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Google tops up Pocket Change
Google Ventures is joined in the series A round by venture firms First Round Capital, Scott Banister, and Baroda Ventures, according to news provider TechCrunch.
Jul 12, 2012Michigan University backs Jack & Jake's
The university's social venture fund backs the sustainable food company.
Jul 11, 2012Crunchfund rolls dice on Betable
CrunchFund joined in the seed round by venture firms including Greylock Discovery Fund, FF Angel, True Ventures and Start Fund/DST.
Jul 11, 2012Bertelsmann chews on Barkbox
Bertelsmann was reportedly joined in the A round by venture firms Resolute.vc, Lerer Ventures, RRE, Polaris Ventures and 500 Startups,
Jul 11, 2012Singtel incubatee Fetch Plus raises $0.72m
The Facebook branding company is the first graduate from the JFDI-Innov8 2012 Boot Camp, an incubator backed by Singtel's corporate venturing unit, to receive external funding.
Jul 11, 2012Qualcomm shops for Big Shoe Bazaar
Karthee Madasamy, a senior director at Qualcomm Ventures, says: "Our investment in Big Shoe Bazaar has come at a time when the rapid rise of smartphones, tablets and social media networks stands to greatly influence the way people engage in online shopping."
Jul 11, 2012Fender to pluck up to $160m in IPO
Fender has been corporate-backed by Japan's Yamano Music and Kanda Shokai Corporation since the 1980s.
Jul 10, 2012A framework for funding disruption of IP markets
Drawing on decades of experience in patent litigation, the author outlines intellectual property (IP) as a venture white space by summarising the important trends shaping IP markets and identifying key disruptions on the horizon from new IP businesses.
Jul 9, 2012The relative popularity of patent potential
Just how much attention are start-ups paying to patents?
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