Industrial

Equinor Ventures helped the photocatalyst reactor developer boost its overall funding to $35m in a round led by Horizons Ventures.

The drone-based crop analysis system developer secured $10.5m in a round led by Leaps by Bayer that also featured Cavallo Ventures and FMC Ventures.

Fraunhofer Society has found minimal impact from lockdowns and the pandemic on the number of spinouts its institutes were able to generate last year.

Vertical take-off and landing jet developer Lilium went public by joining forces with Nasdaq-listed SPAC.

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

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

Ingka Group-backed vertical farm operator Aerofarms is joining forces with a special purpose acquisition company at a $1.2bn post-transaction valuation.

Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik has acquired the Fraunhofer spinout for an undisclosed sum.

The Lockheed Martin-backed satellite launch system developer has now raised at least $219m of funding ahead of its first official launch.

The SoftBank-backed automotive e-commerce platform developer ACV Auctions has gone public in an IPO. The company is part of the vehicle marketplace space which has seen much attention from corporate venture investors.

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