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Corporate venturing moves forwards

Monthly report: November 2020


Dec 15, 2020

Does Deerfield have The Cure?

Deerfield Management is putting up $2bn for early-stage life sciences research through to 2030, but what does its involvement mean for its partner universities?

Dec 15, 2020

Texas trailblazes corporate venturing

Innovative region: Texas

Dec 15, 2020

AI and ethics: the challenge of lining up stakeholders

Special report: AI technologies present complex ethical challenges, early hopes for a multilateral governance framework, but delicate balance to avoid hampering innovative AI

Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020

Analysis: DoorDash goes public in $3.37bn IPO

The company priced an upsized IPO nearly doubling its valuation six months ago. It is part of a the food delivery space which was given a boost by the pandemic.

Dec 14, 2020

Analysis: Salesforce acquires Slack in $27.7bn deal

Cloud-based enterprise software producer Salesforce agreed to acquire Slack, the US-based publicly listed communication platform which previously counted telecoms firm SoftBank, internet conglomerate Alphabet and media group Comcast among its backers.

Dec 7, 2020

Analysis: CoStar snaps Homesnap for $250m

Property engine developer Homesnap agreed to a $250m cash acquisition by Real estate data provider CoStar Group. This is a notable exit in the space in which corporates have been actively investing over the past five years but there have not been many exits.

Nov 30, 2020

Analysis: Adobe works out a $1.5bn Workfront acquisition

Marketing and imaging software producer Adobe agreed to acquire US-based work management software provider Workfront in a $1.5bn deal, giving quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG) an exit.

Nov 23, 2020

CVC continues to heal

Monthly report: October 2020

Nov 17, 2020

Brazil embraces corporate venturing

Innovative region: Brazil

Nov 17, 2020
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