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After several decades of peaks and troughs, corporate venturers feel they are climbing the slope of enlightenment - by Editor-in-chief James Mawson, news editor Rob Lavine, ?and reporters Kaloyan Andonov, Thierry Heles and Nicole Idar

Two Portuguese corporates, Caixa and Sonae, have joined forces to support the retail analytics startup

Microsoft, Salesforce and Intel have invested in Helpshift, marking the first time the three corporates have supplied capital for a startup at once.

Tsinghua University's accelerator program backs food delivery service Xia Baby, which focuses on crayfish.

Exits with corporate investor involvement are consistently larger and becoming more frequent.

Flipkart is reportedly in talks to sell a stake to media conglomerate Bennett, Coleman and Co.

Intel Capital first sold half its stake in Intrasoft last month and has now exited the remaining 5.3% stake.

Existing investor Tencent has returned for another funding round for Tile, which produces a smart location device that users can attach to keychains.

Time and Team Downey have contributed to a series A round for Loot Crate, which operates a subscription box service that delivers pop culture items to fans.