Energy

It is expensive to build cars, especially electric ones with few signs they can be profitable outside selling carbon offset credits to polluters.

Foreword by Lisa Lambert, chief technology and innovation officer, National Grid, founder and president, National Grid Partners

Annual report: 2020

Innovative region: China

Sister publication Global University Venturing’s top 10 most-read features of 2020.

Canada-based telecommunications company Telus launched a C$100m ($76.5m) impact investment fund in late November called Telus Pollinator Fund for Good.

If the sector can weather the economic storm, it has huge potential.

In October and November, Global Corporate Venturing asked ‘What will be the biggest investment opportunities in 2021?’ The response was so overwhelming, we have given about half the answers below.

The payment tech space saw a flurry of activity in mid-January with two series D rounds and an aborted acquisition at corporate-backed companies.

The Inventec Appliances-backed PV equipment provider has closed an Energy Growth Momentum-led round, five years after securing about $24m from investors including SMA Solar.

Batton, ExaWizards and Lightblue Technology are all joining the incubator and accelerator jointly run by Toho Gas and Persol’s Eiicon subsidiary.