GM Ventures and Itochu Technology Ventures invest $4.2m in lithium-ion battery maker Sakti3.
Category: Deals
Safeguard Scientifics passes test for Good Start
Safeguard Scientifics joins consortium investing $18m in Good Start Genetics.
Ooyala shoots D round success
CID Group and Itochu Technology Ventures lead the $22m series D round investment in Ooyala.
LiveScribe written $39m cheque
US telecoms provider Qualcomm joins pen maker Livescribe’s $39m series C round.
Strategic backers join DataSphere’s C round
Fisher Communications, a Nasdaq-listed media group, emerges as DataSphere Technologies investor.
RF gains $9m in its C round
Intel Capital-backed tag maker RF Code gains $9m in C round.
Core pays for GoalSpring Financial’s expansion
Goldman Sachs-backed Core invests in GoalSpring Financial, an online personal debt management company.
Coulomb raises $15m in C round
LG Group spin-outs LS Industrial Systems and LS Cable back Coulomb Technologies’ $15m C round.
Solaria shines on series D round extension
Solaria closes series D round at $55, excluding a new $10m loan facility from debt provider Western Technologies (WTI).
Unilever oils up to Solazyme D round
Unilever has joined Solazyme’s extended series D round, which last month saw Bunge and other strategic peers invest $51.6m in the renewable oil company.
St Jude finds right tune for CardioMems deal
St Jude buys 19% of CardioMems and the right to buy the company for $375m.
Innovation ends search with Careerminds
Rohm and Haas-partnered Innovation Capital Advisors leads series A round for Careerminds Group.
SR One and Biogen join iPierian consortium
GlaxoSmithKline’s corporate venturing division SR One and Biogen Idec’s $200m New Ventures unit alongside undisclosed other investors have bolstered iPierian’s series B round.
K12 finds right note for Song investment
India-based education group K12 Techno Services gains $15m from Sequoia and Song.