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.
Category: Firms
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.
MOD Systems downloads $6m venture round
Toshiba and NCR and Deluxe Entertainment Services-backed MOD Systems gains more than $6m in latest round.
ID TechVentures aims for two funds
Acer spin-off iD TechVentures aims to raise $300m in local currency and dollar-denominated China funds.
Reliance Venture increases investment pace
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s (ADA) venture capital division previously planned to invest $50m but will now invest up to $125m.
Ten companies back Michigan venture fund
Renaissance Venture Capital Fund raises $50m to invest in third party VCs to invest in US state of Michigan.
Bigfoot found in Fashion One deal
Michael Gleissner’s Bigfoot Ventures leads series B round for Fashion One television channel.
Tyfone gains three strategic backers
HDFC, Polaris Software Lab and an undisclosed manufacturer back Tyfone’s series B round.
Novacem sells innovative bond and A round to Lafarge
Lafarge to invest in UK-based cement company Novacem’s innovative bond and series A round.
Volvo sells Illuminate Labs to Autodesk
Volvo Technology Transfer and state fund Industrifonden sell Illuminate Labs to Autodesk.
Prime exit for Nedstat
Nasdaq-listed web analysis firm ComScore snaps up Prime Technology Ventures’ stake in Nedstat.