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Month: December 2015
Corporate VC in 2015: The Trends, Part One
The year of the unicorn If there was a single trend that marked out 2015, it was the proliferation of unicorns – companies valued at $1bn or more – with enterprise IT and online services proving especially fertile ground. A key reason for the rapid growth in unicorns is the greater amount of capital floating… Continue reading Corporate VC in 2015: The Trends, Part One
Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 14-18 December 2015
US-based nano-porous materials producer SBA Materials closed its series D round on Tuesday having raised an undisclosed sum from corporate venturing units Air Liquide Venture Capital, Tokyo Electron Venture Capital, Intel Capital and Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, and private equity firm Sun Mountain Capital. Founded in 2000, SBA had previously raised approximately $13m from investors… Continue reading Weekly corporate venturing deal net: 14-18 December 2015
News round up 21 December 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Bloomberg helps Textio write $8m script
Intelligent text platform Textio has raised series A funding from investors including seed-stage investor Bloomberg Beta.
Cisco heightens French connection
Cisco is injecting $55m in funds being raised by Partech Ventures and Idinvest Partners, alongside an undisclosed amount for big data company Intersec.
2015 round up: Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce’s corporate venturing unit invested larger amounts in 2015, building up a stable of enterprise IT unicorns as its strategic VC model began to be widely replicated.
Qihoo 360 shows sense and invests in Profusa
Qihoo 360 has contributed to a $13.2m series B round that will help Profusa commercialise its biosensor technology, which monitors body chemistry.
Sophia diagnoses success in $15m series C
Swisscom-backed medicine analytics platform Sophia Genetics has secured new funding, taking its overall equity capital to more than $31m.
Blue River flows towards $17m series B
The agriculture technology producer has added Monsanto and Syngenta to its shareholders as it increases its total funding to more than $30m.
360 Square to invest in European startups
Groupe Rocher, Thuasne and Maif are among the supporters of a $38m seed fund formed by 360 Capital Partners to target European startups.
Star Wars’ BB-8 uses the force of corporate accelerators
As the promotion for the latest Star Wars movie goes into hyperdrive the role of the corporate accelerator – programmes run by corporate to help startups become mature companies – is suddenly in the spotlight. BB-8, the droid in Star Wars’ The Force Awakens, has catapulted venture-backed robot ball company Sphero to the top of… Continue reading Star Wars’ BB-8 uses the force of corporate accelerators
Oration reveals $11m series A
Oration has released its prescription drug management software, at the same time disclosing $11.2m in series A funding from backers including GV.
Weiying and Gewara buy ticket to merge
Tencent and Wanda-backed Weiying Technology and rival Gewara have agreed a merger that will create the second most popular online ticketing platform in China.