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Sector report: services

Lockscreen content provider Glance is raising $200m from Jio Platforms at a unicorn valuation while Sobot, Smart Logic and Akulaku each secured $100m.

The NEC-backed quantum computing system developer will list on the New York Stock Exchange. The company is part of the budding quantum computing tech space in which corporates are taking increasing interest.

Departure of venture unit head, Kevin LaForce, leaves 32 Equity in apparent limbo.

Equinor Ventures re-upped its commitment to the battery material detection technology provider KoBold's series B round, which included BHP Ventures and Mitsubishi.

Alibaba’s Greater Bay Area-focused fund is on its way to reaching its ceiling in the first half of this year, having secured a third of the $150m in capital so far committed.

Digital bank operator Tonik Financial raised $131m in a Mizuho Bank-led round while e-commerce software provider Shopware secured $100m from PayPal and Carlyle.

Sector review of top investors, breakdown by subsectors and breakdown by type of corporate backers

2021 year-end data analysis

In a recent poll of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what the most important trends were in 2021 and sought their insights into the big opportunities that 2022 may have to offer.

From September to December 2021, Global Corporate Venturing conducted its annual State of CVC survey.