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Digital banking platform operator Nu Holdings priced its IPO at the top of its range in New York, representing the first Brazil-originated flotation in three months.

Data and analytics companies raise money in the hundreds of millions, while GV spreads investments across multiple sectors.

Sony Innovation Fund and Innovation Growth Ventures both had a spectacular 2021, and various team members spoke to GCV about their latest investments in Cruz Foam, Delos, Identiq and Kiswe.

Mouro Capital has returned to back the real estate transaction platform in the largest VC deal in Spain that outstripped Glovo’s $529m series F round closed earlier this year, thanks to an increased interest in the proptech and iBuyer space in the local market.

SoftBank invested in rounds for Olist, Open Co and Juspay while Innovaccer raised $150m.

Investments roll in for blockchain-based games, fintech, enterprise software and energy companies.

The mobility sector has been flourishing in the past few years with the development of ground-breaking technologies in the electrification, autonomous vehicles and connectivity segments reshaping the entire industry.

Hulic Startup is the latest real estate-focused CVC unit in Japan, after the likes of 31Ventures, HHP Co-Creation Fund, NN Corporate Capital and TFHD Open Innovation Program, part of Mitsui Fudosan, Hankyu Hanshin Properties, Nomura and Tokyu Fudosan respectively.

Innovative region: Kenya

Monthly analysis: November 2021

Kaloyan Andonov spoke with Tianyi (Tony) Sun, director of corporate venture capital at GC International, about the experience of the relatively young CVC arm of Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical Public Company (PTT GC or GC), its alignment with the strategy of its corporate parent and what it can offer to entrepreneurs it backs