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Month: March 2015
Industrials grind forward
With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.
Making sense of a shifting world
Toby Lewis discusses the changing pace in the world of corporate venturing
Price comparison site PricePanda merges with GetPrice
The newly merged company, Next Commerce, will cover nine countries across Asia Pacific and serve more than four million customers.
Sandwich serves up corporate venturing unit
Sandwich has launched a unit that will take equity stakes worth $100,000 in return for its corporate video production services.
Convergence watch: Novartis, Qualcomm at healthcare-IT frontier
The latest convergence partnership to turn heads is in digital health, with DRX Capital, a $100m fund jointly run by Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of the US-based technology company, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company.
Big Deal: Nextdoor welcomes $110m
The fast-growing neighbourhood-based social network, backed by Comcast and Google, has now raised $210m in total as it prepares to monetise elements of the service.
PayPal buys cybersecurity company CyActive for $60m
The Siemens-backed cybersecurity startup, founded in 2013, had reportedly raised about $2m in funding.
Lamabang nurtures $100m series C
Mother-focused social network operator Lamabang, backed by investors including VIPshop, has now raised about $130m in overall funding.
Fitbit works out FitStar acquisition
Exercise plan provider FitStar, which had raised $5m from investors including Google Ventures, is set to be acquired by the wearable fitness device maker.
News round up 09 March 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 2-6 March 2015
Germany-based online consumer price comparison platform PricePanda secured an undisclosed amount of funding on Thursday from Tengelmann Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of retail chain Tengelmann, the investment firm Kinnevik and Asia Pacific Internet Group, the joint venture between incubator Rocket Internet and telecommunications company Ooredoo. PricePanda, which raised $3m from Tengelmann in January 2014,… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 2-6 March 2015
Modanisa tries STC on for $5.5m round
The Islamic women’s fashion site has now raised $8.5m in just over two years.
Corporates meet for Challenge Up accelerator
The accelerator, backed by Intel, Cisco and Deutsche Telekom, will assist, and possibly fund internet of things startups in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.