NiTech Solutions is a spin-out of Scotland’s Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. The company designs and licenses new reactors and crystallisers based on patented baffled reactor technology. Paul Hodges is NiTech’s Chairman. He previously worked for 17 years at ICI. LEIF: What’s NiTech’s innovation? What do you do that other companies can’t do? Paul Hodges: It’s all… Continue reading Oscillated, not stirred: NiTech Solutions’ licence to crystallise
Month: September 2015
News round up 28 September 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 21-25 September 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
WearYouWant puts on series B
The round was led by Start Today, while existing investors including Opt Sea also returned.
LifeImage pictures $5m investment
LifeImage, a US-based platform provider to exchange medical images, has attracted $5m in funding from Zaffre Investments, the corporate venturing arm of insurance company Blue Cross Shield of Massachusetts. Founded in 2008, LifeImage has created an exchange platform aimed at healthcare providers to easily share imaging data no matter where an exam was performed. The… Continue reading LifeImage pictures $5m investment
Skillz scores $15m series B
The e-sports platform has added Kraft to its shareholders and increased its total capital to approximately $28m.
DST helps declare MyRepublic’s $16m round
Singapore-based internet services provider MyRepublic has raised $16m from investors including telecoms firm DST Communications, Tech in Asia reported today. Several undisclosed investors also participated in the funding round, which will support MyRepublic’s aim of becoming the country’s fourth telecommunications service provider after SingTel, Starhub and M1. Currently, the company offers broadband internet access and… Continue reading DST helps declare MyRepublic’s $16m round
Metabiota predicts series A extension
Metabiota, US-based big data analytics provider focused on predicting disease outbreaks, has secured a $1m extension for its series A round from internet company Google, taking the round to $31m. Google, which invested through its corporate venturing subsidiary Google Ventures, will also partner with Metabiota by giving it access to its own forecasting and risk-management… Continue reading Metabiota predicts series A extension
Premise tells of $50m series C
The Google-backed data technology company has secured funding in a round led by Valor Equity Partners.
GuaHao reveals $394m
The health information portal was reported earlier this week to have secured $300m from unnamed investors, which has now also been revealed to feature Tencent and Fosun.
Fosun co-launches $1.6bn fund of funds
Fosun and the provincial government of Zhejiang will use the fund of funds to foster an improved economic ecosystem in the province.
Pure Storage targets $450m in IPO
The flash storage company, backed by Samsung, has set the range for its initial public offering at $16 to $18 per share, expecting to raise up to $450m.
Zhubaijia checks into $78m series C
HNA Tourism has injected cash into the holiday home rental platform only a month after Neway participated in a $31m series B round.
Hearst’s $21m investment is Complex
US-based digital media company Complex has received a $21m investment from media conglomerate Hearst in return for an undisclosed minority stake, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Launched in 2000, Complex operates a network of websites focused on topics ranging from street fashion and pop culture to music. The company previously raised a total… Continue reading Hearst’s $21m investment is Complex