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Canada-based telecommunications company Telus launched a C$100m ($76.5m) impact investment fund in late November called Telus Pollinator Fund for Good.

If the sector can weather the economic storm, it has huge potential.

In October and November, Global Corporate Venturing asked ‘What will be the biggest investment opportunities in 2021?’ The response was so overwhelming, we have given about half the answers below.

The Amazon-based food delivery app developer bumped its valuation up to $7bn in a series H round co-led by Fidelity and Durable Capital Partners.

Burda Principal Investments returned for a series D round that lifted flower delivery service Bloom & Wild's total funding to at least $130m.

The payment tech space saw a flurry of activity in mid-January with two series D rounds and an aborted acquisition at corporate-backed companies.

Jeff Housenbold was a former GCV Rising Star award winner having joined SoftBank as a managing partner for its Vision Fund almost four years ago.

Dave Smith was a former GCV Powerlist award winner at Corning and sat on the board of X Display and Versalume.

Bilibili’s esports spinoff has secured $27.8m through a round led by the corporate-backed Zhejiang Chuangxiang Culture Fund that included B-Ray Media.

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