Industrial

Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, presents the results of The Global Corporate Venturing Survey 2018, our annual survey on the state of corporate venturing conducted in cooperation with Stanford University and Insead Business School.

Old College Capital has contributed to a $1.1m funding round for Sofant Technologies, a smart antenna developer spun out of University of Edinburgh.

Porsche, GM Ventures and Siemens Next47 have helped provide $13.5m that will help commercialise Seurat Technologies' metal printing technology.

The joint venture will target early-stage logistics services and technologies such as big data, predictive analytics and artificial intelligence.

SoftBank Vision Fund has acquired a sizeable stake in automotive e-commerce platform Auto1, its first Germany-based investment.

The mining analytics software provider, which is backed by Orica Mining Services, is targeting a $12m final close for the round.

GUIA will develop a mine monitoring system to help prevent dangerous accidents.

Industrial and commercial drone developer Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory raised $18.8m in a round that featured University of Tokyo Edge Capital.

Industrial cybersecurity software developer Nozomi Networks will use the proceeds from the Invenergy-led series A round to strengthen its sales and marketing.