Industrial

In this piece, we take a quick peak at the still limited but growing corporate-backed deal flow in Africa-based companies.

University of Cambridge's Paragraf has secured Draper Esprit as an additional series A investor after launching its first graphene-based electronics product.

Corporate venturing unit Airbus Ventures has co-led a $16.5m series A round for cost-efficient rocket developer Isar, which is preparing for its first launch in 2021.

Country Garden Venture Capital led a round that will support the development and launch of 36Kr and Goldwind-backed LandSpace's next rocket model.

Space rocket producer LandSpace, a Tsinghua University spinout, has now raised about $200m in all from investors including Xidian University and 36kr Media.

Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners has taken part in a $17m series A round for Isar Aerospace, co-founded by three students at TU Munich.

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

Fosun is in line for an exit after chemicals trading platform Molbase filed for an initial public offering in the US with a target size of $70m.

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

The 3D printing technology provider received $60m from Group 42 in the form of a series B1 investment that marks the corporate's third in a Chinese company this year.

PLT Health Solutions and existing backer Tate & Lyle Ventures contributed to a $12.7m round for vegan ingredients supplier Nutriati to take its total funding to more than $22m.