Barack Obama will have to decide after Huawei declined to sell on 3Leaf assets as part of a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Category: Deals
Rearden closes near-$50m round
Rearden raised its planned $47m at the start of February from 21 investors, according to a regulatory filing.
Cooliris raises nearly $10m
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Venture corporate venturing unit joins the consortium for Cooliris just three months after Sebastian Blum moves to work there.
Intel buys one and backs six
Intel’s acquisition of Silicon Hive follows its corporate venturing unit’s prior investment and as Intel Capital backs six more companies.
Steamboat stays up for Yoyi
Venture capital firm Oak Investment Partners led the B round for Yoyi and was joined by Disney’s Steamboat Ventures and Chinese private equity firm Gobi Partners.
Active Network stays fit for flotation
Active Network has raised more than $275m, according to news provider Fortune, and has Ticketmaster and Disney as two primary shareholders.
Goldman Sachs backs logistics
Barry Williams, chairman of the Management Dynamics since 2004, said the E round of between $25m and $30m would come ahead of its planned flotation.
Fisker raises more money
Fisker Automotive, which plans to build luxury hybrid electric and fossil fuel cars in the US, is reportedly raised $150m in capital privately, according to a document seen by newswire Bloomberg.
Just Dial calls Malaysia
Just Dial’s existing shareholder, venture capital firm SAIF Partners, will sell its stake to the undisclosed corporation, according to news provider Business Standard.
AVG taps bond not stock market
Czech Republic-based security software maker AVG Technologies has shelved plans for its flotation in favour of trying to raise up to $300m in a bond, according to newswire Reuters.
Fluidigm floats at range bottom
Fluidigm raised $75m at $13.50 per share by selling 5.6 million shares, with a further 833,750 available if demand is strong enough for its investment banks Deutsche Bank and Piper Jaffray, according to its regulatory filing.
AcelRx halves flotation
AcelRx had planned to raise $86m in its initial public offering (IPO) but is now offering eight million shares at $5 each, with a further 1.2 million available if there is enough demand, according to its regulatory filing.
Gevo fuels $100m flotation
The company sold 7.15 million common shares at its initial public offering (IPO) at $15 each, according to Gevo’s regulatory filing.
Tela tucks into chip round
In two rounds in 2008, Tela raised more than $5.5m from corporate venturing units from Cadence Design Systems; KT Venture Group, the investment partner of KLA-Tencor; Qualcomm Ventures; Intel Capital; and venture capital firms AsiaTech Management, Sand Hill Finance Company and Teton Capital Company.