Centrica Ignite Fund
Month: January 2016
Best Innovation Developed Out of a Corporate-Backed Accelerator or Incubator 2016
Sphero, which was developed at Disney Accelerator, Tech Stars
Best Innovation Developed in Partnership With a Portfolio Company 2016
Chain, in collaboration with Visa, Nasdaq, Citi Ventures, Capital One, Fiserv and Orange
Chief Innovation Officer of the Year 2016
Deborah Hopkins, Citi
Jan Medical experiments with Brainlab again
Brainlab, which had provided neurological diagnostics tool developer Jan Medical with series B funding, has invested another $7.5m.
Wingz to spread with $11m
Expedia led the series B round, which will support the nationwide expansion of the airport ride booking service.
Arrayent makes $15 series C connection
Arrayent, the developer of a platform that can transform traditional consumer products into connected devices, added Orix to an investor base already containing Intel.
Canal+ ventures to Africa as iRoko raises $19m
African video streaming service iRoko has now raised $44m since it was founded in 2010, and media group Canal+ will help it scale its French-language content.
GE gets to mPrest with $20m series A
Internet of things management technology company mPrest Networks has raised $20m in a round co-led by GE Ventures and OurCrowd.
Corporate VCs power up the market, many led by women
Kay Koplovitz, founder of the USA Network and the founder and managing director of VC fund Springboard Fund, is speaking at the Global Corporate Venturing Innovation Summit in Sonoma later today.
IDG goes the distance for 5miles B+ round
International Data Group was among the investors providing $30m for the hyperlocal mobile marketplace app developer, helping to raise its overall capital to more than $50m.
Akili interacts with investors for $30m
Healthcare R&D company PureTech Health, which co-founded Akili Interactive Labs, has participated in a $30.5m round for the digital medicine company.
BioTheranostics leaves the BioMérieux nest with $32m
BioTheranostics, a US-based cancer-focused molecular diagnostics provider, has been spun out of biotechnology firm BioMérieux, securing $32m in a funding round led by venture capital firm MVM Life Science Partners. The round also featured investment fund Canepa Advanced Healthcare Fund and VC firm HealthQuest Capital. BioMérieux will remain a minority shareholder in BioTheranostics following the… Continue reading BioTheranostics leaves the BioMérieux nest with $32m
Vidyard embeds itself into $35m
Canada-based video analytics platform Vidyard closed a $35m series C round yesterday featuring cloud computing company Salesforce.com’s corporate venturing subsidiary, Salesforce Ventures. Venture capital firm Battery Ventures led the round while Omers Ventures, the investment vehicle of Ontario state’s pension fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, iNovia Capital and SoftTech VC also participated. Vidyard, which graduated from… Continue reading Vidyard embeds itself into $35m