Posted on: December 6, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
Endosense, a Geneva-based medical technology company, has named Nicolas Marsault as its new CFO. Marsault has previously worked in a variety of managerial positions at Merck Serono. He replaces Endosense’s previous chief financial officer, Andrea Buscaglia.
Posted on: June 6, 2012 by Jonathan MarinoNo Comments »
Auxogyn, the women’s reproductive health company based in Menlo Park, California, just raised $18 million in a Series B round led by SR One. All of its Series A investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, TPG Biotech and Merck Serono Ventures, participated in the funding. Simeon George, from SR One, and Nilesh Kumar, of [...]
Posted on: March 23, 2009 by PEHub Administrator1 Comment »
Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, has formed a corporate venture capital group that will invest in biotech startups. Named Merck Serono Ventures, the effort is initially capitalized with €40 million. Areas of particular interest include neurodegenerative diseases, oncology, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases.
Yahoo’s $1.1 billion planned purchase of blogging site Tumblr is the largest exit of a pre-public venture-backed New York-based company
Author : mboslet
The surging popularity of bitcoin has some brand-name venture capitalists investing real money in the controversial virtual currency. Just since
Author : laragon
It’s that time of the year when every VC (or, well, most VCs) secretly pulls up Forbes’ Midas list and,
Author : mahendra
Blackstone Group LP is planning to create a hedge fund which will consist of the boldest trades from the third-party
Author : reuters-news
Shares of Tableau Software soared nearly 64% on Friday, promising a massive return for its venture capital backers New Enterprise
Author : lbeltran
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