Advanon, a Swtizerland-based invoice financing software-platform, has raised SFr13.5m ($13m) in its series A round from a consortium including Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of local telecommunications firm Swisscom. Two venture funds, b-to-v Partners and VI Partners, as well as Urs Wietlisbach, the founder of private equity firm Partners Group, joined Swisscom Ventures in… Continue reading Advanon closes A round
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PriceHubble closes A round
PriceHubble, a Switzerland-based real estate services provider, has raised a reported “several million francs” in its series A round from a consortium including existing investors Swiss Life and Swisscom Ventures. Helvetia Venture Fund is lead investor in PriceHubble, which uses machine learning to offer online real estate valuations and was founded in 2016 by Markus… Continue reading PriceHubble closes A round
Beekeeper taps $8m A round
Beekeeper, a US-based mobile-first communications platform for employees without a corporate email address, has raised $8m in its expanded series A round from a consortium including Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of telecommunications firm Swisscom. Other investors in the A round, which was led by Keen Venture Partners, included Fyrfly Venture Partners, Polytech Ecosystem… Continue reading Beekeeper taps $8m A round
MycoSolutions raises seed round
MycoSolutions, an Empa, St Gallen university spin-off company based in Switzerland to prevent fungi destroying wood, has raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round from a consortium including Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of local telecommunications firm Swisscom. Angel investor Reto Vincenz also invested and will be MycoSolutions’ CEO.
Cybertrap raises seed round
Cybertrap, an Austria-based cybersecurity company using deception technology to target hackers, has raised an undisclosed amount from Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of local telecommunications firm Swisscom.
Arviem raises $10m B round
Total funding to $15m, including SFr1.35m in December 2013.
Signifai raises money from Swisscom
Signifai, a US- and Israel-based provider of predictive machine intelligence tools for technical operations teams, has raised an undisclosed amount from Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of local telecommunications firm Swisscom, and DN Capital having emerged from stealth in May after backing by Highland Capital Partners, Bloomberg Beta, Correlation Ventures.
Insightness closes seed round
Insightness, a Switzerland-based visual positioning systems developer for devices, has raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round from a consortium including angel investor Dave Brown, Swisscom Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of local telecommunications firm Swisscom, and Quan Tech fund.
Telekom Austria buys Exoscale
Swisscom had been a customer of Exoscale and Stefan Kuentz, investment director at Swisscom Ventures, said: “To support the company’s international expansion journey, we are glad to have found A1 Digital as the new majority owner and partner that has the reach to unlock multiple new markets”
CSC acquires Swisscom-backed ServiceMesh
Swisscom Ventures had backed ServiceMesh in July after the company initially raised $15m in November 2011, according to data provider Crunchbase.
Swisscom switches to external investors for $199m fund
Swisscom has committed about $50m with the Digital Transformation Fund sourcing the rest from institutional investors.
Corporates join Cue in $45m series B
US-based healthcare diagnostic technology provider Cue Health has secured more than $45m in its series B round, from a consortium including corporate venturing units Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC and Dentsu Ventures. The units, subsidiaries of medical product group Johnson & Johnson and marketing firm Dentsu, were joined by Section 32, Synergy Ventures, Principles… Continue reading Corporates join Cue in $45m series B
Higi hits series C round
Higi, which received funding from BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners last year, has raised a further $21.3m.
CorWave collects BPIfrance funding
The blood pump developer raised $16.3m from public investment bank BPIfrance, following a Novo Seeds-backed round two years ago.