Category: Venture Capital

Dublin City University IoT sensor firm AmbiSense gets €1m from Atlantic Bridge Fund in Ireland

Founded as a research project within Dublin City University (DCU) in 2008, AmbiSense went on to become an Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start-Up in 2014, led by co-founders Stephen McNulty, Dr Fiachra Collins and Prof Dermot Diamond. Working within the booming field of the internet of things (IoT), the company designs and manufactures low-cost, smart, solar-powered, gas […]

QD Solar, incorporated by MaRS Innovation and the University of Toronto, secures over $10M for the development of transformational Solar Energy Technologies

QD Solar, a Canadian technology company created by MaRS Innovation and the University of Toronto, announced today the closing of a C$2.5M Series A funding led by DSM Venturing, with matching investment participation from existing investors, MaRS innovation and KAUST Innovation Fund. The development of this technology is also supported by project funding that was […]

Campus Capital signs university startup deal with University of Manchester

A venture capital firm has signed a partnership deal with the University of Manchester to identify and back early-stage companies with the potential to become the technology stars of the future. Campus Capital will invest sums from £50,000 to £200,000 into promising businesses both on campus and off campus across the Manchester city region. The […]

Invest Georgia plows $3.25 million into Mosley Ventures

Atlanta-based Mosley Ventures has received a $3.25 million investment from Invest Georgia, a state-run venture capital fund. The General Assembly created Invest Georgia back in 2013, an initiative of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, to boost investment in Georgia-based growth and early-stage companies The VC fund was allocated $20 million out of an allowed $100 million […]

The UAE announces legal system for venture capital funds

The move comes as part of the projects of the first batch of government accelerators launched earlier by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to expedite the process of achieving the National Agenda goals. “Approving the controls and obligations governing the venture […]

Israeli VC Pitango launches its 7th early-stage fund of $175M | TechCrunch

Pitango Venture Capital, one of the most active VCs in the Israeli startup scene, has announced its seventh fund, Pitango Venture Capital 7. The fund will have $175 million under management, and invest from seed upwards. The new fund focuses on IT and life science investments, specializing in enterprise infrastructure, IoT, artificial intelligence and digital […]

Campus Capital Launches £2M Venture Capital Fund

Campus Capital, a Sheffield, UK-based new venture capital firm, is launching its first £2m fund. The firm, which builds “on campus” investment funds with universities, has signed up the University of Sheffield as its first partner. It is also in talks with other northern universities and plans to roll out the model nationally. Launched by […]

Rainbow Seed Fund’s £200m Investment in UKs Deep Science at Universities

Rainbow Seed Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on promising technologies developed at the UK’s largest publicly-funded research facilities and campuses, today announces that the fund have now leveraged more than £200m to work supporting UK’s most ground-breaking and innovative companies. Since the Fund’s inception in 2002, Rainbow Seed Fund has been investing in […]