Investment banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse are underwriting Fusion-io’s initial public offering, according to its regulatory filing.
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Beyond Oblivion is another $77m
Beyond Oblivion, a US-based digital music market, has raised $77m from a consortium of corporate venturing groups to buy worldwide content rights and make its commercial launch. Wellcome Trust, a UK-based charitable foundation with £2.1bn ($3.4bn) in venture and growth capital, was joined in Beyond’s latest round by media conglomerate News Corp, investment bank Allen… Continue reading Beyond Oblivion is another $77m
J&J finds Astute investment
Alongside Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation in Astute Medical’s $13m B extension are venture capital firms Domain Associates, Delphi Ventures and De Novo Ventures.
Cisco finds way into Avangate
The $5.5m for Avangate is coming from venture capital firm 3TS Capital Partners’ Technology in Central and Eastern Europe Fund (known as 3TS Cisco Growth Fund,) which was set up in 2007 and where Cisco is a main investor.
Google finds its HubSpot
Alongside Google Ventures and SalesForce in backing HubSpot’s $32m D round were venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Matrix Partners and Scale Venture Partners.
Baidu finds home with Anjuke
Alongside Baidu in backing Anjuke’s $50m C round, was venture capital firm Matrix Partners China.
Alta Devices raises $72m
The corporate venturing units backing Alta in the round are: Energy Technology Ventures, a $300m corporate venturing joint venture launched in January by industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE), energy utility NRG Energy and oil major ConocoPhillips; power holding company Constellation Energy; Japan-based conglomerate Sumitomo’s Presidio Ventures; and Dow Chemical’s Dow Venture Capital.
Cortera finds a new tomorrow
TomorrowVentures lists Cortera as a portfolio company but the target has made no regulatory filing since changing its name from eCredit.
Monsanto finds its algae jewel
Monsanto has agreed to take equity in and use Sapphire Energy’s algae-based research to discover genes that could be applied to agriculture, particularly in the field of yield and stress.
StimatixGI raises $1m
Pontifax is chaired by Eli Hurvitz, chairman of local generic drugs maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and has invested $1m in StimatixGI.
Schlumberger strikes second public deal
Samplify Systems raised $11.2m in its series B round from Nasdaq-listed technology company Integrated Device Technology, venture capital firms Charles River Ventures and Formative Ventures as well as Schlumberger.
CardioDx files for $57.5m latest close
News provider VentureWire said venture capital firm Longitude Capital was leading CardioDx’s series E round (which it said was raising $40m).
Qualcomm clicks with exit
CBS is paying an undisclosed amount for Clicker Media, which had raised about $19m since its incubation at venture capital (VC) firm Redpoint Ventures according to news provider Fortune.
Liquidia gains Gates Foundation backing
Liquidia previously raised more than $41m, including a $25m series C round in April from New York-listed clinical research organisation PPD and venture capital firms Canaan Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Morningside Venture Investments, Pappas Ventures and Firelake Capital.