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Sister publication Global University Venturing’s top 10 most-read features of 2020.

Canada-based telecommunications company Telus launched a C$100m ($76.5m) impact investment fund in late November called Telus Pollinator Fund for Good.

The three funds comes as Daniel de Macedo switches role and a new trade body committee is set up for CVCs.

If the sector can weather the economic storm, it has huge potential.

In October and November, Global Corporate Venturing asked ‘What will be the biggest investment opportunities in 2021?’ The response was so overwhelming, we have given about half the answers below.

Q&A with Itamar Sivan, co-founder of Israel-based quantum computer orchestration technology developer Quantum Machines.

Citi Ventures has participated in the software deployment platform provider’s latest funding round, which lifted its valuation to $1.7bn.

The payment tech space saw a flurry of activity in mid-January with two series D rounds and an aborted acquisition at corporate-backed companies.

Venture firm Harlem Capital has added Apple to its limited partners having brought in payment services provider PayPal in October.

Sinar Mas-backed SMDV has invested in 20 startups from its earlier fund and will target larger deals through its next fund.

Advance Publications, Cisco, Intel, Fortinet and VMWare have exited the cloud security technology producer in a purchase by Entrust.