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Asian, fintech-focused and less than seven years old – some of the CVC trends we saw when compiling the Global Corporate Venturing Directory.

Educational Testing Service was part of a $225m round for digital higher education provider UpGrad while SoftBank helped recruitment software provider Fountain extend its series C to $185m.

Q&A with Sungkwon Kang, director, LG Technology Ventures

The 10-person team at Prologis Ventures is on the smaller end of the scale but has made 37 investments over the past six years.

Each team member will do every part of the process, from scouting, selection to presenting ideas to the business units.

TDK Ventures started with a minimal team size while it was proving itself and grew it when the portfolio needed more support.

Capita Scaling Partner's equity-for-services model needs a team of 28, most focusing on finding synergies between the parent and the startup.

The short answer is: “It depends” (on strategy, focus and structure). A quick rule of thumb is 3 people per $100m in the fund.

The Arm-backed accelerator picked six companies for its largest cohort yet, focusing on hardware, manufacturing and knowledge.

Qualcomm bought portfolio company Cellwize for $350m while Northrop Grumman took part in a $135m round for radar technology producer Echodyne.

SR One co-led antibody therapy developer Ancora Biotech's $60m series A round while Al-Dhow Engineering helped coffee chain Flash Coffee secure $32.8m.