The Qualcomm-backed developer of an augmented reality and image recognition platform has attracted $45m from undisclosed investors.
Month: March 2015
Puddle makes splash with $2m
The peer-to-peer lending club operator, backed by $2m in seed capital from Google and others. is set to launch its service this week.
HeartThis feels the love from Google
Google Ventures has participated in a $2m seed round for e-commerce aggregation app HeartThis, which combines more than 330 retailers in a single place.
CoverHound sniffs out $14m
The insurance price comparison platform raised the money in an American Family-backed series B round that will fund hiring and carrier growth.
Renaissance displays fundraising artistry for second fund
Whirlpool and Roush have joined backers including Ford, Meijer, Dow, Kellogg, CMS Energy and DTE Energy for the venture capital fund’s $79m second fund.
The view from Intel Capital: Sodhani interview
Andrew Gaule talks to Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital and executive vice-president of Intel.
What is the performance of government-sponsored VCs?
In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Martin Haemmig and Boris Battistini review and analyse the latest trends.
Why the fear of failure must stop haunting South East Asia’s startups
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F Kennedy Deepak Natarajan, Intel Capital’s director for investments in South East Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, chats with Katherine Steiner-Dicks on government spoon-feeding, cultural barriers, debt-laden MBAs, risk takers, and the value of building stronger entrepreneurial ecosystems in the region. Just as… Continue reading Why the fear of failure must stop haunting South East Asia’s startups
BGF judges McMillan Williams worthy of $7.6m
Bank-backed Business Growth Fund has invested $7.6m in the law firm, which plans to now expand using the funding.
SugarCRM acquires Stitch in time
Stitch, the developer of an assistance app for salespeople, raised $3.25m in seed funding last year from investors including Google Ventures.
Mobile commerce is ready for prime time
Tracy Isacke, Silicon Valley Bank, discusses what the future holds for commerce.
2015 begins with a bang
Deal Analysis for February
India: the way forward
Combining technology with reimagined business models can transform the country over the next year, according to Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and former vice-chairman, Infosys, and Vivek Wadhwa, fellow, Stanford Law School, and director of research, Duke University.
Deus ex machina? The evolution of AI
The continual development of artificial intelligence has the potential to change the course of human destiny, both for better and for worse. But what are the risks, and which universities are accelerating this evolution?