US initial public offering for Tesla Motors, a US-based maker of electric vehicles backed by car makers as strategic investors, to see more shares listed at a higher price of $17 per share.
Category: Deals
Gilead picks up CGI Pharmaceuticals
Eli Lilly’s corporate venturing division part of CGI consortium selling the company for $120m, twice the venture money invested.
Playdom acquires Hive7
Social gaming company Playdom uses some of its proceeds from latest investment round to buy peer Hive7.
RGB plays RipCode acquisition tape
Comcast Interactive Capital-backed RGB Networks acquires video processing software peer Ripcode.
Fabrinet finished flotation with less than expected
Thailand-based manufacturer Fabrinet lists below its target range in New York.
Palantir sees $90m funding round arrive
Founders Fund leads series D round at a reported $735m valuation for Palantir Technologies.
Intel to reap reward for Smart patience
Intel Capital first partnered with Canada-based Smart Technologies in 1992 and the interactive education products company is planning to list in North America.
NeuroSky taps Taicom Capital for C round
Asian strategic investors emerge to help US-based developer of biosensors for computer games and other electronic products NeuroSky.
Zhejiang Haiyue takes minority stake in Zn Animation
Zhejiang Tianyue Venture Capital, which is 100% owned by Haiyue, said it would invest RMB27.3m ($4m) for a 4.55% stake in Zn Animation.
Lowe’s backs second round for Recurve
Energy efficiency software supplier Recurve gains $8m in second round from home retailer Lowe’s Companies and VCs.
Roche and Astellas back Nereus Pharmaceuticals
Eight venture investors commit another $20m to Nereus a decade after its first round to take the total raised so far to nearly $150m.
Steamboat sails into Playdom
Disney’s corporate venturing division Steamboat Ventures backs $33m series A extension for social gaming company.
Vodafone makes Perfecto call
Israel-based Perfecto Mobile gains undisclosed funding from Vodafone Ventures.
Google and Reed Elsevier aid Rocket Lawyer
US-based legal information website Rocket Lawyer takes off with $7m C round.