Longwood Founders Management raises $85m for its first fund with GlaxoSmithKline and Genzyme among its limited partners.
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Most influential transport & logistics firms
Global Corporate Venturing’s list of most influential corporate venturing units in the transport and logistics sector.
What the experts predict for 2011
Global Corporate Venturing asked practitioners three questions: What will be the big issue for 2011? What do you hope will be repeated this year from 2010? What do you hope will not be repeated this year from 2010?
Gaule’s Question Time: Justin Adams, BP Alternative Energy
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Justin Adams, vice-president strategy and ventures, BP Alternative Energy.
Lucente follows Ballard into Transpera
IAC Advertising sales head Dean Lucente joins Transpera.
Ibarguen sups on Quench USA job
Having raised $13m from Virgin Green Fund-led consortium, Quench hires Anthony Ibarguen as chief executive.
Chong joins Samsung
Jay Chong joins Samsung as corporate venturing investment director from Intel.
HSBC takes a fifth of VC firm
HSBC retains 19.9% of its former venture and buyout manager in Asia, Headland Capital Partners.
Blackbird flies with fundraising
Blackbird Technologies has 26 investors for its planned-$40m Razor’s Edge Fund.
Astia picks its winners
Alloy Ventures, NEA and DFJ win awards from Astia, a US-based adviser to women-led growth companies.
New generation of venture professionals emerges
Venture capital firms in era of change as numbers shrink but new firms and professionals emerge to take their place.
Exciting times lie ahead as VC industry shrinks
The number of maturing venture capital funds heavily outnumbers those being raised as the industry contracts.
Gaule’s Question Time: Allegis lets direct experience guide it
As part of a series of interviews with leading venture investors and developers, Andrew Gaule, left, founder of the H-I Network and Corporate Venture Senior Executive Forum, talks to Bob Ackerman, managing director and founder, Allegis Capital (pictured).
Suez launches venturing fund
Suez Environnement, a France-based water and waste treatment company part-owned by utility GDF Suez, has set up a €50m ($66m) corporate venturing fund. Blue Orange will invest between €500,000 and €2m in seed to development-stage water and waste companies in Europe, North America and Asia but will also have the flexibility to call down more… Continue reading Suez launches venturing fund