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Suzano and Yara participated in Agrolend’s $145m latest round while Xencor contributed to Zenas BioPharma’s $118m series B.

Several new entrants to the corporate venturing sector could keep the number of active units above their pre-pandemic highs.

Investors either focus almost exclusively on investments where there was a commercial deal, or avoid any requirement at all.

Databricks, Dell, HPE and Salesforce were all part of Alation’s $123m series E round while Alphabet took part in AMP Robotics’ $91m series C.

The shutdown of Argo.AI is a blow to the self-driving dream (and a loss for its carmaker backers). But is transport CVC merely maturing?

Geely's subsidiary, GLy Capital Management of Hong Kong participated in Volocopter's $182m extended series E round, with Neom, the Saudi Arabia-based sovereign wealth fund leading the financing

Parin Shah’s interim position came after the unit announced its closer integration with Lego’s parent firm, Kirkbi.

Some 31% of corporate investors told us that the main thing they wanted to get from their startup investments was insights.

The value of corporate-backed deals in the energy sector dropped in Q3 but the overall pace of deal making remains steady.

Battery recycler Ascend Elements and Geely spinoff Farizon each raised $300m while Saudi Aramco launched a $1.5bn Sustainability Fund.

Spinouts have defied the slump in the rest of the market, with deal numbers up 10% from last year. The average size of seed and series B rounds has actually increased.