MedImmune Ventures-backed drugs company NKT gains $12m from consortium across two rounds.
Category: Firms
CellMania gains RIM exit shot
Venture investors in CellMania, a US-based provider of wireless applications set up in 1999, have found an exit in Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the BlackBerry mobile phones.
Intel Capital maintains Indian activity
Intel Capital reinvests in Vriti Infocom amid listing of six portfolio companies.
Cisco discovers Atlantis Computing
Atlantis Computing gains $10m from three investors, including peer Cisco Systems.
IDG adds BizArk to its collection
IDG Capital Partners reportedly agrees $40m investment in China trade company BizArk.
Pandora agrees Elevation deal
Private equity firm Elevation Partners reportedly to invest $100m in online radio company Pandora.
Ad Pepper shakes on two deals
Media groups Videovalis and Brand Affinity Technologies gain Germany-based online advertising marketing company Ad Pepper Media International as venture investor.
Reed backs SpaceCurve
Reed Elsevier Ventures, the corporate venturing division of Anglo-Dutch publishers, invests in data company SpaceCurve.
Google exits Comsenz to Tencent
China-based social networking company Tencent snaps up Google and venture capital firms’ portfolio company Comsenz.
Aileron strikes drugs deal with Roche
Switzerland-based drugs company Roche will initially provide Aileron with $25m and up to $1.1bn in milestone payments if developments are successful.
CardStar gains Verizon Ventures call
Phone operator Verizon’s corporate venturing division backs services company CardStar.
DeCarta raises $6.2m from six investors
DeCarta, a maker of geospatial software formerly known as Telcontar, gains two-thirds of expected series D round.
Federated Media picks up TextDigger deal
Intel and CBS-backed TextDigger sells to John Batelle’s Federated Media Publishing.
Google finds its new Like
Mobile phone maker Nokia gains exit as indirect investor in Like.com, which Google is buying.