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Sapphire gets corporates onside for $115m sports fund
City Football is the anchor investor in Sapphire Sport, which is also backed by SAP, Adidas, Sinclair, AEG, Major League Baseball, the New York Jets and the San Jose Sharks.
Jan 30, 2019Eneco brings in Baneke to head corporate venturing
Leonie Baneke, formerly an investment director at Eneco Innovation & Ventures, has been promoted to head of venturing for its parent company.
Jan 30, 2019Comcast grows Acorns in $105m series E
Comcast subsidiaries Comcast Ventures and NBCUniversal both invested in the financial management app developer, bringing its valuation up to $860m.
Jan 29, 2019Featurespace authenticates $32.9m funding round
IP Group put up $5.4m for Cambridge fraud detection spinout Featurespace’s latest round to bring the company’s overall funding haul to $70.9m.
Jan 29, 2019Corporates help measure out $30m for Finxact
Accenture Ventures and existing investor First Data both participated in a round that increased the banking platform developer's total funding to $42m.
Jan 29, 2019Barclays to give startups a Rise
Rise Growth Investments will back each cohort of Barclays tri-national fintech accelerator scheme with a total of up to $13.2m of funding.
Jan 29, 2019SBI converts $15m to BRD funding
The Credit Saison and OKWave-backed cryptocurrency wallet developer has collected $15m from SBI Crypto Investment to fund its expansion in Asia.
Jan 29, 2019Symbiont assembles $20m series B
The blockchain technology developer will use the proceeds from the Nasdaq Ventures-led round to commercialise its platform for mortgages, private equity and syndicated loans.
Jan 28, 2019Alexandrian dives into Canopy Rivers
Narbe Alexandrian, previously vice-president of business development at Canopy Rivers, has been promoted to president.
Jan 28, 2019Doddala ascends at TIAA to head fintech strategy
Raja Doddala, formerly head of TIAA’s B2B digital team after co-founding CVC unit 7-Ventures, has been promoted to lead the company’s fintech strategy and development.
Jan 28, 2019Analysis: Desktop Metal prints $160m
Additive manufacturing provider Desktop Metal raised a $160m round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and featuring other corporate investors
Jan 28, 2019Corporate venturing deal net: 21-25 January 2019
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
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