As a corporate venture capitalist in energy, I am not sure if this is a destination, a path on the journey, a fun respite and (or) a little of all of the above.
Month: January 2020
BoCloud beckons Nio for series C round
Nio Capital has led a $14.5m series C round for BoCloud that also attracted existing backer JD Cloud, a contributor to its last round.
Why corporate venturing is more like hedging
Corporate venture arms with strategic mandates should stop trying to be like institutional venture firms
A dozen predictions for the coming decade
It is fashionable for pundits to make predictions for the coming year; as a venture investor, I feel pressure to look further out.
The big issues for 2020
In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what the most important trends were in 2019 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2020.
Flexibility will capture the new decade’s opportunities
January 2020 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief
BioSkryb bids hello to seed funding
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has invested in genomic sequencing amplification startup BioSkryb as part of an $11.5m round.
Practifi pockets series B funding
Salesforce Ventures-backed financial customer communication platform Practifi has raised $16.3m for recruitment and product development.
Weld North takes LearnZillion under its wing
Weld North Education has purchased OATV-backed digital education product supplier LearnZillion, which had raised more than $22.4m in funding.
Lightnet speeds to series A round
The remittance services startup raised $31.2m from backers including HashKey, UOB, Seven Bank, Uni-President Enterprises and Hanwha.
Alitheon aligns with BMW for funding
BMW iVentures has invested in Alitheon as part of a $14.9m round that will enable it to expand its supply chain-analysis software into new industries.
Novome navigates $33m series A round
Mayo Clinic has bet on chronic disease drug developer Novome Biotechnologies, which is initially targeting a disorder known as hyperoxaluria.
Just Spices savours series B funding
The spice products supplier collected $14.5m from investors including Bitburger Ventures, which joins existing investor Döhler Ventures as a corporate backer.
Saudi Aramco oils the wheels of $500m fund
Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures is preparing a $500m second fund following on from a first fund of the same size, launched by the unit in 2012.