Intel Capital first partnered with Canada-based Smart Technologies in 1992 and the interactive education products company is planning to list in North America.
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ABP and OMERS start venture fund
The list of competitors to corporate venturing units in entrepreneurial companies has increased as large public-sector pension funds move into the area to replace angel and venture capital firms.
Entrepreneurs pay increases as exits take longer
A study of venture capital-backed chief executives’ pay finds it has increased over the past decade.
DLA boosts venture pipeline
US-based law firm DLA Piper adds documents system to its legal web page.
Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute seeds fund
ITRI plans to set up a $93.8m venture capital fund seeded from its National Development Fund and overseas corporate and other investors.
Cisco commits $1bn to Russian ventures
Russia’s Skolkovo Project, its equivalent of America’s Silicon Valley, gains $1bn backing from Cisco to find new deals and help entrepreneurs.
NeuroSky taps Taicom Capital for C round
Asian strategic investors emerge to help US-based developer of biosensors for computer games and other electronic products NeuroSky.
Zhejiang Haiyue takes minority stake in Zn Animation
Zhejiang Tianyue Venture Capital, which is 100% owned by Haiyue, said it would invest RMB27.3m ($4m) for a 4.55% stake in Zn Animation.
Lowe’s backs second round for Recurve
Energy efficiency software supplier Recurve gains $8m in second round from home retailer Lowe’s Companies and VCs.
Roche and Astellas back Nereus Pharmaceuticals
Eight venture investors commit another $20m to Nereus a decade after its first round to take the total raised so far to nearly $150m.
22nd Annual Venture Capital Investing Conference
JUNE 2011
13th Annual Corporate Venturing and Innovation Partnering Conference
February 16-18, 2011 at The Hyatt Regency, Newport Beach, US.
7th Annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit
January 19-20, 2011, Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa at Indian Wells, Palm Springs, US
8th Annual Mid-America Healthcare Venture Forum
November 10-11, 2010 Detroit, US