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Although the two investors were undisclosed in Trada's regulatory filing, the company has as directors Rich Miner, managing partner of corporate venturing unit Google Ventures, and Seth Levine, managing director of venture capital firm Foundry Group.

GCA Savvian served as financial adviser to BrightRoll in this transaction.

Venture capital firm LightSpeed Venture Partners led the B round, which also included Tornante Company, the investment firm led by Michael Eisner, former chief executive (CEO) of media group Walt Disney, who will give TaskRabbit strategic advice.

AOL through its corporate venturing unit AOL Ventures joined publisher the New York Times Company, venture capital firm True Ventures, and angel investors Scott Kurnit (chief executive of AdKeeper) and Howard Lindzon (chief executive of StockTwits) in backing Appssavvy.

Portfolio company leaders gather in London from the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company's corporate venturing unit.

Corporate venturing dealmaking is on track to return to pre-credit crunch levels this year.

Research by Global Corporate Venturing and US trade body the National Venture Capital Association gives some insights into career development prospects in the sector.

A record number of corporate venturing funds have been raised this year.

Welcome to the Global Corporate Venturing analysis of 2011, where we pick out the biggest themes as decided by the people who count - the corporate venturing heads and those in the related ecosystem.

The company was currently talking with other venture capital firms to pursue joint investment opportunities, allowing it to participate in bigger deals.