Dentsu Ventures and returning backer Intel Capital have taken part in a series B round that will fund development of the company’s first micro-amusement park.
Month: January 2017
Qualcomm makes Flirtey move in $16m series A
Drone delivery service Flirtey has raised funding in an early-stage round co-led by Qualcomm Ventures and Menlo Ventures
DigiLens filters in $22m
Strategic partners Sony, Foxconn, Continental and Panasonic have all taken part in a series B round for optics technology provider DigiLens.
Kitty Live goes to NewBornTown for series A
Mobile internet company NewBornTown has led livestreaming app developer Kitty Live’s $21m series A round, and will help the startup with global expansion.
Paris-Saclay gains $53m fund
Chanel, Cisco, Ecnocom, EDF, Groupama, JCDecaux, Orange and RATP were among the limited partners for the first close of Paris-Saclay University’s seed fund.
MissFresh produces $100m series C
The online produce retailer has closed a round co-led by Lenovo Capital and Incubator Group that included existing investor Tencent.
News round up 23 January 2017
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Global Government Venturing’s year in review
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Global University Venturing’s year in review
Last year is likely to be remembered as a bad year by much of the world. The election of Donald Trump as president of the US, dreaded by a vast majority in Silicon Valley, and the UK’s decision to abandon the EU, dreaded by a vast majority of universities and researchers, have caused geopolitical upset… Continue reading Global University Venturing’s year in review
Corporate venturing continues to grow in 2016
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The big opportunities in 2017
Claudia Fan Munce, venture adviser at New Enterprise Associates and former managing director of IBM Venture Capital Group: How innovations that drive growth of the parent corporation are sourced through corporate venturing activities, investing, incubating, business development for commercial partnership, M&A and other things that are part of the corporate venture portfolio of activities.… Continue reading The big opportunities in 2017
The most important trends of 2016
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