Industrial

Four-year growth of CVC-backed rounds for AI software, power shifts to cloud providers, specialised AI emerges for sectors

Edtech has benefited from covid-19 restrictions, the record high for capital in the sector was $2.4bn in 2018

Sector analysis: Media

Think about the features you would expect to find at a GCV event… then imagine them all in a virtual setting.

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

CPE, GGV Capital and Sequoia Capital China supplied the funding for JD.com's industrial maintenance subsidiary at a $2.15bn valuation.

Monthly analysis: April 2020

US-based autonomous driving technology Waymo, a spinoff from internet conglomerate Alphabet, received $750m in extension equity financing, taking its round to $3bn.

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

AVIC invested in the CAS-backed industrial internet-of-things satellite operator Commsat's latest round to bring its overall funding to $68.2m.

Intel Capital has invested at least $132m in 12 companies so far this year and is on its way to putting between $300m and $500m into startups by the end of 2020.