric buses, has raised $24m in a series C funding round which included two new strategic electric industry investors, Edison Energy, a subsidiary of Edison International, and retail energy supplier Constellation, a subsidiary of US-based energy provider Exelon Corporation; previous investors who participated in the round included GM Ventures,… Continue reading Edison and Constellation climb aboard Proterra
3M dips for TaKaDu
In the context of greater water scarcity, technology conglomerate 3M follows ABB in making strategic investment in Israeli startup TaKaDu, provider of data analytics services for monitoring water networks.
DSM adds financial ingredient to ChromaDex
Natural products company ChromaDex receives an undisclosed amount of equity financing from DSM Venturing.
Google feeds back to Panorama Education
Panorama Education, a US-based education technology company which provides schools with data analytics and feedback surveys, has raised $4m in seed funding co-led by Startup:Education, a $100m investment foundation launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and micro venture capital firm SoftTech VC; other participating investors include Google Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of internet… Continue reading Google feeds back to Panorama Education
Panoramic Power takes in $8m
Energy efficiency company Panoramic Power closes $8m series B financing led by Marker along with existing investors including Qualcomm.
Intel Capital invests $65m in nine countries
Intel Capital unveils its latest deals in front of a record 1100 attendees at its annual summit. The deals were announced by Intel Capital CEO Arvind Sodhani, who had earlier in the day show-cased Intel Capital portfolio company’s Recon Instruments’s wearable technology [pictured].
Technology dictates pace across sectors
One of the great privileges of tracking corporate venturing is it provides insights into many of the key areas of the economy, which often share few things except that these sectors are being transformed quickly by the relentless rise in the importance of technology. This month we have been working on our energy and natural resources sector feature, and it… Continue reading Technology dictates pace across sectors