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JetBlue's corporate venturing unit has hired Steve Taub, formerly of GE Ventures and In-Q-Tel, to head its investment team.

Conversational automation software provider raised $400m while e-commerce and payment software provider Flutterwave secured $250m in a Salesforce-backed round valuing it at $3bn.

Technip Energies backed the hydrogen fuel producer's newly announced round, as the gas continues to make inroads into the energy transition roadmap.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

University of Leipzig spinout C-Lecta has agreed to an acquisition by Kerry, giving it access to additional markets.

Q&A with Andrea Birolo, head of corporate venture capital, Reale Group

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Estate, Koei Tecmo and several banks joined Sony for the fund's first close on its way to a $217m target.

JetBlue Technology Ventures alumnus Alex Kaufman has taken a principal position at Verizon's strategic investment vehicle.

Softbank Vision Fund 2 co-led academic support software producer Paper's $270m series D round and a $144m round for online lender Funding Societies.

Banking firm BBVA returned to reinvest in Neon, part of a group of digital banking portfolio companies it has built, increasing its stake to nearly 30%.

GV returned to reinvest in the customisable home developer’s series C round, taking its overall equity funding to $148m.