Sectors

In the second part of our look at the year's corporate venturing trends, we analyse fintech and enterprise bull markets along with some emerging regions.

The producer of image recognition technology stemmed from Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Media Lab has gone public in Hong Kong as the Chinese government introduces new regulations governing foreign IPOs.

The corporate-backed image recognition technology producer has gone public in Hong Kong as the Chinese government introduces new regulations governing foreign IPOs.

Data storage technology producer Dera pulled in over $150m through a China Unicom-backed series C round while GlobalBees raised in excess of $110m in a round featuring SoftBank and FirstCry.

Multiple corporates have helped staffing software provider Paradox close a $200m series C round, and electronic parts maker BOE Technology is putting up about $47m in a Chinese state-backed vehicle.

Chinese drug discovery platform QureBio raised corporate funding last week while JD.com and Qi-Anxin Technology Group were among the LPs that helped set up the $470m Shoudu Pan Healthcare Industry Fund.

Drug development platform creator Xbiome has raised nearly $100m in series B funding while bioindustrial startup services provider 21st.Bio secured a similar amount from Novo.

Cambridge spinout Gyroscope, which counts Fosun as an investor, is set to be picked up for a healthy premium on the projected valuation at which it failed to float in May.

SoftBank and Foxconn are both looking to sell shares in the offering, which could represent confirmation of a recovery for the once troubled e-commerce platform operator.

Corporate-backed unicorns Via and Cohesity have both confidentially filed to go public while autonomous driving technology developer Haomo.AI raised nearly $157m.

E-scooter rental service Voi has joined the likes of Tier Mobility and Lime by raising a nine-figure amount, in a series D round that will fund European growth.