Financial

Perhaps one should be perusing the marriage updates section of old media dealmaking, instead of harping on about those venerable old things that have died?

A large patent portfolio bought by iRobot in its acquisition of Evolution, doubtless has been of interest to its corporate venturing unit backer Vodafone Ventures.

The company secures big series D, which had corporate backing from coffee shop Starbucks and US bank Citigroup's corporate venturing unit.

Atlanta based online loan provider Kabbage, has concluded a series C round totaling $30m in equity with Thomvest Ventures as lead investor, and backing from logistics company UPS's corporate venturing unit.

Moving into financial services opens up a very large business, which the wisdom of crowds and big data analytics can be applied to make more and hopefully better investment decisions at a lower cost.

Global Corporate Venturing tracks more than 40 chief innovation officers at corporations and this article is the start of a series looking at how business strategy is shaping corporate venturing and innovation teams.

Corporate venturing fuels early-stage explosion.

Media in motion as change in the sector encourages a spate of dealmaking and corporate venturing unit launches on the back of a series of large flotations.