Last week the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Apex-Brasil, and Global Corporate Venturing ran once again the Corporate Venture in Brasil conference to develop corporate venture capital in Brasil.

Foxconn has contributed to a $20m round for robotic arm technology developer Kinova that was led by BDC Capital.

Samsung Ventures led a $11.2m round for the nanoscale manufacturing technology developer that included Intel Capital, Hitachi High-Technologies, MKS, Lam Research and SK Hynix.

Konica Minolta, Flextronics and NTT Docomo-backed security robot manufacturer Knightscope has secured more than $15.9m in a mini-IPO that has a $20m target.

Faculty and students have been given access to an array of production services at the facility.

The Engine has already made seven investments in a bid to commercialise technologies that require a longer-term view than most.

Seraphim Capital's space-focused VC fund has achieved a $95m close with contributions from SES, Airbus and Telespazio.