Industrial

This is a draft of a speech I'll be making at the www.GCVDigitalForum.com on 27 January - feedback much appreciated in comments or email jmawson@mawsonia.com 

Battery producer Sila Nanotechnologies, previously backed by a number of corporates, raised its latest multimillion dollar round, tripling its valuation.

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

The service robot technology developer has raised a fresh funding round sized at hundreds of millions of yuan, which came nine months after its $28.6m series B round.

Today’s deal net round ups the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem that have occurred over the holiday period.

Meituan Dianping and New Hope Group have both thrown their backing behind a round topping $100m for production automation robot developer Flexiv.

Investors have thrown their backing behind a round topping $100m for Stanford-linked production automation robot developer Flexiv.

Axa Life, Dai-ichi Life, Digital Garage, Fujitsu, Intage, Mitsui, MTG, Nikon, NTT Docomo and Tokyo Century are all set to exit the semiconductor laser provider in an offering on TSE.

Adisseo and Mosaic are among the investors that helped venture firm SP Ventures’ vehicle reach a $25.2m close, representing half of its target.

The chemical analysis device developer has added $20m to an initial public offering following $70m in funding from investors including Utec.

Micromobility, AI-equipped drug discovery, home fitness and cloud kitchens are among the sectors that look promising in 2021.