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Profile: Citi Ventures 2011
The era of the star dealmaker necessarily running a venture capital firm as an amateur manager is increasingly over and into this era of greater professionalism has come US-listed bank Citigroup.
Nov 7, 2011Mitsui reaches Cloud 9
YPX Cayman Holdings, which runs the Chinese fast food chain Cloud 9, has raised $20m in financing from investors including Mitsui Global Investment.
Nov 1, 2011Corporates fail to help portfolio companies
The effect of corporate VC investments on productivity turns out to be "negligible", according to the report, Venture capital: Policy lessons from the Vico project - a European Union-funded research of 8,370 European high-tech entrepreneurial firms.
Oct 30, 2011General Motors takes turn at RelayRides
Car sharing service RelayRides has beefed up its series A round with a further $3m, with GM Ventures the prime investor.
Oct 28, 2011Statesman negotiates support from the BGF
The bank-backed Business Growth Fund's chief executive says its second deal backing of the UK-based travel management company indicates it is "now very much open for business".
Oct 20, 2011Waze navigates its way to $30m
The Qualcomm-backed traffic navigation app has raised a further $30m and is now looking to expand its social-based service to China
Oct 19, 2011Ordr.in on Google's menu
Google Ventures and Ludlow Ventures have provided seed funding for the aggregated food ordering app, which is looking to expand its service to Facebook.
Oct 19, 2011Comcast subscribes to Kiwi Crate
Kids arts and crafts subscription startup Kiwi Crate has raised $2m in seed financing from investors including Comcast Ventures.
Oct 18, 2011Google's carrot for Stickery
Google Ventures and 500 Startups are heading up the seed funding for mobile game learning platform Stickery.
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