Garage Technology Ventures is kicking off a cleantech investment initiative with a corporate partner that it hopes will blossom into a broader program and reach well beyond the energy industry.
4 min read · 04 December 2012
VISION 360 DEGRES said it raised about $2.87 million from Iris Capital, SIPAREX Venture and Rhône-Alpes Creation. The money will aid the company's international expansion.
4 min read · 03 December 2012
Of the 62 funds in Washington State’s portfolio, 32 have generated returns more than invested capital
2 min read · 01 December 2012
VCs hand most underwriting deals to a small group of big Wall Street banks, creating a choke point for IPOs
6 min read · 01 December 2012
Wikia said it raised more than $10 million in an oversubscribed Series C round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners and joined by existing investors Bessemer Ventures Partners and Amazon.com. Wikia is already profitable and will use the money to accelerate mobile and video initiatives, drive user growth and look for strategic acquisitions. The most recent funding brings investment in the company to $25 million.
5 min read · 30 November 2012
Prediki Prediction Services GmbH said it raised a seed round of $650,000 from Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, Austria’s federal development bank funded by the Ministry of Economics’ JITU initiative.
2 min read · 30 November 2012
Iris Capital, with offices in Paris, Dusseldorf and Dubai, said it has expanded its international reach by opening offices in North America and Asia. The new offices are located in Montreal. San Francisco, Beijing and Tokyo.
2 min read · 29 November 2012
Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital said it launched a global network of independent, locally managed venture capital firms targetting cleantech investing. The Chrysalix Global Network reaches across three continents.
3 min read · 29 November 2012
Mohr Davidow Ventures says it is charting a course away from the cleantech and life sciences investing of the past several years and back to the firm’s information technology roots.
3 min read · 29 November 2012
It is not an easy time to be a cleantech venture capitalist. Still a hardened group of investors presses on. A handful of these determined GPs talk about what keeps them going.
2 min read · 28 November 2012
