Energy utility EnBW joined SDPG and Westly Group to invest in Cleverciti, the developer of a smart sensor-based car parking system.
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NeuroVison spies investors for series C round
NeuroVision has collected $11.2m from backers including VSP Global and Johnson & Johnson for a round expected to close at $15m.
News round up 14 May 2018
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
BayWa powers up corporate venturing unit
BayWa RE Energy Ventures will target energy-related technological areas like digitalisation, energy storage and e-mobility.
Lyra lines up $45m
Providence Ventures returned for behavioural health portal Lyra Health’s series B round, taking its funding to more than $80m altogether.
Mandaê loads up series B cash
Brazil-based logistics marketplace operator Mandaê has completed a $7.1m series B round featuring courier firm UPS, chipset manufacturer Qualcomm and e-commerce firm Mercado Libre. The round was led by International Finance Corp, the private investment arm of multilateral agency World Bank, with participation from Icon Holding Company, Tekton Ventures, FJ Labs, Performa Investimentos and Monashees.… Continue reading Mandaê loads up series B cash
Kalray fires off $28m close
Microprocessor supplier Kalray has raised the second tranche of its latest round, with Alliance Ventures among the investors.
Life House lifts veil on $40m in funding
Comcast Ventures has led a seed round for the short-term accommodation provider, which has secured $40m across three rounds.
Google Assistant assembles strategic fund
Google Assistant Investments will make strategic investments to support the capabilities of Alphabet’s virtual assistant.
News round up 8 May 2018
Fundraising Salesforce to track Canadian startups with $100m fund Canada Trailblazer Fund will invest in Canada-based cloud services startups and has already backed Tier1CRM, Traction Guest, Tulip and OSF Commerce. Corporates swarm to The Hive General Electric, Rockwell, Verizon and Software AG all backed The Hive’s third AI-focused fund, which has closed at $26.5m. Illumina… Continue reading News round up 8 May 2018
BenchSci indexes $8m in series A funds
Google’s Gradient Ventures unit was part of a series A round that will enable the biological research startup to boost its headcount.
GV gives Upbound $9m series A boost
Upbound, the developer of a platform enabling clients to run services across disparate cloud computing platforms, has raised funding in a GV-led round.
News round up 8 May 2018
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
NIS slips through to $12m of funding
Evonik-backed lubricant additive producer Nanotech Industrial Solutions received the funding in a round led by EcoMachines Ventures.