Industrial

In the second half of out 2020 roundup we look at growth areas including digital health and health insurance, online education platforms and financial technology.

SK Materials led the consortium for battery anode materials producer Group 14 latest round, which follows a corporate-backed round just over a year ago.

The IPO boom was helped by the emergence of Shanghai's Star market and the trend for reverse mergers, while corporate venturers were increasingly looking outwards.

Concordia University has helped venture capital firm Cycle Capital reach the final close of its latest cleantech-focused fund.

Ride-hailing service Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) subsidiary agreed to merge with self-driving technology developer Aurora with Uber investing $400m in the latter.

Kion Group and Prosperity7 Ventures co-led a round for the warehouse robot developer, which plans to expand to more than 100 countries in the next five years.

The corporate was among the new investors in industrial IoT software producer Rootcloud, a spinoff from Sany Heavy Industry.

Ten University of California startups are hoping to open 2021 with a bang by securing one of two $50,000 prizes at the GCV Digital Forum next month.

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

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

Asset manager Steadview has bought $25m of shares in the logistics provider, which counts SoftBank, Fosun and Bennett Coleman & Co as investors.