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With the slow recovery from the financial crisis and divestiture strategies undertaken by some big players, 2014 was marked by numerous exits by corporate investors in the industrials sector.

The fast-growing neighbourhood-based social network, backed by Comcast and Google, has now raised $210m in total as it prepares to monetise elements of the service.

The water purification plant operator will invest $24m in the environmental protection-focused fund, which is being launched in conjunction with private equity firm JD Capital.

Music rights specialist Kobalt has raised $60m in a Google-backed series C round, as it seeks to help artists retain royalties in an online age.

A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.

The Israel-based solar inverter maker, which counts Norwest Venture Partners and GE Capital as backers, intends to float on Nasdaq.

Tom Whitehouse, chairman of London Environmental Investment Forum and founder of Carbon International, explores trends in clean-tech.

In our series of articles Corporate Venturing on the Test Bench, Martin Haemmig and Boris Battistini review and analyse the latest trends.

Global Corporate Venturing takes its annual look at the services sector.