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Unilever Technology Ventures

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Unilever Technology Ventures is an investment arm of the Unilever Group. It seeks to invest in technology related venture funds and early stage companies, which would be advantageous or relevant to its parent company. The firm seeks to invest in life sciences, materials science, clean technology, consumer oriented technologies including areas ranging from neurophysics and brain research, to designing products of choice and behavioral sciences, nanotechnology, process technology including miniaturization, optimization, robotics, sensors, physics and chemistry in food and home and personal care including designing functionalities, self assembly, measurement science, modeling, fabrication technology, safety, novel water purification methods, and information and communication technology. Under its life sciences investments, it focuses on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, genetics, systems biology, novel chemistry, food and nutrition, diagnostics, and molecular biology, and devices for drug delivery or for cosmetic use. The firm seeks to invest in Europe and United States. It prefers to invest in companies, which have less than 100 employees and a pre-money valuation between $5 million to $20 million but below $100 million. The firm’s maximum investment in case of funds is €5million ($6.88 million), and in case of companies it is €2.5 million ($3.44 million). It prefers to take a minority stake in companies. The firm seeks to co-lead investments and take an observer seat on its portfolio companies. Unilever Technology Ventures was founded in 2002 and is headquartered at San Francisco, California.

Milestones

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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Chromatin. (10/25/11)
  Posted 10/25/11 at 7:06pm via finsmes.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Impinj. (12/16/05)
  Posted 10/1/10 at 4:29am via impinj.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Textronics. (6/15/05)
  Posted 9/2/10 at 7:29am
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Perlegen Sciences. (2/28/05)
  Posted 7/1/10 at 12:25am via allbusiness.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Chromatin. (4/1/06)
  Posted 4/29/10 at 4:11am
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Biofisica. (10/31/06)
  Posted 4/27/10 at 2:41am via biofisica.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Impinj. (3/7/07)
  Posted 2/16/10 at 4:09am via impinj.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Imperative Health. (1/26/10)
  Posted 1/26/10 at 6:55pm via finsmes.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in HaloSource. (7/18/08)
  Posted 6/26/09 at 1:03am via venturebeat.com
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  Unilever Technology Ventures invested in Biofisica. (4/21/08)
  Posted 6/11/09 at 11:29pm

Investments

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1. Chromatin Completes $10M First Closing of Series D Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. UK, MiLife is Renamed to Imperative Health and Raises $4M (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. HaloSource raises $11.5M for water purification (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
4. Capital Funding Report [edit]
5. IMPINJ RAISES $19 MILLION IN PRIVATE FUNDING ROUND; PREPARES FOR INCREASED DEMAND FOR ITEM-LEVEL RFID TECHNOLOGY (impinj.com) [edit]
6. ATLANTA-BASED BIOFISICAâ„¢ RECEIVES $5 MILLION IN SERIES A FINANCING (biofisica.com) [edit]
7. Cap Funding Report [edit]
8. IMPINJ RAISES $26.5M, CEMENTS RFID LEADERSHIP ROLE (impinj.com) [edit]
9. Cap Funding Report [edit]
10. Perlegen Raises $74 Million to Apply Pharmacogenomics to Late-Stage Drug Pipeline. (allbusiness.com) [edit]