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Daily deal net: December 16, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Dec 16, 2020AIStorm surges to $16m series B
AsusTek, Knowles Corporation and existing investors Egis Technology and Meyer Corporation all took part in the smart sensor technology startup's series B round.
Dec 16, 2020Innoviz joins Collective for $1.4bn reverse merger
Phoenix Insurance and Magna International are among the backers of a $200m PIPE investment as the lidar sensor provider prepares to list on Nasdaq.
Dec 16, 2020Slack slides $50m over to new fund
Fresh from an announced takeover by Salesforce, Slack is putting $50m into a vehicle that will expand its enterpise software focus.
Dec 16, 2020UK leads in quantum academia-industry ties
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
Dec 16, 2020AI face-off: China battles the US while EU plays catch up
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.
Dec 16, 2020Ethics in artificial intelligence
GCV's AI Q4 2020 supplement editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Dec 16, 2020Befor Capital taps corporates for latest funds
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.
Dec 16, 2020Eta Compute eats up series C funding
The energy-processing technology provider has raised $12.5m in a round led by newly minted strategic partner Synaptics.
Dec 16, 2020Daily deal net: December 15, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Dec 15, 2020Apexmic applies itself to $489m round
Ninestar's chipmaker subsidiary, Apex Microelectronics, raised the cash from investors including Gree Electric's Zhuhai Gree Financial Investment Management.
Dec 15, 2020Turing.com decodes $32m
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.
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