Veteran innovation capitalist George Kellerman refines a lifetime of corporate and venture capital experience into his new role as chairman of the Global Mobility Council of CVCs (GMC). In his inaugural address, he answers the questions everyone wants to know about the GMC, his vision for Woven Capital – the corporate venturing unit of Woven… Continue reading Woven Capital’s George Kellerman – Experience & Vision
Month: March 2022
Daily Deal Round Up: March 31, 2022
Several corporates helped hydrogen refuelling service H2 Mobility Deutschland collect $122m while enterprise optimisation software developer Skan.ai closed a $40m Dell-led series B round
Rising Stars Q&A – Josh Lumer, Allstate Strategic Ventures
Q&A with Josh Lumer, principal, Allstate Strategic Ventures
LayerZero Labs stacks up $135m
FTX Ventures, Uniswap, Coinbase Ventures and PayPal Ventures helped boost the blockchain technology developer’s valuation to $1bn.
Brightline shines on $105m series C
GV, Optum, Children’s Medical Center Corporation and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts returned to take the behavioural health provider’s overall funding past $200m.
V-Bio Ventures finalises Fund 2
Venture capital firm V-Bio Ventures has reached the final close of its second fund, with Vanden Avenue Commodities among the limited partners.
SoftBank spearheads $100m Neuron23 round
The neurological disease treatment developer took its funding to over $213m, completing a series C round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
LetsGetChecked to buy Veritas Genetics
LetsGetChecked is moving into genomics with the acquisition of the genetic testing technology provider, allowing Lilly Ventures Asia and Jiangsu Simcere to exit.
MongoDB sets up strategic investment fund
Its initial investments include Apollo GraphQL and BigID.
IAG doubles CVC funds
IAG Firemark Ventures has already made its first investment from its second fund.
Tnuva tucks into ventures launch
Tnuva Next has formalised a NIS30m ($9.3m) investment contribution to startups over the course of 2021.
Swiss Post shakes up ventures team
Olivier Laplace has left with Boyman promoted and Ronner joining Swiss Post Ventures.
Capnamic closes third fund
Founded in 2012 with offices in Cologne, Berlin and Munich, Capnamic has corporate LPs.
CNH formalises CVC unit
CNH Industrial Ventures builds on the group’s existing minority stakes.