Spotlight on the tech transfer successes of Austria
Month: November 2014
A rich mix of the old and the new: Estonia
Spotlight on the small yet mighty technology powerhouse of Estonia.
Cancer spawns multiple battlegrounds
A look at innovations in the cure for cancer by Gregg Bayes-Brown, editor, Global University Venturing, with additional reporting by Thierry Heles.
Cyber-security whistles for attention
Whistle-blower or traitor? This is hardly a standard question at most post-conference drinks events but then few of the delegates are as equipped to answer as the attendees of the Global Cybersecurity Innovation Summit organised by Sinet (Security Innovation Network).Sinet’s inaugural international conference held in the British Museum in London, UK, covered many of the ways in… Continue reading Cyber-security whistles for attention
Latvia: a land of potential on the Baltic Sea
Our regular columnist Marianne Abib-Pech takes a look at Latvia.
Making the board case for corporate venturing
How to pitch a corporate venturing unit to your board by Chirag Patel, managing director and head of corporate ventures, Highnote Foundry.
Venturing’s role in disruptive innovation initiatives
A large corporation recently requested my advice on how to set up and structure its venture fund, based in California’s Silicon Valley. This corporation had initially set up a venture fund in the late 1990s to invest in internet startups. By 2002 it had closed down the fund after determining that its portfolio companies had lost their financial… Continue reading Venturing’s role in disruptive innovation initiatives
Metrics and the sales and marketing balance sheet
A sales and marketing look at how to turn round a business when it is missing its plan.
ABB makes Vicarious investment in $12m round
Vicarious has raised $12m in its series C round, which was led by ABB Technology Ventures, taking the artificial intelligence company’s overall funding to nearly $70m.
Quixey dials up Dextera for acquisition
Qualcomm and One97 Communications were among the backers to exit as the intelligent dialling app was bought by Quixey for up to $15m.
Evernote takes down $20m from Nikkei
Nikkei invested the cash as part of a partnership agreement based around a real-time data feature recently introduced by NTT Docomo-backed Evernote.
Veolia’s Evans: a fresh approach to water-tech growth in oil and gas
The oil and gas industry holds promise and danger in equal measure for water-tech innovators and their venture capital investors, writes Wayne Evans, vice-president industrial technology, Veolia Water Technologies.
Crowdworks to source markets for $9m IPO
The crowdsourcing platform, backed by CyberAgent, Digital Garage, Dentsu and Itochu, has secured about $14.5m in funding since it was founded in 2011.
Whitehouse: spotlight on water innovation in oil and gas
Tom Whitehouse, chairman of London Environmental Investment Forum, explores trends in clean-tech.