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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.