Global Fashion Group’s latest funding makes it one of several Rocket entities to have raised cash this year, but they will need to stem losses before the money tap turns off.
Category: Analysis
Brazil sees Algar and Porto Seguro launch funds
A survey found a 16 percentage point rise in the number of Brazilian corporations investing in startups.
Corporate venture changeover in healthcare
Pfizer has leapt to the top of the most active corporate venturing investors in US healthcare deals for the first half of 2016, as Novartis falls out of the top 10.
Big Deal: Second Genome boosts second round
Second Genome, which is applying genomics technology to the microbiome, is the latest in a growing string of gene technology companies to raise substantial funding.
Big Deal: Oyo books new funding
Oyo Rooms has raised $61.3m from existing investors likely to include SoftBank, as it looks to expand its branded budget hotel experience across India and into adjacent sectors.
Global Venturing Review 9 July 2016
The week’s review of venturing activity across our three titles, Global Corporate Venturing, Global University Venturing and Global Government Venturing.
Fewer but larger deals in Q2
Quarterly analysis: The is a snapshot of the data we have collected on investment activity over the past three months. To cross-check and double-check details of reported deals, we have contacted a large number of corporate investors around the world.
Cambridge wins big returns
University Corner
Europe plans venture fund and regulatory change
Government house
Investing from deep pockets
Innovative region: Flanders, Belgium
‘Ventures reimagined’
Nagraj Kashyap, corporate vice-president of Microsoft Ventures, at the GCV Symposium in May Ventures reimagined was the title of a May blog post by Nagraj Kashyap, corporate vice-president of Microsoft Ventures (see Powerlist profile). In it he said: “While we have aspirations to have global impact in new and different ways, we do not believe we need a… Continue reading ‘Ventures reimagined’
US Investments pick up in June
Over the month we have tracked 122 deals worth an estimated total of $9.55bn involving corporate venturing investors. More than half of those deals (72) took place in the US. However, some of the top rounds, including a record-setter, occurred in China. The number of deals involving corporate VCs in June exceeded the number of… Continue reading US Investments pick up in June
IT sector digitises the world
Sector focus: IT
Fund in the News: Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Robert Bosch’s corporate venturing unit recently launched a $170m third fund, and China and agribusiness startups are on the menu, according to managing director Ingo Ramesohl.