Is the market for late-stage venture-backed companies is falling apart? Sven Weber of SharesPost Investment Management discusses the numbers.
Month: June 2016
Go cyber or go gold – lessons from Panama
“Trust and discretion will soon return as the most sought-after commodities.”
Investors assist RetraceHealth in $6.5m round
The concierge care provider previously raised money from healthcare corporates to extend its reach in Minnesota and other regions.
Monster recruits Jobr
Workday Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of human resources software provider Workday, has exited US-based job-hunting mobile app Jobr, following an acquisition by recruitment platform Monster Worldwide. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. Founded in 2014, Jobr operates an app through which job seekers pursue or reject job opportunities by swiping left or right… Continue reading Monster recruits Jobr
Frequency views $11m
Liberty Global and You on Demand have backed cloud-based video service provider Frequency to support its global expansion.
A slowdown in May
In May, we tracked 103 deals involving corporate venturing investors worldwide. The deals were worth an estimated total of $4.71bn. Geographically, the majority were in North America, mostly the US, and Asia. The leading corporate investors in terms of number of deals were Intel, International Data Group and General Electric (GE). However, in terms of… Continue reading A slowdown in May
Omicia befriends corporates for $23m
Clinical genome interpretation technology producer Omicia has secured capital from investors including Roche, Ping An and UPMC to accelerate product development.
Insights from the crow’s nest
The theme from this year’s Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in London last month was “the view from the crow’s nest”. It was chosen thanks to a suggestion by Girish Nadkarni, head of corporate venturing at Switzerland-based industrial group at ABB, that corporate venturing was acting as the crucial insights service to corporate chief executives. And… Continue reading Insights from the crow’s nest
Highlights from the GCV Symposium 2016
After several decades of peaks and troughs, corporate venturers feel they are climbing the slope of enlightenment – by Editor-in-chief James Mawson, news editor Rob Lavine, ?and reporters Kaloyan Andonov, Thierry Heles and Nicole Idar
Corporates brighten up SundaySky series D
US-based personalised video marketing platform SundaySky closed a $30m series D round yesterday from a consortium including the corporate venturing subsidiaries of media company Comcast and telecoms firm NTT Docomo. Comcast Ventures and NTT Docomo Ventures were joined by lead investor Viola Private Equity as well as Carmel Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners and Norwest Venture… Continue reading Corporates brighten up SundaySky series D
Tradeshift checks series D investors
HSBC and American Express have taken part in a $75m funding round in Tradeshift, which previously received cash from PayPal and Intuit.
Cylance identifies $100m deal
Dell, TenEleven and Capital One-backed Cylance now has $177m in its coffers following a series D round co-led by Blackstone and Insight Venture Partners.
SVB helps send $30m Signal
Marketing technology developer Signal has received support from several loyal backers including Silicon Valley Bank.
Movvo captures $6.2m in series A
Two Portuguese corporates, Caixa and Sonae, have joined forces to support the retail analytics startup