US-based high performance wifi technology developer Quantenna Communications has closed a $22m funding round featuring home automation company Vivint and telecommunications service provider NTT. Investment firm Centerview Capital Technology, Russian state-backed fund Rusnano and venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, Sigma Partners and Venrock also took part in the round. Quantenna provides wifi semiconductor… Continue reading Quantenna receives $22m signal
Month: December 2014
Advanced Publications lands on Rent the Runway
The fashion rental service boosted its total funding to $116m with a $60m round backed by existing investor Advance Publications, the parent company of Conde Nast.
Flipkart closes $700m series H round
The India-based company has now raised more than $1.9bn in 2014, and has filed to go public in Singapore.
Celgene exercises investment in Flexus
Cancer drug developer Flexus has closed a Celgene-backed series B round that boosted its overall funding to $38m.
Phononic heats up with $44m series D
The thermal heating and cooling technology developer boosted its overall funding to more than $85m with a round supported by Rex Healthcare and corporate-backed fund WLR China.
Playdots spots investors for $10m series A
Tencent co-led the round, the first to be raised by the mobile game studio, which is best known for its Dots puzzle games.
Tendril reaches to SunPower for $20m
The solar system maker has provided $20m for Tendril as part of a licensing agreement for its energy management software.
Corporate VC in 2014: The trends
Chinese internet companies engage in turf war Although US-based internet giants were also busy during the year – Facebook bought WhatsApp, Oculus VR and LiveRail for a combined $21.5bn, while Google paid big money for Nest, Skybox Imaging and DeepMind – 2014 marked the point at which the Chinese internet sector took a big leap… Continue reading Corporate VC in 2014: The trends
GCV Academy: the videos
The GCV Academy programme is scintillating due to the high level of speakers we are privileged to host, and in these videos you can hear some of the types of insights speakers give during the varying courses.
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 15-19 December 2014
US-based physical storage service Boxbee raised $5m on Tuesday in a series A round led by venture capital firm Metamorphic Ventures that also featured an undisclosed home improvement company, as well as Floodgate, Northgate and unnamed previous investors. Boxbee previously secured $2.3m in April from Google Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of internet company Google,… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 15-19 December 2014
Flipkart finds the right price for Ngpay
Flipkart has exited payment platform JiGrahak and in the process upped its stake in parent company Ngpay to almost 66%.
Serviz maintains progress for series B
Groupon-backed on-demand home services provider Serviz has raised $12.5m in its second funding round this year.
Novartis invests $10m in BiolineRx
Novartis has taken a 12.8% stake in pharmaceutical company BiolineRx as part of a partnership agreement.
Nokia and Intel light up InVisage
Intel Capital and Nokia Growth Partners both participated in the camera-based semiconductor maker’s $32.5m series F round.