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Sinar Mas provided $250m for Dana while Prosperity7 Ventures led a tranche that took Insilico’s series D round to $95m.

Recruit Holdings participated in CleverTap’s $105m series D round while Liberty Media led a $100m series D for sports media platform Overtime.

The Indian cryptocurrency exchange operator’s Web3 Discovery Fund will target local entrepreneurs working on blockchain-infused technologies.

Santiago Gil left his post as head of corporate venture capital for Enagás to lead the new Santander Innoenergy Climate VC II fund.

ETS Global led a $210m round for UpGrad while CrowdStrike's Falcon Fund took part in Talon Cyber Security's $100m series A.

SoftBank's Vision Funds have now posted paper losses of over $49bn in the past two quarters as the downward trend for tech stocks puts pressure on its parent company.

Fosun RZ Capital alum Tej Kapoor will help IvyCap Ventures target financial, consumer, web 3.0 and gaming technology developers.

Noga Knaz will oversee Singaporean tech services firm Prytek’s corporate venturing subsidiary to seek out fintech opportunities.

Some 37 newly-launched or refunded venturing units made investments in the IT sector between June 2021 and May 2022.

Corporate venturers from the IT sector completed 191 exits between June 2021 and May 2022 – 125 acquisitions, 30 IPOs, four mergers of equals, six buyouts and 26 other transactions.