Energy

Shell Foundation and Engie RDE Fund were among the participants in the biodigester technology provider's first notable round since it was founded nine years ago.

India-based payment tech company PhonePe is looking to raised $1bn at $7bn-$8bn valuation from various investors, including Tencent.

In February and March 2019, we conducted a small pilot survey (n=31) of founders of businesses that have received corporate funding, which were referred to the survey by their corporate backers. We called it the “GCV Founders Survey” and it gave us some interesting insights.

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

GUV editor Thierry Heles spoke to professionals from three fusion energy technology companies to gauge the challenges involved in scaling a breakthrough technology.

Data presented by Martin Haemmig and GCV Analytics provided insight into the substantial growth in corporate venturing along with some of the major trends.

The top 25: Jeffrey Li, Tencent Investment

Introduction to the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist 2019 by James Mawson, editor-in-chief

Global Corporate Venturing's top 100 Powerlist 2019

For the GCV Powerlist 2019 awards on May 23 at the House of Commons at the end of the GCV Symposium at County Hall, London, here are some of our favourite nomination quotes.

The top 25: Rajeev Misra and Marcelo Claure, Softbank