In her monthly column for Global Corporate Venturing, Tracy Isacke, examines how best to globalise entrepreneurship.
Month: August 2015
The 50 most ‘ambitious’ venture investors
You can tell the quality of an organisation by the quality of questions it asks. Larry Page, co-founder of search engine provider Google, seems to have a habit of asking tough ones, including there are about 50 “ambitious” venture investors globally. Ambitious is a loaded adjective, of course, but outside of him explaining more there… Continue reading The 50 most ‘ambitious’ venture investors
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 24-28 August 2015
India-based digital technology platform Komli Media spun out predictive advertising technology provider RevX on Tuesday with $4m of funding supplied by its existing investors, including Norwest Venture Partners, the venture capital firm funded by bank Wells Fargo. The other participants were Nexus Venture Partners, Helion Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Peepul Capital. SkinVision, the… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 24-28 August 2015
News round up 31 August 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
KPMG reveals investment slate
The corporate venturing unit has acquired a majority stake in a UK-based data mining company and funded two internal KPMG initiatives.
Bosch charges up with Seeo acquisition
Samsung, Presidio and Google had all invested in the advanced battery developer, which most recently raised $17m in December 2014.
Johnson & Johnson and PCH launch wellness accelerator
The programme will focus on hardware startups targeting the consumer health sector, and will invest different amounts dependent on the development stage of each.
Cornerstone recruits startups into Innovation Fund
The talent management software provider launched corporate venturing subsidiary Cornerstone Innovation Fund in 2013 and has now backed four companies.
Life360 makes time for Chronos acquisition
The app developer had secured an undisclosed amount in seed funding from investors including Orange and Major League Baseball.
Line drops 2015 IPO plans
The Naver-owned messaging service, which initially planned to float last year, has suspended its plans to go public again.
SumUp processes $11.2m investment
UK-based mobile point-of-sale technology developer SumUp secured €10m ($11.2m) yesterday from existing investors including online discount service Groupon, payments processing firm American Express and BBVA Ventures, the venture capital division of bank BBVA. Additional funds were provided by unnamed existing backers. The series E round boosted SumUp’s total funding to about $56m. SumUp’s technology enables… Continue reading SumUp processes $11.2m investment
Intel pays out for $67m iZettle series D
Intel Capital has returned to co-lead the mobile payments company’s latest round, which will fund the launch of a merchant lending service.
Ele.me eats up $630m
The online food ordering service, reported yesterday to have raised at least $90m, has confirmed a Hualian and JD.com-backed round that valued it at more than $3bn.
Resolution Games concludes $6m series A
Virtual reality game developer Resolution obtained the cash from investors including Google Ventures, which made its first investment in a Sweden-based company.