Novozymes and Sobrato Organisation were among the backers for life sciences-based venture firm Mission Bay Capital’s oversubscribed second fund.
Month: May 2015
An Evening with Laurence Lessig, London
Measuring the metric of citizenship by the size of your wallet
Meerkat livens up series B with $14m
The live video streaming app developer reportedly raised the cash from backers including Universal, Comcast, Broadway Video, CAA, UTA and William Morris Endeavor.
Clean Deal: Keep it complicated, stupid
Tom Whitehouse explores trends in clean-tech.
Corporate investors and new ventures innovativeness
In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Martin Haemmig and Boris Battistini review and analyse the latest trends.
Gaule’s Question Time: Motoring into the future
Andrew Gaule talks to Jon Lauckner, chief technology officer responsible for research and development and president of GM Ventures.
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
Corporates and startups join forces to find IoT opportunities
Tracy Isacke, managing director, corporate venturing, Silicon Valley Bank discusses the hype surrounding the internet of things (IoT).
Intel most active by number, Alibaba by value
First quarter analysis
Telkom to connect with South African startups
The telecommunications company has launched an $8m funding initiative for small businesses in its home country and formed a partnership with incubator Bandwidth Barn.
What the corporate venturing tipping point means
Toby Lewis discusses the recent boom in corporate venturing.
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