Dull, dirty and/or dangerous jobs are less than appealing for many people.

US-based payments and lending services provider Stripe is acquiring its Nigeria-based portfolio company Paystack for reportedly more than $200m, according to the Financial Times.

The number of rounds and dollars raised by female-founded, US-based companies fell to 2016 levels, according to data provider PitchBook.

If there is a more expensive way for a company to raise money than through a special purpose acquisition company (Spac) it is hard to imagine.

E.ON, a Germany-based energy company, following its merger with peer Innogy has rebranded its corporate venturing unit Future Energy Ventures.

The Economist’s latest Technology Quarterly published in the past week focuses on the promise of virtual reality as “computer-generated realities are becoming ubiquitous”.

Corporate leaders are stepping into impact investing.

Prize challenges are about 10 times more cost-effective than traditional projects to source innovation.

Sophia Genetics, a Switzerland-based clinical insights platform, has raised $110m in its series F round from a consortium including Hitachi Ventures.

Change is coming. The only question remains how to maximise the impact at a corporation through sophisticated use of open innovation tools, such as corporate venturing, and align them to traditional research and development and mergers and acquisitions.