Andrew Aitken and Greg Olsen, founder and senior partner of Olliance respectively, will join Black Duck after selling the company.
Category: Deals
Holtzbrinck succeeds in latest deal search
Searchmetrics has now raised $11m in total since being started in late 2007 by its chief executive, Horst Joepen, and Marcus Tober, and Holtzbrinck Digital financed its seed round.
Mail.ru misses Groupon’s $950m round
Mail.ru had been a prior investor in Group alongside its former parent Digital Sky Technologies (DST) before its UK listing in November. However, while DST has reinvested in the $950m round, Mail.ru has not, Groupon said.
Espirito backs Portugal’s MagPower
Portugal-based bank Espírito Santo Group, through its €75m ($97m) venture capital fund Espírito Santo Ventures III, has invested up to €7m in local solar power group MagPower – Soluções de Energia. Joaquim Sérvulo Rodrigues, chief executive of Espírito Santo Ventures, said: "In our investments, we look for technology-based projects that have the ambition to access… Continue reading Espirito backs Portugal’s MagPower
Allen & Co backs Personal
Media investment bank Allen & Company joined a consortium including venture capital firms Grotech Ventures and Revolution and angel investor Eric Semler of TCS Capital Management providing $7.6m for Personal.
ABB pipes into Ecotality
ABB provide $10m and its electronics for Ecotality’s Blink charging stations.
Intel teams with Braemar again
Intel and Braemar are providing an undisclosed amount for Viridity Energy’s, a US-based developer of energy management software, series B round.
MPM joins consortium backing 23andMe
23andMe previously raised $22m in its series C round from a consortium including new investor Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and has added $9m from MPM Capital.
DVX helps CardioInsight in Japan
CardioInsight Technologies raises more than $10m from DVX and venture capital firms Draper Triangle Ventures, which led the financing, and Case Technology Ventures, which makes pre-seed stage investments out of Case Western Reserve University.
Generali ensures round for VisionCare
Italian insurer invested through its Generali Financial and BSI subsidiaries in VisionCare’s $31m series E round.
SingTel agrees first deal
SingTel Innov8 has invested about S$800,000 in a Singapore-based website services company, 2359 Media.
Holtzbrinck backs Proximic
Proximic raised $4.4m for its series C round from Holtzbrinck’s corporate venturing unit and venture capital firm Wellington Partners.
Neuroptix finds half its money
A regulatory filing said six investors had provided $4.6m for Neuroptix.
Investors sail away from OceanSaver
BW and Investinor provide exit for OceanSaver’s investors.