Sectors

Envision Group’s Envision Digital subsidiary raised $210m in series A funding while Sarnoff Corporation’s Intuity Medical spinoff will shut down at the start of July.

Investment in defence startups is at record levels this year, with Raytheon the latest to set up an investment arm. This is their strategy.

SAIC Motor and GAC Group took part in industrial software developer UniVista Industrial's $164m pre-series A round while multiple corporates helped biotech incubator Doma Biopharmaceutical raise $142m.

Hint: it's growth, welfare, sustainability — and cryptocurrency, believes Standard Chartered’s CVC unit chief, Alex Manson.

Alex Manson, global head of Standard Chartered's SC Ventures, joins GVR to talk about investing in modern fintech.

If venture is a “pillar of national importance,” then China has developed its soft power skills well, especially in deeptech.

Q&A with Daisuke Mitani, senior director, KDDI Open Innovation Fund

Biren Technology helped provide $120m for CPU producer HJ Micro while ArcelorMittal is set to invest $100m a year through its XCarb Innovation Fund and Accelerator Programme.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Porsche were among the investors in a late-stage round indicating the need for additional cashflow as new vehicle developers see the public markets shut off.

Orphan CNS therapy developer Minoryx Therapeutics closed a $54.8m series C and MIT's The Engine co-led a $10.5m seed round for Foundation Alloy.

Corporate-backed media deals topped $1bn last year and this year looks to be on track to outpace 2021.