Give us a brief introduction to yourself and your role at Propel Venture Partners. My new role is managing partner at Propel Venture Partners, which is an independent fund with a full limited partner, BBVA, a very large, Spanish financial institution. We started this fund in February. We were previously known as BBVA Ventures. I… Continue reading Moving the digital goalposts
Month: May 2016
How information exposure affects venturing activity
“CVC investments create high values and are important sources of finance for the development of innovative technology startups.”
Lessons from a survivor of the dot.com bust
“When things go wrong your survival depends on which of your existing investors are going to step up.”
Siemens searches for the ‘leading technological edge’
What would you say have been your most successful investments? To date, we have invested more than €800m ($900m) in 180 companies across all divisions, while also making over 40 separate investments in VC funds – so, as you can imagine, there are a large number of success stories. One of the most recent successes… Continue reading Siemens searches for the ‘leading technological edge’
The quest for an alternative development paradigm
Regional report: Japan
Industry steps forward with a spring
Editorial from James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Sistema enters India with $50m fund
Sistema Asia Fund, a subsidiary of Russia-based conglomerate Sistema, will invest in consumer technology startups.
Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund backs three
GoGoVan, Shopline and Yeechoo are the first three companies to receive funding from Alibaba’s Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund.
Hyakusenrenma opens doors to Keio in $13m round
Railway operator Keio Corporation has contributed to a round that will be used by Hyakusenrenma to make its holiday home rental services multilingual.
Rakuten helps transfer $15m to Azimo
The money transfer network has now raised $46m altogether and will use Rakuten’s help to expand in Asia.
Intellia goes public with $163m in proceeds
The gene editing company raised $108m in its IPO, floating at the top of its range, while Regeneron and Novartis provided $55m through concurrent private placements.
HNA books place in Huoli Tianhui’s $143m series C
Flight and train ticket booking platform Huoli Tianhui is now valued at $332m after closing a round co-led by an HNA Group subsidiary, and is planning a China IPO.
PayPal pools startups for Start Tank
PayPal has decided to also bring its fintech incubator Start Tank to Singapore, three years after it was launched in Chennai.
AgTech Accelerator reaps $11.5m
The startup accelerator has launched with funding provided by investors including Bayer, Syngenta and Alexandria Real Estate Equities.