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Make Essense makes up series B round
SIG and Hupu have returned to take part in a $23.2m round for the men’s cosmetics provider, having respectively backed its series A and A-plus rounds last year.
Jan 22, 2021Corporate venturing deal net: 18-22 January 2021
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Jan 22, 2021BlueNalu reels in $60m debt financing
Rich Products, Thai Union and OurCrowd have participated in a new round of convertible note financing for BlueNalu, which is developing lab-grown seafood products.
Jan 22, 2021Blue Horizon blows fund up to $220m
Givaudan and Grupo Bimbo are among the limited partners in foodtech investor Blue Horizon Ventures' debut venture fund.
Jan 21, 2021Amazon unveils Indian accelerator partnership
The corporate launched Amazon Global Selling Propel with venture capital firms and a government-backed scheme to support emerging India-based consumer brands.
Jan 20, 2021Business model shifts in electric vehicles to focus on batteries
It is expensive to build cars, especially electric ones with few signs they can be profitable outside selling carbon offset credits to polluters.
Jan 20, 2021Letter from the Global Energy Council chairwoman
Foreword by Lisa Lambert, chief technology and innovation officer, National Grid, founder and president, National Grid Partners
Jan 20, 2021Prostko leaves Comcast to be a Teachers'
Rick Prostko's roster of deals at Comcast included Identified (acquired by Workday), Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever) and Instacart (now valued at $13.7bn).
Jan 20, 2021Cargill grows with VanLanduit hire
Erin VanLanduit, a GCV Powerlist 2020 award winner during her time at Tyson Foods, is Cargill's new head of corporate ventures.
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