Global University Venturing

The European Investment Fund will provide half the capital for the $59m i&i Biotech Fund I, which will operate out of the Czech Republic.

Innovative region: Japan

Case Western Reserve University-linked Lucid Diagnostics is seeking an initial public offering that would net it up to $57.5m.

Sector report: Telecoms

Last month, Jeff Herbst departed from US-headquartered semiconductor technology provider Nvidia, where he had led its business development activities and corporate venture capital (CVC) unit Nvidia GPU Ventures for two decades starting in 2001.

A Taiwanese industry association and Global Corporate Venturing jointly organised a second semiconductor, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing-themed panel held under Chatham House Rule on July 27, after a similar discussion in late April.

Feature: GCV Digital Forum 4.0 review

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Alphabet-backed CRM software provider Freshworks went public, boasting a market cap of $13.5bn.

Co-founded by Harvard faculty, Garuda has launched with $72m in series A financing to advance blood stem cell therapies.