A round-up of some of the video highlights from the corporate venturing and innovation partnering conference in Newport Beach.
Month: March 2015
High Fidelity turns up volume for $11m series B
Google-backed virtual reality technology developer High Fidelity has attracted funding from new and existing investors and has now raised $15.9m in total.
Chiasma closes $70m series E
The Ofer-backed acromegaly treatment developer raised an initial $33.8m in January, following a cancelled deal with pharmaceutical company Roche.
AMP banks on corporate venturing
Financial services provider AMP has launched a strategic corporate venturing unit to invest in digital businesses focused on areas including data analytics.
Big Deal: Google mines Kobalt
Music rights specialist Kobalt has raised $60m in a Google-backed series C round, as it seeks to help artists retain royalties in an online age.
Bayer plants capital in $150m Finistere fund
Bayer CropScience, the agribusiness subsidiary of Germany-based chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer, has made in an investment in a $150m agriculture technology fund raised by venture capital firm Finistere Ventures. Bayer is a founding partner in Finistere Ventures’ FVII Fund alongside investment firm Avac’s agriculture technology unit Verdex Capital, which will manage the funds Canada-focused… Continue reading Bayer plants capital in $150m Finistere fund