Financial

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.

Zip and RBI’s Elevator Ventures subsidiary co-led a $19.5m round for the buy-now-pay-later service that included returning backers ING and Uniqa.

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.

American Family Insurance is set to acquire the insurance technology provider, one of its own portfolio companies.

Visa participated in an $18.8m round for the subscription management technology provider that pushed its total funding above $28m.

You & Mr Jones has exited the digital ad payment platform in an acquisition by Integral Ad Science.

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

Former senior sales director Darren Winter has joined Frontier IP to support its portfolio companies with fundraising.

The Salesforce-backed lending software provider roughly doubled its valuation to $3.3bn in just five months, Coatue and Tiger Global Management co-leading its latest round.