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Analysis: The big “whale” continues to swim
SoftBank emerged in the news last week with its sizeable bets in the equity derivative markets in the US. Despite some recent challenges, the telecoms conglomerate has been very active in large venturing deals this year as well.
Sep 14, 2020PolyTech pulls in Fos4X
Equinor has exited wind power technology provider Fos4X in an acquisition by PolyTech that followed at least $12.5m in venture funding.
Sep 11, 2020Emerald exhibits $100m water fund
Microsoft, SKion Water and Ecolab are among the limited partners in Emerald Technology Ventures' latest fund, which will invest $100m in water conservation technologies.
Sep 11, 2020Cooper replaced by Bhattacharya at Schlumberger
After 13 years heading up Schlumberger's corporate venturing activities, Iain Cooper has departed for a CEO position at gas emissions detection startup SeekOps.
Sep 11, 2020Tudor leaves Centrica for Clean Growth Fund
After three years at Centrica, Jonathan Tudor has departed from its Centrica Innovations unit to join Clean Growth Investment Management's Clean Growth Fund.
Sep 11, 2020Closed Loop Leadership Fund nets $30m from Nestlé
Nestlé's sustainable packing fund has backed buyout vehicle Closed Loop Leadership Fund, which has a $300m target for its final close.
Sep 10, 2020A revolution in the making: health and AI
Special report: pandemic has boosted venture dollars across health AI
Sep 9, 2020Analysis: Sogo shosha corporate venturing
After the announcement of Warren Buffett’s bet on Japan’s largest trading houses, we take a brief look at how they have been doing on the corporate venturing arena.
Sep 7, 2020QuantumScape plugs into $3.3bn reverse merger
The solid-state battery developer, which has raised $300m from Volkswagen since 2018, will list on the New York Stock Exchange through a reverse merger deal.
Sep 4, 2020Analysis: Summer IPO line-up
As the month of August draws to a close, last week we reported several initial public offerings (IPOs) which are lined up for the coming weeks along with some notable ones that have already taken place.
Aug 31, 2020SparkMeter measures $12m in series A funding
Total Energy Ventures helped the utility-scale energy meter provider close a round that will support the launch of its latest software product.
Aug 27, 2020Analysis: AmEx eats up Kabbage
US-based business finance provider Kabbage, which has a host of corporates as backers, will be acquired by payment processing firm American Express.
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