Industrial

The operator of the online marketplace platform for electronic components has pulled in new funding from existing investor JD.com.

The Future Value Fund I will invest in pre-seed companies, including spinouts from Rev1's long-time partner Ohio State University.

The e-commerce space was given enormous boost by the covid-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders around the globe.

Each Friday 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.

Innovative region: South Korea

Prakit Worawattananon has been moved from head of Siam Cement Group's director of deeptech innovation to become an MD at its AddVentures unit.

Rabo Frontier Ventures and existing backer AgFunder contributed to a series A-plus round taking the farming networking platform developer's overall funding to $32m.

Existing investor Deppon Express was among the participants in a round for the robotic forklift developer sized at roughly $15m.

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

Amazon Climate Pledge Fund has helped the electric motor producer increase its total funding to $180m.