The open source software management company has secured $10m in a Microsoft Ventures-backed round led by 83North.
Month: June 2017
Kirk Coburn picks up Shell role
Coburn has joined Shell Technology Ventures, having last year shut the energy accelerator he founded, citing a lack of industry support.
Myers leaves Cisco for Redpoint
Prior to joining VC firm Redpoint Ventures, Astasia Myers worked at Cisco Investments where she focused on cloud infrastructure deals.
Let’s give corporate VCs a break
If you want to join the popular crowd in the venture capital world, just say that corporate venture capital players (CVCs) are slow, cumbersome and inefficient, that they are not really investors, but corporate drones. Carrying these opinions might make you seem ok, but it does not necessarily make you right. VC investor, it is… Continue reading Let’s give corporate VCs a break
Material innovations in health
Tom Whitehouse, contributing editor at Global Corporate Venturing, hosted a breakout speciality sector session on health at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
Advanced manufacturing
Representatives of ABB Technology Ventures and Magna International were among the speakers discussing the trends in advanced manufacturing at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
Will we see flying cars before autonomous vehicles?
Francois Auque of Airbus Ventures went head to head with Jason Ball of Qualcomm Ventures Europe to discuss the relative prospects of each technology at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
New directions in low carbon, energy and partnering
A two-part discussion spanning two days and featuring speakers from BP, Schlumberger and Emerald Technology Ventures among others, was held at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
How corporate VCs make decisions
During the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017, George Ugras, managing director at IBM Ventures, and Stanford professor Ilya Strebulaev discussed the business models of corporate venturing units and what drives their success
Snips cuts out $13m
Snips has launched its AI-equipped voice activation platform and revealed a $13m series A round co-led by corporate venturing unit Maif Avenir.
Scaling up corporate venturing
At the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017 a panel hosted by editor-in-chief James Mawson asked what investors can bring to the table when money is available in abundance
Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
James Mawson, editor-in-chief, reviews last month’s Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017
CVC as the tip of the innovation spear creates global opportunities
Attempts to defeat competition are driving innovation capital trends
Guerbet gets capital to BioMedTech
The medical imaging technology provider has contributed $16.8m to BioMedTech, a fund managed by life sciences-focused VC firm Truffle Capital.