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Funds
Global Corporate Venturing
Kuang-Chi makes Israeli pilgrimage for $300m fund.
HP has also established a corporate venturing arm, launching HP Ventures to invest in immersive computing, mobility, internet of things, artificial intelligence, smart machine and 3D technology.
IDG Ventures India raised $100m for each of its first two funds, but has targeted $200m for its third, with a view to making more late-stage investments as its portfolio companies grow. It now appears to be three-quarters of the way there, having reportedly raised $150m.
VenBio puts together $315m life sciences fund.
PSA unpacks $15m investment unit.
Cherry Ventures has just closed its second fund at $170m.
Global Government Venturing
Malaysia to launch $100m Islamic Venture Capital Fund.
Deals
Global Corporate Venturing
In this week’s Big Deal, we look at how the deal compares to CVC efforts by other carmakers and ask whether automotive companies in general will increasingly focus their corporate venturing on connected car technology in future.
Huoli Tianhui, the operator of a flight and train ticket booking service, raised $143m in a round co-led by a subsidiary of travel-focused conglomerate HNA Group.
Hyperloop, the developer of a futuristic, vacuum-based mode of transport, has raised $80m in series B funding from investors including GE and railway operator SNCF.
Insurance firms Starr Companies and Ping An have contributed to a $70m round for Gushengtang, a six-year old company that specialises in traditional Chinese medicine.
Kingsoft Cloud, the cloud computing spinout of cybersecurity company Kingsoft, has added $50m to the $60m series C round it closed in February.
Global Government Venturing
Arpa-E expands Onboard Dynamics funding.
Exits
Global Corporate Venturing
Gene editing technology developer Intellia Therapeutics raised $108m when it went public late last week, floating at the top of its range.
Medical diagnostics technology developer NantHealth, part of Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks ecosystem, has filed for an IPO initially sized at $92m after reportedly raising more than $700m from backers also including Allscripts, Celgene and Blackberry.
Bankrupt Jumio identifies Centana as buyer.
People
Global Corporate Venturing
Swisscom calls up Schlaepfer for investment director role.
Global University Venturing
CeCe Cheng moves in with Andela.
“Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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