The wireless internet technology producer took its total funding to $88m with a round featuring GV, NTT Docomo Ventures and Dimension Data.
Month: March 2018
Bilibili looks to ring up $400m in IPO
The anime streaming platform has raised more than $510m from investors including Tencent and Legend Capital.
Golomb leaves HP to bank on IEG
A 2017 GCV Rising Stars winner, HP Tech Ventures partner Vitaly Golomb has joined IEG as global head of principal investments.
Rombaut shoots to Seraphim
Frédéric Rombaut, formerly managing director of corporate venturing funds for network equipment supplier Cisco and mobile semiconductor technology provider Qualcomm, has joined UK-based venture capital firm Seraphim Capital as general partner. Seraphim has raised a $95m fund focused on the $350bn space technology market, and plans to launch an accelerator called Seraphim Space Camp and… Continue reading Rombaut shoots to Seraphim
Intel’s Jorgensen forges new path to Macquarie
Erik Jorgensen has left Intel Capital, the corporate venturing subsidiary of US-listed semiconductor technology provider Intel, to be managing director of Macquarie Capital’s European principal investment business. Macquarie Capital is the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Australia-based investment and banking firm Macquarie Group. Reporting to Hugh Briggs, a senior managing director… Continue reading Intel’s Jorgensen forges new path to Macquarie
CureApp attends to $14m
Itochu Technology Ventures, Dai-ichi Life, Saison Ventures, Mizuho Capital and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital have all invested in the medical access app developer.
Humax unloads $20m of funding for FleetUp
Humax’s chief strategy officer, Albert Son, has been appointed CEO of trucking telematics technology provider FleetUp alongside the $20m investment.
Corporate venturing deal net: 26 February-2 March 2018
Technology and trading firm Susquehanna International Group invested $5m in UK-based online and mobile financial trading technology developer TigerWit yesterday. The funding will be invested in developing the company’s mobile trading technology, including the use of blockchain in the trading process. Tagnos, a US-based developer of automation technology for clinical healthcare logistics processes, raised $5m… Continue reading Corporate venturing deal net: 26 February-2 March 2018
Startups board JD.com’s AI Catapult
E-commerce and logistics group JD.com will accept five artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology startups into a China-based accelerator called AI Catapult later this month. AI Catapult was formed to add to JD.com’s experience with AI, which it already uses for processes such as automation and customer service. The corporate also hopes to learn more… Continue reading Startups board JD.com’s AI Catapult
Corporates pick out Magazino for investment
Germany-based robotics provider Magazino has completed a $24.8m financing round led by Körber Group, a diversified conglomerate that operates in industries such as automation, logistics and industrial equipment. E-commerce company Zalando, supply chain services provider Fiege Logistics and Cellcom Resources, an investment vehicle for Peter K. K. Lee, a vice-chairman of conglomerate Henderson Group, also… Continue reading Corporates pick out Magazino for investment
Daimler tracks Anagog to $10m series B
Daimler and Mizmaa Ventures have co-led the first tranche of the latest round for phone handset tracking technology producer Anagog.
Analysis: Nio speeding up to a $2bn IPO
Smart vehicle producer Nio, previously backed by Tencent, Baidu, JD.com and Lenovo, has announced its intensions to go public and raise between $1bn and $2bn.
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Helix comes back to corporates for $200m round
Illumina and Mayo Clinic have reinvested in the genomics services platform, which has closed the first tranche of its series B round.