The China-based fashion brand will look to boost its offerings by investing in emerging brands and companies that can enhance its online retail channels.
Month: July 2015
Iris boards Mailjet for $11m series B
Direct emailing service Mailjet took its total funding to more than $17m in a round featuring Orange and Publicis-backed Iris Capital.
Ticketfly buzzes investors for $50m series D
The SAP-backed all-in-one event ticketing technology platform has now raised almost $90m and will look to move into larger venues and international markets.
PLDT-backed Malaysia startup outsmarts content pirates
In March 2015, serial tech entrepreneur Grove co-launched, alongside a management team and merchant bank Evolution Media Capital, an internet TV platform in southeast Asia called iFlix.
Veni, vidi, didici
Marianne Abib-Pech shares her thoughts from a recent visit to Iran.
Bringing innovation to market – what are the iFactors?
To paraphrase the annual January US presidential update, I am happy to report that the state of innovation is strong. That assessment is the key takeaway from a recent survey conducted by Accelevate in partnership with the California College of the Arts (CCA) and Merrill Research. The survey – Understanding the iFactors: trends in bringing innovation… Continue reading Bringing innovation to market – what are the iFactors?
New wave of startups brings apps to new frontiers
The market of IT for businesses is rapidly changing. The introduction of new – consumer – technology has gradually changed our way of working. We are always on with advanced smartphones, our data is available anywhere via cloud services, we are constantly connected via social networks and, as employees, we expect the same service level from our… Continue reading New wave of startups brings apps to new frontiers
Driving the pace of innovation at IBM Venture Capital
Claudia Fan Munce is one of the most successful corporate venturers operating today. She was a founding member of the IBM Venture Capital Group when it launched in 2000. As managing director of IBM Venture Capital Group and vice-president of IBM Corporate Strategy, she leads a team that works with more than 300 venture capital firms (VCs) across 30 countries to advance IBM’s… Continue reading Driving the pace of innovation at IBM Venture Capital
Rise of the internet of things and industry convergence
In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Martin Haemmig and Boris Battistini review and analyse the latest trends.
Demandbase sells $30m round to corporates
Adobe and Salesforce both returned to invest in a late-stage round that boosted the marketing software developer’s overall funding to more than $90m.
Frontline payments venturing
Andrew Gaule talks to Harshul Sanghi, head of American Express Ventures.
$9bn deal caps frenetic year
Sector Focus: IT
Building UK innovation links
Despite the great work undertaken by academia, corporates, and entrepreneurs in the UK to support the development of ideas into businesses, the UK still suffers from a lack of communication between individuals, organisations and clusters all engaged in the same innovative work.