News provider Fortune said Nigg would have a focus on financial services companies as his Europatweb deals included merging portfolio company Flutter into gambling website Betfair.
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Malik joins Cenovus
On his LinkedIn page, Malik said he was an investment manager for the Oilfield Services Technology Environmental Opportunity Fund at Cenovus Energy.
Respondents reveal this year’s big issues
Global Corporate Venturing surveyed the heads of corporate venturing units round the world as well as influential service providers and others in the ecosystem to ask: “What was the most important event or trend in 2012?” and “What will be the biggest issue you face in corporate venturing in 2013?”. Last month we published their… Continue reading Respondents reveal this year’s big issues
Stack and de Winter join GE
Risa Stack and Alex de Winter have joined corporate venturing healthcare investment programme GE Healthymagination.
Gaule’s Question Time: Qualcomm
In our series of interviews with leading innovation and venture developers, Andrew Gaule, founder of the Corven Corporate Venture Network, talks to Miles Kirby (pictured), managing director of Qualcomm Ventures, Europe.
Terrabon takes on Rush
Terrabon, a US-based bioenergy company, has appointed Carl Rush to its board to replace Tim Cesarek, who has left its investor, Waste Management.
Burke joins IBF conference advisory board
Patty Burke, a partner at advisory firm Bell Mason Group, has joined the advisory board of the International Business Forum (IBF) Corporate Venturing and Innovation Partnering (CVIP) Conference in February. Burke is opening the conference with a key note on: “Keeping the (Ad)venture in Corporate Venturing: Overcoming Corporate Antibodies That Inhibit Venturing Success”. Global Corporate… Continue reading Burke joins IBF conference advisory board
Gaule’s Question Time: ABB
Gaule: Give a brief description of the your fund’s purpose. Nadkarni: ABB Technology Ventures (ATV) invests in early-stage companies that have technologies or business models of strategic interest to ABB. It was formed in late 2009 and we made our frst investment in 2010. To date we have invested about $150m in nine companies and… Continue reading Gaule’s Question Time: ABB
Epic Sciences receives an injection of $13m
US-based Epic Sciences, a biotech and cancer diagnostics company, raises $13m in Series B financing.
Steamboat pair, Ticketmaster CEO emerge at Knightship
Two former senior executives at US-based media company Disney’s corporate venturing unit and the former chief executive (CEO) of event tickets company Ticketmaster have set up venture firm Knightship. Dan Beldy and Beau Laskey, veterans of Steamboat Ventures, and Sean Moriarty, Ticketmaster CEO from January 2007 to March 2009, have set up Knightship, which is… Continue reading Steamboat pair, Ticketmaster CEO emerge at Knightship
Stewart joins Rogers Venture
He previously co-founded Mezzanine Capital Partners, Asia Pacific Ventures and APV Technology Partners.
GE hires Dolbec for software fund
US-listed industrial conglomerate General Electric (GE) has set up a software venturing unit and hired Mike Dolbec to manage the fund. The software investments are designed to avoid being what GE’s chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt, called at the launch event in San Francisco “stupid money” trying to make large returns but instead about making connections… Continue reading GE hires Dolbec for software fund
2012 Powerlist: Carole Nuechterlein, Roche
Carole Nuechterlein has headed the Roche Venture Fund since 2001, but even after a decade at the top of the Switzerland-based drugs company’s corporate venturing unit, she said her challenges remain “exits and finding the diamonds in the rough”. Prior to her current position managing Roche’s SFr500m ($530m) venture fund and its 30 portfolio companies… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Carole Nuechterlein, Roche
2012 Powerlist: Bruce Beckloff, Arm
Beckloff, an 11-year veteran of UK-based microprocessor company Arm Holdings, moved the company into corporate venturing in 2008 but has since become part-time while seconded to the UK government’s UK Trade & Investment unit responsible for venture capital. Beckloff said: “In 2008 I came into the corporate business development group. This was generally run by… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Bruce Beckloff, Arm