Services

Corporate venturers provided more than $7.5bn to companies in 2015, with the software, biotechnology and industrial/energy sectors the big recipients.

InTurn, which runs an online service enabling businesses to sell excess stock to each other, has now raised more than $13m since it was founded.

Bertelsmann led the e-commerce services provider's series A round, while Beenext, Nirvana Venture Advisors and 500 Startups all returned.

Comcast Ventures led the digital locksmith's series B round, while 7-Eleven's corporate venturing subsidiary returned to reinvest.

Brown University becomes a limited partner in Nautic Partners' latest fund that closed on its hard cap of $900m.

The Alibaba and Foxconn-backed e-commerce logistics company is raising the money in an IFC-backed round intended to precede an initial public offering.

Intel Capital has led a series A round for the robot developer, which previously obtained seed funding from backers including Alphabet.

FinanceFox reportedly built its mobile insurance management platform on the Salesforce platform, and has now raised cash in a round led by Salesforce Ventures.

Dayuse, which enables users to book hotel rooms during the day, will use the $16.3m raised in its series A round to expand internationally.