A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.

Corporate venturing deal net: 18-22 September 2017

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

 

Fundraising

Baidu launches $1.5bn Apollo Fund

The fund is expected to invest in 100 autonomous driving startups over the next three years.

Salesforce studies $50m AI fund

Salesforce Ventures is dedicating a total of $50m to an investment fund aimed at the artificial intelligence sector.

Credit…