Dan Cherian has joined apparel and footwear company VF from Nike and will take charge of its innovation activities.
Month: September 2014
Medical big data start-up Lumiata raises $10m
BlueCross BlueShield has contributed to a $6m second tranche of Lumiata’s series A round.
Snowball collects Renren for $40m series C
Renren led the online financial data company’s series C round, which increased its overall funding to more than $53m.
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DelBene leaves government for Madrona
Kurt DelBene, who has previously held a corporate venturing role at Microsoft, has left his position with the US government’s health department to join Madrona Venture Group as a venture partner.
Affimed affirms flotation in $56m IPO
The cancer drug developer, which counts Novo Nordisk among its shareholders, floated below its range, but issued a larger number of shares than expected.
CVC heads net million dollar packages
Extensive industry research set to spark debate about how much groups should look to pay up to attract talent in the industry. The report’s author, Jody Thelander, of J Thelander Consulting, is pictured.
Cancer drug developer Kolltan files for $86m IPO
Kolltan, which is backed by Purdue Pharma and Gilead Sciences, will use the proceeds to advance its candidates through early-stage clinical trials.
Flextronics detects Soneter for $6m round
Soneter, which manufactures water flow and leak sensors, has raised $6m at the same time as it signed a strategic agreement with Flextronics.
Woman in the news: Tracy Isacke, SVB
Tracy Isacke, the incoming leader of US-based bank Silicon Valley Bank’s corporate venturing relationship group, spoke with Global Corporate Venturing about her plans in the role. Isacke is taking on her role from Claire Lee, who is taking on leadership of Silicon Valley Bank’s early stage banking business. Isacke joined from her role as head… Continue reading Woman in the news: Tracy Isacke, SVB
Siemens and GIMV take part in PE
Software developer PE International has received repeat investments from Siemens Venture Capital and GIMV, taking its overall funding to almost $24m.
AM-Pharma gets up early for series E
Biopharmaceutical company AM-Pharma has raised $15.8m in a series E round that included IdInvest Partners and AbbVie, and has now secured some $70m in total.
Smartstudy and Baidu find common language
English language revision platform Smartstudy.com has raised $10.6m in series A funding from Baidu, a month after the internet company acquired Chuanke.com.