Energy

The conglomerate has paid approximately $256m for a 20% stake in smart energy distributor and technology provider Ovo Energy.

The corporate venturing units of Semapa and KPN have contributed to Armilar's TechTransfer Fund, which has raised almost $51m on its way to a target of about $68m.

We examine some co-investment patterns among corporate venturers we have been tracking since 2011.

Corporate venturing vehicles Danone Manifesto Ventures and ADM Ventures both took part in a series A round for the Nasa spinoff, which is developing edible proteins.

Partech Africa has achieved a final close of $143m with limited partners including Orange, Edenred, JCDecaux, Bertelsmann, L’Oréal, Axian Group and Texaf.

Recruitment business Andela raised $100m series D round featuring Alphabet

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

Dentsu, Sega Sammy, Tokai Holdings, Marui and SBI all participated in a $10.7m round for the Japanese distributed energy marketplace.

Introduction to the World of Corporate Venturing 2019

After a quarter of a century of healthcare investing, Barbara Dalton, senior managing partner of Pfizer Ventures, has won the Global Corporate Venturing Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.

Introduction to the GCV awards 2019 by James Mawson, editor in chief