Imagine Communications Group has acquired the Irish operations of Clearwire.
Category: Firms
Glam Media finds ad partner
Venture-backed peer AdPortal finds new home in Glam Media, a US-based online advertising network.
China Kanghui preps for NYSE operation
Chinese maker of orthopedic implants backed by US media company International Data Group’s local venture fund, IDG-Accel, starts $75m flotation process.
Vattenfall gains power from Tri-O-Gen
Tri-O-Gen, a Netherlands-based developer of renewable energy, has raised €4.5m ($5.8m) from the corporate venturing division of European utility Vattenfall in its first round of institutional funding. Yellow&Blue Investment Management, an independent venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Dutch energy company Nuon, part of Vattenfall, led the round along with substantial investment from Tri-O-Gen’s… Continue reading Vattenfall gains power from Tri-O-Gen
GE joins SynapSense’s efficiency drive
General Electric and existing investors provide further $5m for SynapSense, a US-based company to improve the energy efficiency of data centres.
Beano publisher backs Ambicare B round
Ambicare Health, a UK-based provider of plasters for cancer treatment, has closed a £1.7m ($2.6m) series B round from a consortium including the publisher of the Beano comic magazine. The money will develop Ambulight PDT, the world’s first light-emitting sticking plaster for the treatment of skin cancer. Longbow Capital, a UK-based venture capital firm, led… Continue reading Beano publisher backs Ambicare B round
TurnHere finds path to $3m investment
US-based internet video production and advertising company TurnHere posts regulatory filing of funding success.
West calls up venture-backed TuVox
West Interactive provides exit to ADobe Ventures-backed voice response company TuVox.
Disney talks about owning Playdom
Steamboat Ventures last month invested in social media gaming company Playdom’s series A round but which might lead to an exit to its parent, Disney.
Intel emerges as secret Gaikai gamer
Intel Capital emerges as strategic investor in Gaikai’s series B round in May.
Safeguard sets NuPathe flotation price
NuPathe, a US-based drug developer focused on the central nervous system, is preparing to list five million shares at between $14 and $16 each with an initial market capitalisation of $225m.
Qualcomm validates company’s D round
Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing division of US telecoms equipment maker Qualcomm, part of consortium investing $12.6m in Validity.
Green Dot floats above expectations
Shareholders in prepaid debit card provider Green Dot raised a more-than-expected $164.1m at its flotation.
Integrated Diagnostics scores second funding tranche
BioTechCube (BTC), a newly-formed Luxembourg-based investment company backed by the state, replaced dievini Hopp BioTech as $10m is drawn down from Integrated Diagnostics’ $30m series A round.