Mobile security start-up Armor5 has been acquired by data security company Digital Guardian for an undisclosed amount as it expands its focus to mobile data.
Month: October 2014
Portal Instruments conducts $11m series A
Medical device company Portal Instruments has received $11m in a series A round featuring investment vehicle Sunrise, to develop needle-free drug delivery systems.
Atara goes public in $55m IPO
The Amgen and Celgene-backed pharmaceutical company raised the cash after pulling in $72m in venture funding over two years.
XAnge leads $8.2m round for TagCommander
Marketing technology company TagCommander will use the series B cash to accelerate its expansion plans.
Welcome letter: GUV Summit 21 and 22 October
If innovation were a recipe you could look up in a book and whip up in half an hour, what would be the key ingredients? The first thing you would reach for would be great ideas, of course. What next? Maybe resources, of the human, intellectual, and financial variety, along with the actual hardware should… Continue reading Welcome letter: GUV Summit 21 and 22 October
Orderbird flies to $10m series B
Orderbird, an iPad point of sale system, has received $10m in series B funding from payment transaction company Concarnis and undisclosed private investors.
VCs must stop ignoring women entrepreneurs
Women’s organisation Astia draws attention to an issue which should make everyone in the venture capital industry sit up and take note: venture capitalists are not meeting women entrepreneurs but there is a growing pool of executives that are able to get funded.
MID Labs brings in $51m
Medical device company MID Labs has raised $51m in a round featuring Softbank’s Chinese divsion, to develop eye surgery devices and expand across the US and China.
Minerva Project enrols backers for $50m series B
Virtual college Minerva Project has raised the first $50m of a $70m series B round that featured Tal Education Group in order to expands its online schools.
AdNear locates $19m for series B
Location-based mobile advertising company AdNear has raised $19m in a series B round that featured Telstra Ventures to expand into new markets.
Qualcomm launches robotics accelerator
The semiconductor technology company will offer $120,000 in funding and additional support to around 10 robotics start-ups.
Thismoment seizes $17.6m for series D
Marketing technology company Thismoment has received $17.6m in a series D round from backers including UMC’s corporate venturing subsidiary.
KDDI invests $113m in funding and acquisitions
The telecommunications company has bought two Japan-based companies and invested in a further five.
Quantance conducts $6m of new funding
The Docomo-backed mobile device semiconductor maker has now raised $50m in debt and equity.