Cisco and Samsung-backed supply chain management company Evrything has attracted $24.8m in a series B round that took its total funding to more than $42m.
Month: March 2017
General Mills gets a taste of Farmhouse Culture
Probiotic food producer Farmhouse Culture has raised $6.5m in a series D round led by General Mills subsidiary 301.
Verizon and R/GA to give startups studio time
The Verizon Media Tech Venture Studio will work with 10 startups developing disruptive digital entertainment and media technology.
GuesttoGuest greets Maif to raise $35m
The insurance company has invested in home exchange platform GuesttoGuest through its Maif Avenir subsidiary.
Innovium inherits Qualcomm for series C
Existing backer Qualcomm Ventures has taken part in a $38.3m round that boosted the data centre equipment developer’s total financing to $90m.
Avantium ventures to public markets in $109m IPO
The renewable chemicals technology developer, which counts Coca-Cola and Swire among its corporate shareholders, is now listed in Belgium and the Netherlands.
TechStyle seeks buyer for $1.5bn deal
The Intelligent Beauty-incubated online fashion company has raised about $250m from investors also including ProSiebenSat.1.
Borqs International books Qualcomm for $10m round
China-based internet-of-things (IoT) device developer Borqs International has closed a $10m series E round co-led by Qualcomm Ventures, mobile chipmaker Qualcomm’s corporate venturing unit, The Economic Times reported on Monday. Founded in 2007, Borqs provides smart connected devices and cloud services for the internet-of-things industry, and has research and development centres in Bangalore and Beijing.… Continue reading Borqs International books Qualcomm for $10m round
The visionary work of corporate venturing
Editorial from Nicole Idar Lee, features editor
France is the next big thing
France has made tremendous progress in making itself relevant for the digital era.
Emotion and face recognition technology: recent deals
Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, looks at recent deals in emotion & face recognition technology
Capitalising on AI in enterprise IT
Akihiko Sako, president and CEO of CAC Holdings, the holding company for enterprise IT services provider CAC Group, spoke to features editor Nicole Idar Lee about emotion recognition technology, growing opportunities in pharmaceutical outsourcing, and the search for healthcare IT assets in India and Southeast Asia
What emotion AI can teach us about human behaviour
Emotion recognition technology is transforming not just industries like robotics, gaming and automotives, but also our understanding of human behaviour
New focus on bringing corporate venturers together
Features editor Nicole Idar Lee spoke to industry veteran Janice Mawson, who now heads the GCV Leadership Society, which connects corporate venturers, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in the innovation economy