Services

The cloud kitchen services startup boosted its overall funding to approximately $89m in a round featuring Crescent Enterprises' CE-Ventures unit.

The Stanford University spinout has begun offering its smart customer service software to the wider market after securing new capital.

Akatsuki AET Fund returned for a series A round led by Tencent that will help the online education platform with hiring, technology development and additional content.

Just ahead of our third annual GCV Israel conference, we take a quick look at corporates’ interest in the rich venturing and innovation scene of Israel.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

The recruitment firm’s $9.2m corporate venture capital vehicle will target developers of advertising and online retail technology.

Jebsen & Jessen and Telkomsel contributed to a $15.2m second tranche of shipment-tracking technology provider Roambee's series B round.

Sue Siegel, who featured on GCV's Powerlist five times from 2014 to 2019, has won the Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 for service to the venture and innovation ecosystem.

Toyota Tsusho carried on its parent company's partnership with Sendy by taking part in the courier services provider's latest round.

The university formed 23 new spinouts in 2019, while a total of 33 companies raised a combined $292m – an amount only beaten by 2016’s record-holding $408m.

JLL Spark and returning investor Comcast Ventures participated in a series B round that will support the hotel chain's movement into new markets.