Industrial

SK Holdings is set to invest $240m in the copper foil manufacturer as the corporate pursues a strategy to increase its ecosystem of electric vehicles-related companies.

Two large and important deals above the $1bn mark in the e-commerce and e-retail space in East Asia appeared in the news last week. Both deals involved telecoms group SoftBank as a corporate backer.

Wind turbine producer Goldwind returned and 36Kr Fund also invested as Tsinghua's rocket technology developer LandSpace secured $43.2m in a series B-plus round.

Wind turbine producer Goldwind returned and 36Kr Fund also invested as rocket technology developer LandSpace secured $43.2m in a series B-plus round.

Research from Chinese Academy of Sciences will benefit from a vehicle backed by the government of Guangzhou in areas including intelligent manufacturing and energy efficiency.

Autodesk has agreed to acquire the construction management software provider for $875m, providing an exit to investors including Box and Alphabet.

The Alexandria Real Estate Equities-backed plant breeder has filed to go public, having raised $189m in equity and debt financing.

Drone provider Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory plans to float on December 21, having raised at least $25m in VC funding from investors including Rakuten.

Utec-backed Chiba spinout Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory has filed for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and plans to list on December 21.

The number of flotations of companies that have previously received corporate backing has been growing over the past couple years. More interestingly, it has been companies from the life sciences sector that beat other sectors in going public.

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