Tom Whitehouse discussed innovation at BP with Isaam Dairanieh, managing director of BP Ventures, and group head of technology David Eyton.
Month: June 2015
Udemy stays course with $65m
The online education marketplace has now raised $113m in total, after securing $65m in a Norwest Venture Partners-backed series D round.
GCV Symposium 2015: How Corporates Should Interact With Venture Firms
Dermot Hill led a panel on the increasing importance of corporate venturing units maintaining symbiotic relationships with venture capital firms.
Cyber threat detector Cyphort secures $30m
Sapphire Ventures led the cybersecurity company’s series C round, taking its overall funding to more than $53m since 2008.
GCV Symposium 2015: Globalisation & Venture Capital
Ray Haarstick, CEO of data tracking software provider Relevant Equity Systems discussed global strategies for corporate venturing and the opportunities presented by sharing economy with investors from across the globe. The panel comprised Claudia Fan Munce, managing director of US-based IBM Venture Capital; Matthew Koertge, managing director of Australia-based Telstra Ventures; Charles Searle, CEO of… Continue reading GCV Symposium 2015: Globalisation & Venture Capital
Movile and Just Eat deliver $50m to iFood
Movile now owns a majority share of iFood, which claims to be Brazil’s largest online food ordering platform, and the money will support a doubling of its restaurant base.
NDN turns up volume with Reverb acquisition
Digital media company Manatt has exited the word-based trend tracking app through an acquisition by News Distribution Network.
Verrilli makes jump from Twitter to Google
Jessica Verrilli, who was instrumental in Twitter’s acquisitions of Vine and Periscope among others, is set to join Google Ventures as a partner.
SoftBank ups its stake in Supercell
SoftBank paid $1.5bn for a 51% stake in the mobile gaming company in 2013 and now owns 73%, after buying additional shares from external investors.
GCV Symposium 2015: The Tipping Point for Corporate Venturing
Global Corporate Venturing editor Toby Lewis hosted a panel with George Coyle, Bo Ilsoe, Jon Lauckner and Ralf Schnell, discussing the current state of corporate venturing.
CyberAgent puts $50m into Southeast Asian fund
The internet company will invest at seed, series A and series B stage, and plans to particularly focus on Indonesia-based startups.
Airbus takes off with $150m corporate venturing fund
The aerospace company is launching Airbus Group Ventures in conjunction with a technology and innovation centre that will be based in Silicon Valley.
Motorola Solutions VC looks to the future
We caught up with Reese Schroeder (pictured), head of Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, and Paul Steinberg, chief technology officer of Motorola Solutions, who is one of the main speakers at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium this week in London.
The Intramezzo Talent Capital Award – Naspers
Founded in Cape Town in 1915, Naspers began as an Afrikaans newspaper publisher but significant expansion, driven by a highly acquisitive business model, has seen the business develop into a multinational group of media and e-commerce platforms with a presence in over 130 countries worldwide and some 19,000 employees.