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Four-year growth of CVC-backed rounds for AI software, power shifts to cloud providers, specialised AI emerges for sectors

Edtech has benefited from covid-19 restrictions, the record high for capital in the sector was $2.4bn in 2018

Sector analysis: Media

Think about the features you would expect to find at a GCV event… then imagine them all in a virtual setting.

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

Monthly analysis: April 2020

US-based autonomous driving technology Waymo, a spinoff from internet conglomerate Alphabet, received $750m in extension equity financing, taking its round to $3bn.

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

GV and Tyson Ventures invested in an $18m funding round for Clear Labs that has now raised $62m altogether from backers also including Dentsu and Tencent.

Flex-backed baby monitor developer Nanit has closed a $21m funding round, bringing its total equity to $50m four years after the corporate made its investment.

Same-day goods courier marketplace Deliv, whose backers include Google and Westfield, is expected to close after moving its assets and some staff over to Target.