Startups

A look at corporate venturing deal activity in August.

Allied Minds and Bristol-Myers Squibb are joining forces to foster biopharmaceutical research at US universities.

Our annual look at the media sector, with interviews with top executives in the sector including Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments's Urs Cete [pictured]

Our annual look at the telecoms sector, with market participants including Swisscom Ventures' Dominique Megret [pictured].

The latest $60m raised by AppNexus, in a round that could eventually reach nine digits, is only the latest in what is proving to be a vibrant adtech market.

The room listings marketplace secured $475m at a $10bn valuation, showing once again the extraordinary growth potential for companies willing to disrupt existing industries.

The acquisition of China-based digital map service AutoNavi for $1.5bn by Alibaba, secured the biggest corporate venturing exit of the quarter, after Alibaba had previously owned a 28% stake in the company.

There were 456 investments in corporate venturing-backed companies worth $14bn, a sharp rise over the 246 investments worth $5.8bn in the first quarter. There were also 38 exits worth $9.7bn, which was a dramatic rise against the 21 exits worth $5.4bn in the first quarter.