Industrial

Stratasys spinoff Evolve Additive Solutions secured $30m from 3D Ventures while CollegeDekho - spun off by GirnarSoft - raised $26.5m.

Keio’s synthetic silk producer increased its valuation to over $1.2bn in a round led by Carlyle Japan Partners.

The semiconductor wafer maker intends to ramp up its production capacity with funding from investors including Yangtze Optical FC.

The corporate-backed synthetic silk producer increased its valuation to over $1.2bn in a round led by Carlyle Japan Partners.

Channel Talk, Segari and Borneo are all among the companies that have raised corporate venture capital, while Tepco celebrated an exit with the acquisition of Me:New.

Q&A with Jay Crone and Jon Wolkin, directors, Telus Ventures

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

Ginger supplier Agricorp International has attracted $17.5m of series A funding from backers including AFEX and Vami Farms.

The data analytics software producer, which counts Alphabet, Salesforce and Amazon among as backers, raised a $1.6bn series H at $38bn valuation. It is a case in point for the upward pressure in valuations of companies from this space which we have been seeing.

Versanis Bio secured $70 to commercialise a treatment licensed from Novartis, while Salesforce, Intel, Orange, Nike and Alphabet all celebrated exits.

China Life has boosted the industrial internet-of-things specialist in its quest to deliver the advantages of industry 4.0.