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What do you do after you have launched a spinout that has raised venture capital from illustrious backers such as pharmaceutical firm Novo, care provider Kaiser Permanente and medical device manufacturer St Jude Medical, and successfully gone public through a $107m initial public offering?

Innovative region: Spain

Sector report: 5G

Sector report: Consumer

A host of corporate and government-backed initiatives have been launched to tackle the coronavirus that develops into the Covid-19 disease. In a global, fast-moving pandemic, this can only be a snapshot of the efforts at the end of March 2020.

Carmaker FAW Group joined Bank of China subsidiary BOCG Investment to provide $100m for lithium ceramic battery provider ProLogium.

Acciona, CLH, BP, Red Eléctrica, Enagás and Iberdrola are all backing Positive Energy+ which will provide financing and assistance to energy-focused technology developers.

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

Total Carbon Neutrality Ventures' international outlook has eased the switch to remote working somewhat, and opportunities are available for careful investors.

An unnamed technology company led the latest round for battery developer Enovix, whose existing investors include Intel, Cypress Semiconductor and Qualcomm.