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Phoenix Insurance and Magna International are among the backers of a $200m PIPE investment as the lidar sensor provider prepares to list on Nasdaq.

Fresh from an announced takeover by Salesforce, Slack is putting $50m into a vehicle that will expand its enterpise software focus.

The UK moves to second phase of quantum initiative, programme links universities to industries at tech hubs, ‘Ion traps’ alternative to superconductors are a key focus

China is benefiting from its government’s focus on artificial intelligence (AI) with unlisted companies having raised RMB203.7m ($30bn) in venture capital since 2016, according to Nikkei Asia Tech and 36kr.

GCV's AI Q4 2020 supplement editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing

Canadian Solar has helped the venture capital firm push its total fundraising past the $300m mark with the first close of its two newest funds.

The energy-processing technology provider has raised $12.5m in a round led by newly minted strategic partner Synaptics.

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

Ninestar's chipmaker subsidiary, Apex Microelectronics, raised the cash from investors including Gree Electric's Zhuhai Gree Financial Investment Management.

Stanford-StartX Fund has backed Turing.com in a series B round that boosted the software developer sourcing platform’s overall funding to at least $46m.

Intel Capital scored an exit as private equity firm Thoma Bravo bought a majority share of the machine cybersecurity technology producer, valuing it at $1.15bn.