Workday Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of human resources software provider Workday, has exited US-based job-hunting mobile app Jobr, following an acquisition by recruitment platform Monster Worldwide. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. Founded in 2014, Jobr operates an app through which job seekers pursue or reject job opportunities by swiping left or right… Continue reading Monster recruits Jobr
Author: Sam Shaw
Frequency views $11m
Liberty Global and You on Demand have backed cloud-based video service provider Frequency to support its global expansion.
Movvo captures $6.2m in series A
Two Portuguese corporates, Caixa and Sonae, have joined forces to support the retail analytics startup
Instana receives $6m green light
Custom software development business Codecentric invests further in its spinout to help it move beyond big data analytics and monitoring.
Kibo helps ship $6.7m to iContainers
The online freight service provider has attracted repeat investment in its latest funding round as it plans global expansion.
Corporates inject $19m into Applied StemCell
Asia-based corporates Ping An, Fosun Pharmaceutical and SK Group have participated in a series D round for the biotechnology company.
Netbay casts IPO net with $4.5m target
Internet Thailand intends to keep its 25% stake in the Thailand-based back-office services provider.
Intel sends final farewell to Intrasoft
Intel Capital first sold half its stake in Intrasoft last month and has now exited the remaining 5.3% stake.
Johnson & Johnson launches Belgium-based incubator
JLinx will be based at subsidiary Janssen’s Beerse campus and will be funded by J&J subsidiary Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC.
JVP to head corporate-backed Israeli incubator
Motorola Solutions and Reliance Industries are also part of a consortium that will run a new JVP Labs incubator in Jerusalem.
Pieces Technology picks up $21.6m
US-based health and clinical software company Pieces Technology launched yesterday with a $21.6m of series A funding from investors including private healthcare systems Children’s Health and Order of Saint Francis. Venture capital firms Pacific Advantage Capital Partners and Jump Capital co-led the round, which also featured Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), the independent non-profit… Continue reading Pieces Technology picks up $21.6m
Voke scores $12.6m in Intel-led round
Voke, developer of virtual reality viewing technology for sporting events, has raised $12.6m in a round featuring Intel Capital, A&E and the Sacramento Kings.
Striim integrates Atlantic Bridge into $30m series B
Venture fund Atlantic Bridge has added $10m to the $20m data integration software provider Striim raised from investors including Intel Capital in September.
Brabyn levels up to new job
Ben Brabyn, a mentor at Microsoft Ventures, has left the UK government’s UKTI Innovation Gateway to head Canary Wharf Group-owned accelerator Level39.