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Month: May 2017
Ireland’s VC arena in fine fettle
The venture capital landscape in Ireland is in rude health thanks to the long-term support offered by the government in Dublin. That is the view of Regina Breheny, director general of the Irish Venture Capital Association (IVCA). “The whole space is extraordinarily vibrant,” said Breheny. “We have a combination of research that is coming to… Continue reading Ireland’s VC arena in fine fettle
Canada chooses right time to get into innovation
Government house: Canada
Corporations say yes to university collaboration
University corner: connecting corporations and universities
BP – driving the transition to a low-carbon world
How is the BP Ventures portfolio built around BP Technology Outlook, where fossil and non-fossil sources of energy are bound to co-exist? Tudor: We all know the world is changing very quickly, and no more so than in the energy sector given pricing issues, the penetration of electric vehicles and climate change. BP’s strategy is… Continue reading BP – driving the transition to a low-carbon world
Venture capital interest piqued in healthcare
Analysis by Winter Mead, vice-president, Sapphire Ventures
Photonics illuminates corporates
With data provided by the European Photonics Industry Consortium (Epic), GCV analysed corporate commitments to photonics businesses and why they have risen significantly over the past year
Venturing transforms in quest for new value chains
Andrew Gaule talks to Rob van Leen, chief innovation officer at Royal DSM
Deal numbers drop in April
The number of corporate-backed deals in April stood at 145, only slightly down from the 148 funding rounds at the same time last year. Investment value fell by 54%, compared with last year – down to $5.01bn from $11.11bn in April 2016. Only one company, Flipkart, raised a funding round above $1bn. Both the deal… Continue reading Deal numbers drop in April
Venturing looks to the margins
Editorial by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Corporate venturing deal net: 15-19 May 2017
Wish, a US-based e-commerce platform backed by investors including e-commerce firm JD.com and conglomerate Legend Holdings, raised an undisclosed amount on Monday in a series F round led by Everbright-IDG Industrial Fund that included Temasek, DST Global, Third Point Ventures and Founders Fund. The company had raised more than $575m as of a 2015 series… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 15-19 May 2017
Terminus reaches new station with series B
The account-based marketing software developer took its total financing to almost $20m with a $10.3m round that included a strategic investment by HubSpot.
Tile takes $25m in series B-1 round
The Tencent-backed location technology developer has now raised a total of $59m, and will put the capital toward building out its community.
ServiceNow backs BuildOnMe and gets a Qlue
The enterprise software company has invested an undisclosed sum in automated HR app creator BuildOnMe and acquired another artificial intelligence tool developer, Qlue.