The Amazon Climate Pledge Fund has pledged to invest more than $50m in female-led climate technology companies and has teamed up with USAID for the project.

Whether the downturn is a 6-month blip or lasts several years, "it’s a time to be in the game" says CVC veteran Pieter Wolters of DSM Venturing.

Battery recycler Ascend Elements and Geely spinoff Farizon each raised $300m while Saudi Aramco launched a $1.5bn Sustainability Fund.

The talent agency, which represents everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger to the D'Amelio sisters, is investing in the creator economy together with Investcorp.

The European industrial group has formed a unit which will invest in early-stage life sciences and biotech developers through a team headed by Paolo Di Giorgio.

AbbVie is acquiring Amgen-backed DJS Antibodies for $255m while Legend Holdings took part in a $56.6m series C round for VectorBuilder.

Some 51 new corporate-backed energy funding initiatives were launched in 2021, up from 21 the year before. The trend has continued into 2022.

China has a policy of superclusters to drive growth and is increasingly incorporating corporate venture capital initiatives into these clusters.

Rakuten-backed Base Food is set to list on TSE’s Growth Market in an IPO valuing it at $329m while Mitsui was part of a $400m round for Yellow Door Energy.

Thomas Reuters and Siemens participated in DataGrail’s $45m series C round while AyoConnect boosted its series B to $25m.