It is expensive building cars, especially electric ones with few signs they can be profitable outside of selling carbon offset credits to polluters.

US-based smart digital recruitment platform developer Eightfold raised $125m in series D funding from investors including financial services firm Capital One at a $1bn valuation.

Discussion at the GCV Digital Forum 2.0 last month about Including Both Halves of Society heard Lara Koole, partner at Netherlands-based conglomerate Philips’ corporate venturing unit, describe how it could start using its limited partner commitments to look at the underlying diversity of the venture funds’ general partners.

The Economist this week has a nice interview with Satya Nadella, CEO of US-listed software provider Microsoft, and the company’s upwards valuation under his leadership.

History rarely repeats, but it does rhyme.

Ant Group’s flotation was granted late last week and will raise $34.5bn by splitting its stock issuance equally across Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges.

The past three quarters has seen a record number of new CVC launches predominantly coming from outside traditional regions for venture investing.

It is quite stark how little relative attention is being paid to the innovative startups required to help incumbents and economies pivot towards more sustainable forms of energy.

Covid-19 has added to the need for digitalisation in payments, wealth management, digital trading and regulatory technology as people have struggled to shop in stores or pay for things in cash. But can any company become a fintech?