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Some 37 corporate-backed startups were bought in February in sectors ranging from semiconductors and skincare to pharma and robots.

There were 42 corporate-backed startup funding rounds in China in February, up 27% from the previous month. Most of these were backed by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and Baidu.

Diego Galvez de Yturbe will expand the venture capital firm's fintech investments in the growing Latin American market.

Investor interest in self-driving cars is booming again as commercial services have started operating. These are some of the opportunities that are emerging.

MassMutual Ventures is unifying its regional teams as Ryan Collins and Anvesh Ramineni depart from their role running its Europe and Asia Pacific fund.

Yogan Appalsamy brings fintech investment experience to the table, joining the bank from Standard Chatered's CVC unit.

A mix of economic crises and a great knowledge base has made Argentinians great founders, says Grupo Galicia CVC head Sebastián Spena.

Pedro Compani joined Banco BS2's newly created corporate venturing unit after a stint at data analytics company Neoway,

The volume of CVC deals jumped 31% from a year ago, while the return of large deals pushed up the value of funding rounds by 167%.

The number of corporate investors has tripled in the last decade and they are now part of one in every six startup funding rounds.

TruStage Ventures unit chief Brian Kaas says large retailers like Amazon and Walmart are disintermediating credit unions. Startups can help them push back.