Deal Analysis for February

With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.

Toby Lewis discusses the changing pace in the world of corporate venturing

The newly merged company, Next Commerce, will cover nine countries across Asia Pacific and serve more than four million customers.

The Islamic women's fashion site has now raised $8.5m in just over two years.

The accelerator, backed by Intel, Cisco and Deutsche Telekom, will assist, and possibly fund internet of things startups in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Graftonica, a spin-out of Milano-Bicocca University, launched to commercialise nanotech additives.