GE Ventures has partnered with Stanford Health Care to launch Evidation Health, a big data startup with eyes on digital health which has raised $6m.
Month: March 2015
Tel Aviv turns smartphones into hyperspectral sensor
Tel Aviv spin-out Unispectral reveals lens and image processing software that allows users to break down the chemical components of almost any object.
Microsoft Ventures launches two Indian startup programmes
Microsoft’s corporate venturing arm has selected 11 startups that will advance through either the Accelerator Plus or the Scale Up initiative.
Refinery29 to distill $50m from series D
Existing investor Hearst is reportedly set to contribute to a round for the women’s lifestyle media site that could reach $50m at a $240m valuation.
Johnson & Johnson reveals Jlabs lineup
The company has announced the first 10 companies that will be resident at its South San Francisco Jlabs campus.
SIG rates Wecash for series B
Online credit rating service Wecash has closed its series B round at $20m, boosting its total funding to $26.6m.
PCH concludes acquisition of Fab assets
First rumoured in November 2014, PCH has agreed to acquire e-commerce company Fab for an undisclosed amount of cash and equity.
Corporates sense Aura for $22m series B
US-based biotechnology company Aura Biosciences raised $22m yesterday in a series B round featuring Chiesi Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of pharmaceutical company Chiesi Group, and scientific measuring instruments manufacturer Li-Cor Biosciences. The round was led by venture capital firm Advent Life Sciences. Property debt manager Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ investment vehicle Alexandria Venture Investments,… Continue reading Corporates sense Aura for $22m series B
HoneyBook invites Norwest to series B
Event-planning service HoneyBook has now received $32m in venture funding to date, following a $22m series B round.
Beijing Water Business Doctor diagnoses $320m fund
The water purification plant operator will invest $24m in the environmental protection-focused fund, which is being launched in conjunction with private equity firm JD Capital.
Pharmaceutical firms inoculate Macrolide with series A funds
Antibiotics developer Macrolide Pharmaceuticals has secured its first funding with a $22m round backed by Novartis, Roche and GlaxoSmithKline.
Alation delights in $9m series A
Bloomberg was among the investors, as the data management company raised a series A round that will support hiring, product development, sales and marketing.
SMIC lights up Brite Semiconductor series C
China-based semiconductor producer Brite Semiconductor raised $8m in a series C round featuring semiconductor foundry SMIC yesterday. Norwest Venture Partners, the venture capital firm managing funds on behalf of financial services provider Wells Fargo, also participated alongside VC firm Gobi Partners. Brite manufactures a range of application-specific integrated circuit design services, from initial design specification… Continue reading SMIC lights up Brite Semiconductor series C
Uber maps out DeCarta acquisition
Uber has bought T-Mobile, Ford and Best Buy-backed navigation system DeCarta for an undisclosed sum in order to advance its mapping technology.