Cambrios Technologies makes initial close at $2.6m of planned investment round.
Category: Deals
Fanhattan buys movie database
Fanhattan buys Open Movie Database ahead of its own launch next year.
PE International gains Siemens deal
Undisclosed representatives from both Siemens Venture Capital and GIMV will take a board at PE International after investing $11m.
Chip Path finds A team
Alongside Xilinx in backing Chip Path a month after its launch are venture capital firms Scientific Ventures and LanzaTech Ventures.
BP strikes solar deal
Abound Solar raises $110m from oil group BP and other consortium members, as well as $400m in a state loan.
BlackBerry makes Anomalous call
Anomalous Networks, a Canada-based provider of telecom expense management software, has raised an undisclosed amount from BlackBerry Partners Fund, a venture capital fund backed by phone maker Research In Motion, and angel members of Anges Québec. Kevin Talbot, co-managing partner at Blackberry Partners Fund, said: "We have been impressed with Anomalous Networks’ foresight to predict… Continue reading BlackBerry makes Anomalous call
Google shares RelayRides with August
RelayRides is transferring its base from Boston to San Francisco, where both Google and August offer facilities to help early-stage portfolio companies after their investment.
Fluor backs Russian start-up
A start-up company will offer engineering and other services to the Russian oil and gas industries in a collaboration between Fluor and Sibur’s Scientific Research and Design Institute for Gas Processing.
ISoftStone floats to range top
ISoftStone sells 7.3 million American depository shares (ADS) at $13 each, which was the top of its expected range, to raised $88.2m.
SAP goes forward with Lavante
Lavante gains SAP Ventures as a new investor in its $8m C round.
UPS delivers cash to SensorLogic
Logistics company UPS reinvests in SensorLogic’s, a US-based software company, $5m D round.
Intel takes stake in Omnesys
Intel Capital has invested $45m in eight Indian companies this year, including Althea Systems, July Systems, MCX, Verismo, Allied Digital Systems, Vriti, Wortal and now Omnesys Technologies.
Soladigm raises round after GE win
Soladigm, which develops energy-efficient glass for buildings, raises $30m in its series C round after GE last month selected Soladigm as one of 12 business partners for investment and commercial partnerships through its ecomagination Challenge, a $200 million corporate venturing fund.
iYogi balances $30m pre-flotation round
SAP Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based enterprise software group SAP, reinvested in iYogi, alongside venture capital firms Sequoia Capital India, Canaan Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and US bank SVB India Capital Partners.