Andrew Gaule interviews Jon Lauckner, head of GM Ventures, for his Question Time column.
Month: April 2015
GCV Academy: the videos
Global Corporate Venturing has been running our GCV Academy in an effort to provide best practices for the industry in a programme led by corporate venturing advisory veteran Andrew Gaule, and we have set the latest dates for the Academy. The programme is scintillating due to the high level of speakers we are privileged to… Continue reading GCV Academy: the videos
Jawbone bites down on $300m
The wearables product maker, which counts Deutsche Telekom among its investors, raised the cash from BlackRock and has inked a joint development deal with Amex.
Fanli achieves unicorn status in a flash
Flash sale e-commerce company Fanli has received up to $100m in series C funding from Rakuten in a deal that values it at $1bn.
Schuder emerges at HP Ventures
Schuder joins the computing company after leading AMD Ventures, where he led 13 investments including backing video collaboration business ViVu and mobile photo editor Aviary.
News round up 20 April 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Vlocity hurtles to $42.8m
The cloud-based software startup secured the funding in a Salesforce Ventures-led round that also included Accenture.
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 13-17 April 2015
Tonara, the Israel-based developer of an interactive sheet music app, has raised $5m in a series B round backed by social network operator Baidu and venture capital firm Carmel Ventures, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday. The round followed a 2012 series A round which secured $4m from Carmel Ventures, Index Ventures, Lool Ventures and assorted angel… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 13-17 April 2015
Number26 banks on $10.7m series A
The Axel Springer-based smartphone banking service has now raised almost $13m in total after closing its series A round.
Investors pump $6.6m into Omeicos
The biopharmaceutical company, the developer of a treatment for atrial fibrillation, raised the cash from investors including industrial corporate SMS.
UniKey unlocks $10m for series A
Samsung was one of the investors in a round that will fund the keyless security company’s international expansion.
Qualcomm drives $20m series A for Navdy
Navdy has raised almost $27m of venture funding in eight months and will now work to launch its in-car display system later this year.
Bonesupport grafts on $14m of funding
Lundbeck-backed injectable bone graft developer Bonesupport has attracted $14m for a funding round led by an unnamed Scandinavian pension fund.
TVM closes corporate-backed life sciences fund
Chongqinq Lummy Pharmaceutical has backed a $50m fund formed by venture capital firm TVM to invest in life sciences companies.