New Ventures
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11/26/12 9:13 am CST
ST. PAUL, Minn. & YOKNEAM, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today 3M Company, through its corporate venture organization 3M New
Ventures, and VocalZoom Ltd., a leading developer of speech enhancement
technology that enables voice communication and recognition in any
environment, announced an equity investment and collaboration that will
bring a new class of voice-enabled user interfaces to a broad range of
customers. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“While touch capability hasmore...
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10/24/12 3:19 pm CDT
Companies Announce Strategic Development and Equity Agreement ST. PAUL, Minn. & DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, 3M New Ventures (3M’s corporate venture organization) and
Mersive, a leading provider of visual computing software, announced a
strategic development and equity agreement that will bring a new class
of displays that foster visual collaboration to a broad range of
customers. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“Advances in graphics processing technology are resulting in the
creation of more pixels than ever before.more...
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7/20/12 8:00 am CDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M, through its New Ventures Business, has invested in 7AC Technologies
Inc., a Woburn, Mass.-based developer of high efficiency heating,
ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that use liquid
desiccant technology to remove humidity from the air. The terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.
“This investment by 3M New Ventures is a highly significant vote of
confidence in our plastic plate liquid desiccant technology,” saidmore...
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4/16/12 2:07 pm CDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. & ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M New Ventures, the corporate venture organization of 3M, announced
today that it has invested in Zephyr Technology, a developer of
real-time physiological monitoring solutions for well-being applications
in healthcare, first responder, sports, military, and industrial
markets. The series C financing round also included investments by Alsop
Louie Partners, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, and others.
Zephyr is inventing unique waysmore...
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1/23/12 2:03 pm CST
ST. PAUL, Minn. & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M New Ventures, the corporate venture organization of 3M, today
announced an investment in HydroNovation Inc. of California, a
developer of next- generation water conditioning systems for residential
and food service industry applications. The Series B round financing
included a second investment by Clean Pacific Ventures. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.
Founded by the water technology pioneer Anil Jha in 2008,more...
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9/12/11 8:00 am CDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. & SAN BRUNO, Calif. & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ST. PAUL, Minn.more...
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6/6/11 3:32 pm CDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M announced today that it has received the ‘Best Innovator’ award in
Germany for its best-in-class innovation management and corporate
venturing.
The award honors 3M for the unique way it identifies innovative
start-ups and entrepreneurs with game-changing technologies and novel
business models to bring new-to-3M business to the company for long
lasting growth. The award, given under the patronage of the German
Federalmore...
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5/31/11 4:46 pm CDT
eReading Market Expected to Grow Rapidly ST. PAUL, Minn., & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M, through its 3M New Ventures and 3M Electro & Communications
Business, has invested in txtr GmbH, an innovative company in eReading
technology based in Berlin, Germany. Terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.
eReading business opportunities are growing in importance for 3M.
People’s lives are becoming more centered every day on being connected
at home, in the office or on the move. They expect to have mobile access
tomore...
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5/24/11 11:05 am CDT
3M, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, DOEN Foundation Provide Capital for Expansion of Manufacturing for Green Start-up GREEN ISLAND, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ecovative Design, LLC, the world leader in mycelium-based materials
science, today announced that a group including 3M (through its 3M New
Ventures business), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and DOEN
Foundation has invested in the company. This funding will be used to
scale Ecovative’s manufacturing operations and accelerate the
development of its revolutionary, grown polymeric materials. The terms
of the transaction were not disclosedmore...
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5/17/11 3:00 pm CDT
MOSCOW, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M, through its New Ventures Business, has invested in GoNano
Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of high surface area
nanomaterials for pollution control, catalysis, composites and sensory
technologies headquartered in Moscow, Idaho. Terms of the transaction
were not disclosed.
GoNano Technologies applies its versatile silica-based Nanospring
technology to solve problems for customers seeking high surface area
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