Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Diversified conglomerate Balcom has invested $10m in Uzbekistan-based agricultural chemicals provider Ifoda Agro Kimyo Himoya, Reuters reported on Monday. The company’s facility manufactures about 100,000 tonnes of fertilisers and pesticides per year and will channel the funding into expanding its exports and support growth activities.
Contractbook, a Denmark-based developer of automation software for legal documents, completed a $9.4m series A round on Wednesday featuring Gradient Ventures, the artificial intelligence fund owned by internet technology provider Google. Venture capital firm Bessemer…
