Our regular columnist Marianne Abib-Pech reflects on the changes in Iran and its relation to the west over the last 36 years.
Month: April 2015
SingTel exits Moment.me in $10m acquisition
Wix has acquired the mobile website builder and lead generation service, which had raised $3.15m from investors.
Another $5.5bn investments notched up in March
During March, Global Corporate Venturing tracked 162 investments in corporate venturing-backed companies worth $5.5bn, compared with 162 investments worth $5bn in February. We also tracked four exits in March worth $482m.
Focus on Russian VC trends
Comment from Alex Chachava, managing partner of Leta Capital, on Russian venture capital trends.
Are cyberattackers stealing from inside your network?
Comment from Vectra Networks, a cybersecurity company backed by Intel Capital.
Novartis hunts Caribou for $11m series A
The cell engineering technology company has also inked a joint research agreement with a Novartis subsidiary.
Enabling technologies unlock multiple growth options
Comment from Indro Mukerjee, chairman of FlexEnable
Top materials venturers and startups
Tom Whitehouse, chairman of London Environmental Investment Forum and founder of Carbon International, explores trends in clean-tech.
Analysis: Patent demands
In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Martin Haemmig and Boris Battistini review and analyse the latest trends
IDG cuts Flipkart stake in $150m sale
IDG Ventures has reduced its stake in the e-commerce company while venture firm Helion Venture Partners has exited completely.
ZenPayroll employs Google for $60m series B
Google took part in the round through both its Google Capital and Google Ventures units, taking the payroll processor’s total funding to $86m.
Embrane to be absorbed into Cisco’s network
Cisco, which led the data centre management company’s series C round last year, is set to buy the company, allowing Sumitomo to exit.
Nelnet embraces Hudl for $72.5m series A
The educational finance provider co-led the round for Hudl, which plans to explore acquisitions to enhance its video analysis software offering.
Gaule’s Question Time: The jewel in the crown
Andrew Gaule talks to Geoff McGrath, vice-president of McLaren Applied Technologies