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Nokia connects with Innovis

Nokia Growth Partners, the corporate venturing unit belonging to telecom conglomerate Nokia, invested an undisclosed amount in India-based telecommunications networking services company Innovis Telecom Services yesterday. Innovis provides end-to-end services covering the building of networks for wireless and broadband telecommunications networks. Although Innovis currently has a presence in several African and Asian countries, it plans… Continue reading Nokia connects with Innovis

xAd marks the spot for Softbank

US-based local mobile advertising network xAd raised $9m in funding yesterday from Softbank Capital, the venture capital (VC) firm affiliated with telecom, internet and media conglomerate the Softbank Group, as well as financial services firm the Silicon Valley Bank, VC firm Emergence Capital Partners and VC fund Palisades Ventures. xAd has now raised a total… Continue reading xAd marks the spot for Softbank

BrightFarms harvests funding

Hydroponic greenhouse company BrightFarms closed a $4.3m funding round on Monday with participation from Emil Capital, the US-based investment unit for Germany-based retail group Tengelmann, as well as venture capital firm NGEN Partners and Ted Caplow, the founder of BrightFarms. The series A round follows a round of seed funding in May that raised an… Continue reading BrightFarms harvests funding

Neonga plays to win

Germany-based online game publisher Neonga closed a new round of financing on Thursday, partly funded by Tengelmann Ventures, a subsidiary of retail holding company Tengelmann. The sum raised was undisclosed. High-Tech Gründerfonds, the venture capital firm backed by the German government and corporates, and VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, a venture fund run by financial services… Continue reading Neonga plays to win

Kabam strengthens ties with Google

Google-backed social game developer Kabam released its latest game, The Godfather: Five Families, exclusively on Google+ on Thursday. The game represents the first major cinematic licensing for social gaming, as well as the first to launch exclusively on Google’s social network. Kabam’s series D round raised $85m in May, with Google, semiconductor maker Intel and… Continue reading Kabam strengthens ties with Google

Goldman Sachs makes Uber investment

On-demand car service Uber has secured $39m in series B funding from investors including financial services firm Goldman Sachs. The round was led by Menlo Ventures with participation from fellow venture capital (VC) firms Benchmark Capital and Bezos Expeditions (the vehicle for Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos’ VC investments) and investment firm Lowercase Capital. Uber previously… Continue reading Goldman Sachs makes Uber investment