Neste Jacobs, the engineering partnership made up of Norway-based Neste Oil and US-based Jacobs Engineering, and GE Healthcare, the medical technology division of energy conglomerate General Electric, signed a strategic alliance on Monday to assist countries in the manufacturing of blood plasma products by providing an approach to building plants to separate and study blood… Continue reading GE and Neste Jacobs blood strategic partnership
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RWE and CEE join forces
RWE Innogy, the renewable energy division of Germany-based energy company the RWE Group, and Conetwork Erneuerbare Energien (CEE), the equity investment division of private bank Banke Lamphaus, sealed a venture capital collaboration agreement on Monday. As part of the deal, CEE has paid €25m ($33.8m) for a 22% stake in the Innogy Renewables Technology Fund… Continue reading RWE and CEE join forces
Goldsquare raises money for Fashionandyou
The operators of invitation-based shopping website Fashionandyou.com have raised about $40m from backers including Intel and Nokia.
Mitsui, CEVA see promise with eyeSight
Israel-based touch free electronics interface company eyeSight Mobile Technologies closed a $4.2m series B funding round yesterday, co-led by microprocessor manufacturer CEVA and Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, a corporate venturing unit belonging to Japan-based conglomerate Mitsui. In addition to obtaining equity from the investors, eyeSight will use CEVA’s position to further eyeSight’s reach in… Continue reading Mitsui, CEVA see promise with eyeSight
Intermolecular in $96.5m IPO
The research and development outsourcing company raised $96.5m from its initial public offering with corporate backer Symyx Technologies exiting and ATMI retaining its shares.
Biocartis attracts investors for $100m round
The molecular diagnostics company has taken its overall funding to more than $150m following a round featuring Johnson & Johnson, Philips and Debiopharm.
Celgene divines promise in Agios
The US-based oncological research company has raised $78m in equity financing from investors including Celgene, taking its overall equity funding to $102m.
Meilishuo’s shopping bag filled with investors
China-based social shopping website Meilishuo.com closed its series C funding round on Wednesday, having raised an undisclosed amount reportedly in the "tens of millions" of dollars. The series C round was led by venture capital (VC) firm Sequoia Capital, with participation by Zero2IPO Ventures, the VC division of VC services firm Zero2IPO, as well as… Continue reading Meilishuo’s shopping bag filled with investors
Box.net investing $2m in start-ups
The Box Innovation Network will allow smaller developers to collaborate with larger partners in order to produce enterprise software.
Electric funding results for Fisker Automotive
US-based hybrid electric sports car manufacturer Fisker Automotive has secured $58m of a planned $150m funding round . Fisker is yet to disclose the investors in the latest round but past investors include advanced battery company A123 Systems, which participated in a $202m May 2010 round followed by $190m round in March, and which also… Continue reading Electric funding results for Fisker Automotive
Comcast goes for Spree with Padopolis
Comcast Ventures and the Blackberry Partners Fund have joined in the series A financing of Padopolis, developer of mobile application Catalog Spree.
Google Ventures chooses the CustomMade option
The custom luxury marketplace has closed a $2.1m series A round co-led by Google Ventures.
LinkedIn shareholders cash in
Business-oriented social networking website LinkedIn priced the 8.75 million shares for its follow on-public offering at $71.00 on Wednesday. Of the shares released, 1.3 million were sold by LinkedIn with the remaining shares sold by stockholders. Those stockholders included SAP Ventures, the corporate venturing fund belonging to software corporation SAP. SAP Ventures divested 28,000 (or… Continue reading LinkedIn shareholders cash in
Angie’s List raises $114m from IPO
US-based social reviews website Angie’s List priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $13 pre share, $114.3m in all, and the shares popped to just under a 45% gain when they began trading on Nasdaq today. The shares, which are trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ANGI, popped to as high as $18.75 per share,… Continue reading Angie’s List raises $114m from IPO