AAA May 2015 – Page 11

Boom-time ‘on the floor’ at NVCA event

The mood at the US venture capital trade body’s annual conference was one of tempered optimism, with the dominant feeling being that current valuations reflected over-exuberance, but also that any correction would not hit the sector as hard as the fall-out from the collapse of the dot.com bubble.

Corporate venturing on the New Silk Road

China’s foreign exchange reserves, which are heading towards the $3.8 trillion mark, are itching to be invested. China’s $62bn Silk Road Infrastructure Fund is one vehicle set up to invest those reserves. The fund’s strategy is to open up infrastructure links with foreign markets along a newly mapped Silk Road and Maritime Road. To date, the $62bn is… Continue reading Corporate venturing on the New Silk Road

Government House: Battleground shifting to talent

There is no shortage of liquidity in an era of negative real interest rates. Just as the differentiation between public and private-backed corporation has become blurred as they all focus on similar metrics to set strategy and governance, the real challenge remains in identifying and creating organisations able to scale and grow.

Chartbeat tunes in to $15.5m series C

US-based web analytics company Chartbeat has secured $15.5m in a series C round backed by internet company and incubator Digital Garage. Venture capital firm Harmony Partners led the round, with Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Index Ventures as well as angel investors Jason Calacanis and Jeff Clavier also participating. Chartbeat has developed a real-time analytics platform… Continue reading Chartbeat tunes in to $15.5m series C