Israel-based medical device maker EarlySense secured $20m today in a series F round led by Samsung Ventures Israel, the local corporate venturing arm of electronics conglomerate Samsung, which invested $10m. Medical device maker Welch Allyn and charitable organisation Noaber Foundation, both existing investors, returned for the round, as did Pitango Venture Capital, JK&B and Proseed… Continue reading EarlySense detects $20m
Month: January 2015
SIG helps Apus develop $100m series B
China-based mobile app developer Apus Group secured $100m on Friday in a series B round co-led by SIG Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of technology and trading firm Susquehanna International Group, according to Marbridge Daily. Chengwei Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners co-led the round, while Northern Light Venture Capital and Redpoint Ventures also participated. Qiming… Continue reading SIG helps Apus develop $100m series B
ZipDial answers Twitter call
Twitter has agreed to buy the Times Internet-backed mobile marketing company for a price reported to be about $40m.
SpaceX confirms $1bn Google-backed round
Space Exploration Technologies, which had previously raised about $250m, will use the cash for satellite-based internet technology.
Half of Fortune 100 do venturing
Forty-seven of the 100 biggest US companies do venture capital investing, research by Global Corporate Venturing for our forthcoming World of Corporate Venturing has revealed. The result was uncovered in detailed analysis of the Fortune 500 comparing it to Global Corporate Venturing’s database, for the supplement, which is published next week. The findings are likely… Continue reading Half of Fortune 100 do venturing
Boost drinks in $2.1m
The juice bar chain secured a second investment by the UK bank-backed Business Growth Fund as it prepares to open another 20 branches.
Virgin and Qualcomm enter OneWeb’s orbit
OneWeb, which plans to provide the internet through low-orbiting satellites, has secured capital from corporates Virgin, the owner of Virgin Galactic, and Qualcomm.
Agrivida finds catalyst for $12m series D
Syngenta and Sumitomo-backed Agricultural biotechnology company Agrivida has secured $12m in its latest funding round.
Semtech acquires EnVerv
Cisco and UMC-backed fabless semiconductor producer EnVerv has been acquired by semiconductor supplier Semtech.
Kabam finds new player in TapZen
Mobile game developer Kabam has acquired games studio TapZen, which had raised $18m in venture funding from Tencent and Zynga.
Holtzbrinck Ventures closes $331m Fund VI
The venture firm, spun out of media company Georg von Holtzbrinck in 2010, raised the oversubscribed fund in less than four months.
DeNA plans to make virtual investments reality
Gaming company DeNA intends to make up to four seed investments in the virtual reality technology sector through September this year.
Cantargia files for IPO in Sweden
Cantargia, a Sweden-based biopharmaceutical company backed by life sciences business Lubio Science, has filed an initial public offering on the Nasdaq North First market in Stockholm, Sweden. The company plans to raise an initial SEK 44.1m ($5.4m) from the share issue, which would be increased to more than $12.2m if additional option rights are taken… Continue reading Cantargia files for IPO in Sweden
Meituan groups investors together for $700m series D
The Alibaba-backed group buying company raised the cash at a $7bn valuation, and is planning to go public sometime after 2016.