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The number of corporate-backed companies going public declined in 2019, despite some major IPOs like those of Uber, Lyft and Slack.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Telecom Italia is putting up about $70m for a growth-stage fund with a $175m targeted close that will be managed by VC firm United Ventures.

Over the past four quarters, almost one of every four corporate investors seems to be new, even in lockdown.

The online home insurer raised a series E round backed by a host of corporate venture investors.

Two fintech companies floated in early July 2020, giving an exit to corporate backers in what has been a good year for the sector.

Google is the latest corporate to throw its weight behind Reliance Industries' digital services spinoff whose shareholders already include Intel, Qualcomm and Facebook.

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