Consumer

26 – 100 in alphabetical order: Michael Young, Caterpillar Ventures

With the growing focus on food sustainability, University of California (UC) Santa Barbara-founded food preservative developer Apeel Science is a particularly apt selection for the Technology of the Year award.

Ingka Group, a franchisee of furniture retailer Ikea, invested a reported $10m to $15m in interior design services platform Livspace, which will use the cash to expand its offering.

Unilever Ventures participated in a series E round that increased the healthy meal delivery service's overall funding to $125m.

ETH Zurich spinout GetYourGuide secured $484m in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund that took its total funding past $650m.

EquiTrust-backed clothing e-commerce company Luxury Closet has collected $11m, taking its overall funding to nearly $30m.

Customer service software developer Boomtown secured the cash in a Telstra Ventures-led round that was also backed by Capital One Growth Ventures and NHN Ventures.

The SoftBank-backed food delivery platform is reportedly seeking a minimum of $500m at a valuation of about $13bn.

Venture capital is commonly referred to as a people business. Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of technology company Intel, has adopted that approach more than most by accessing a diaspora of former employees to help syndicate deals, and thousands of entrepreneurial executives it has backed over nearly 30 years.

Sector analysis: Media

Results of the Global Corporate Venturing founders pilot survey conducted in March and April 2019.