Research by European Investment Fund finds governments responsible for nearly a third of venture funding
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Swiss group power up GreenTeg’s spin-out
Swisselectric forms club to fund GreenTeg’s spin out.
Novartis muscles in again on NanoPowers round
Novartis Venture Funds leads first round of funding for NanoPowers
Symantec makes smart call with Mocana funding
Symantec leads series C round for Mocana
Corporate venturing suffers tax blows
Corporate venturing funds find themselves inadvertently caught by the global tax and regulatory crackdown on financial services.
Google Ventures unveils its plans
Google Ventures, the in-house venture division of the online search engine company, has this month revealed more of its 16-strong team and said it was preparing to invest $100m a year from its funds. Google Ventures launched last year with $100m, which the firm said had already been invested in 10 companies. Bill Maris,… Continue reading Google Ventures unveils its plans
First Annual We Own It Summit
First Annual We Own It Summit to Explore Women’s Participation in High-Growth Businesses: June 8, New York University, www.weownitsummit.com/agenda.html
US Government Initiatives in Venture Capital and Private Equity
Strategic Venture Association discussion with Randy Mitchell, senior adviser for venture capital and entrepreneurship, US Department of Commerce, June 9, 6.30-9pm, Silicon Valley Bank, California
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US Army backs Ogmento’s war games
The US Army has led a $3.5m first round of investment in Ogmento, a New York-based company that adds computer-generated images to the physical real-world environment, known as augmented reality.
US Army backs Ogmento’s war games
The US Army has led a $3.5m first round of investment in Ogmento, a New York-based company that adds computer-generated images to the physical real-world environment, known as augmented reality. Leading the series A round was Chart Venture Partners, a $100m venture capital fund investing in security-related technologies formed by Chart Group, a private investment… Continue reading US Army backs Ogmento’s war games
BlackBerry fund strikes China joint venture
Research in Motion (RIM), a Canada-listed company that makes the BlackBerry mobile phone, has started raising a planned $100m corporate venturing fund for China.
Rosen leaves Pfizer for venture capital
David Rosen has this month joined US-based healthcare venture capital firm MPM Capital as an entrepreneur-in-residence.
Intel becomes third strategic at TRA
A third strategic investor has joined the syndicate backing US-based market research company TRA Global’s third round of funding in the three years since its launch. Intel Capital, the in-house venture capital division of US chip maker Intel, invested $10m as part of TRA’s $18.2m series C round. Its investment came from the $200m Intel… Continue reading Intel becomes third strategic at TRA