US-based skincare company La Lumiere received $20m in series B funding on Tuesday from Johnson & Johnsoon Development Corporation, the corporate venturing unit of healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, and venture capital firm Swan & Legend Venture Partners. La Lumiere develops light-based phototherapy devices. The company’s debut product is the IlluMask, which offers treatments to… Continue reading Johnson & Johnson lights up La Lumiere
Month: November 2014
Johnson & Johnson lights up La Lumiere
Skincare device maker La Lumiere has raised $20m in a series B round featuring Johnson & Johnson that will fund the commercialisation of its IlluMask product.
Hortonworks to go public in $100m IPO
The big data platform, which has raised nearly $250m from backers including Yahoo, HP and Teradata, plans to use the proceeds to expand its sales network.
Corporates give Ziarco some skin for series B
Ziarco, which develops therapeutics for inflammatory skin diseases, raised $33.1m in series B funding featuring Pfizer Venture Investments and Amgen Ventures.
Lending platform OnDeck files for $150m IPO
OnDeck, which uses big data to lend to small businesses, has raised almost $100m in equity from investors including SAP and Google.
LinkedIn makes first venture investment, backing Confluent
Big data messaging technology Confluent has launched with a $6.9m investment by LinkedIn, Benchmark and Data Collective.
Innogest orders up Espresso for $12.5m fund
Media company Espresso Group has formed a corporate venturing fund in conjunction with venture capital firm Innogest that will target digital business startups.
TTP sells corporate venturing portfolio to DFJ Esprit
Consultancy TTP has sold on its interest in 10 companies to Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s European fund.
BluWrap ups funding by $12.6m
Rabo Ventures and Anterra Capital have both backed a round that will help BluWrap to advance its food preservation technology.
Codoon tries on $30m for series B
The wearable device maker has now secured $40m in two rounds this year, closing a series B backed by SoftBank and SIG.
Balderton reaches Cloud9 for series B
Remote collaboration tool developer Cloud9 has added series B funding to the $5.6m raised from an Atlassian-backed round in 2011.
One97 raises first $60m of $200m round
The mobile payment platform developer, whose existing investors include Intel and SAP, has already begun talks with investors over the remainder of the round.
Deutsche Telekom announces $620m corporate venturing fund
The telecom firm will wind down its main corporate venturing subsidiary, T-Venture, in favour of the new unit, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.
Large deals come to the fore
Exit numbers in October were high thanks to the KRW 10 trillion ($9.4bn) merger of online messaging company Kakao, and internet portal Daum Communications, both based in South Korea.