Recent reorganisations have seen a series of top corporate venturing figures moving to new and established investment units.
Month: August 2015
Cancer drug developer Ascentage raises $15.5m
Ascentage Pharma, a spin-out of oncology company Ascenta Therapeutics, received $3m in funding from biotechnology company 3SBio in February.
GE helps to switch on Robotics Hub
GE Ventures has become the founding sponsor of a $20m Pittsburgh-based accelerator aimed at startups developing robotics technologies.
Tyfone storms into $6.6m series C
RPX led the round, joining existing shareholders in cybersecurity platform Tyfone including HDFC and Polaris Software Lab.
Stem charges up with $45m
The intelligent energy storage company has now raised more than $90m in debt and equity, after closing a series C round featuring RWE and Mitsui.
Soothe unwinds with $10.6m
IDG-backed massage booking app Soothe has raised series A funding as it prepares to expand to 16 additional cities across the US.
NBCUniversal confirms $200m Vox Media investment
The funding established Vox Media as a unicorn, and NBCUniversal will reportedly follow it up by providing another $200m for Buzzfeed.
Talena emerges with $12m
The big data technology developer has emerged from stealth armed with series A capital from investors including Intel and Wipro.
PokitDok pockets $34m
The healthcare IT technology developer’s series B round follows a $4m round in 2013 backed by telecommunications company Rogers Communications.
All4Staff inducts Recruit into investor consortium
The human resources automation company has raised $1.5m in seed funding, becoming the first startup to be backed by Recruit’s HR Technology Fund.
BGF takes $7m ride on Simworx
Amusement park attraction designer Simworx will use part of Business Growth Fund’s investment to acquire strategic partner RoboCoaster.
Coent finds Slogan for seed fund
Human resources company Slogan has joined forces with investment fund Coent to co-invest in seed-stage startups out of a $1.3m fund.
Microsoft returns Unify Square series B call
Unify Square, a US-based software developer for professional conference call service Skype for Business, closed a series B round featuring computing company Microsoft at $12.2m yesterday. The company closed the first tranche of the round at $8.2m in February this year, securing funding from Microsoft, Unify Square chairman Geoff Baldwin and assorted angel investors. Microsoft,… Continue reading Microsoft returns Unify Square series B call
Cenx orchestrates $12.5m series D
VMWare joined existing investors Verizon and Ericsson in backing the networking software provider’s series D round, six months after its series C.