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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.

Meghan Sharp has departed from BP Ventures after more than a decade to head up the $600m Decarbonization Partners fund.

Prosus Ventures committed capital to e-commerce finance provider Wayflyer at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.

Citi Ventures and Visa helped e-commerce services startup Cart.com raise $240m while SoftBank Vision Fund 2 took part in nine-figure rounds for Dewpoint and Platform Science.

Intel and Alibaba-backed database software producer MariaDB agreed a $672m reverse merger while predictive analytics provider Pecan AI was one of three GV investments.