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Unit of the Year: Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, the corporate venturing unit owned by pharmaceutical firm Merck, has quickly become one of the biggest corporate venturing players in the digital health segment and is dedicating a sizeable amount of its $500m fund to larger deals with private equity and other strategic partners. Given the significant impact it has made over a short period of time, there was a significant number of votes from our advisory board to make it unit of the year.
Jun 1, 2015News round up 11 May 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
May 8, 2015News round up 04 May 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
May 1, 2015Big Deal: Jimubox joins well-funded peers
The $84m raised by Jimubox last week makes it the third China-based peer-to-peer lending platform to close a large funding round this month.
Apr 27, 2015News round up 27 April 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Apr 24, 2015News round up 13 April 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Apr 10, 2015Another $5.5bn investments notched up in March
During March, Global Corporate Venturing tracked 162 investments in corporate venturing-backed companies worth $5.5bn, compared with 162 investments worth $5bn in February. We also tracked four exits in March worth $482m.
Apr 7, 2015Consumer sector in shopping frenzy
The huge initial public offerings of Alibaba and Rocket Internet capped a hugely busy period for the consumer sector.
Apr 7, 2015News round up 06 April 2015
A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.
Apr 2, 2015Big Deal: Slack sends $135m message
The Google-backed communication app developer has raised an initial $135m from investors that could rise to $160m before the round is closed, and its potential for further growth appears huge.
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