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Unit of the Year: Salesforce Ventures

Among the many news released by Salesforce Ventures last year, the unit announced in early December two new $100m funds in Canada and Japan, both aiming to boost startup innovation that is part of the global Salesforce ecosystem.


Jan 31, 2019

Large Investment of the Year: Lyft

Having significantly increased its market share in the US in recent years, on-demand transportation company Lyft recently appointed JP Morgan to lead its planned initial public offering (IPO) with an estimated valuation of $15.1bn.

Jan 31, 2019

Mid-sized Investment of the Year: Katerra

Currently valued at over $3bn, Katerra, which aims to revolutionise the construction sector with its technology, is said to be the most well-funded construction tech startup.

Jan 31, 2019

Singtel Innov8 helps Cato link to $55m

Singapore Telecommunications' CVC unit, Singtel Innov8 reinvested in a round that took enterprise network developer Cato Networks' total funding to $105m.

Jan 30, 2019

MásMóvil hooks up Másventures accelerator

MásMóvil has established a startup accelerator after rising to become Spain’s fourth biggest telecommunications player.

Jan 29, 2019

Analysis: Desktop Metal prints $160m

Additive manufacturing provider Desktop Metal raised a $160m round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and featuring other corporate investors

Jan 28, 2019
Jan 22, 2019

Transport drives ahead

Sector focus: Transport

Jan 22, 2019

Why private market strategies are outperforming public ones

The astonishing development of the private capital markets for fast-growing companies in the past five years is easy to record but only when put against public markets does the transformation in liquidity become apparent.

Jan 22, 2019

Venturing in 2018 – the trends

Rob Lavine, News editor for Global Corporate Venturing, reviews the trends in venturing from 2018

Jan 22, 2019

The most important trends of 2018 and the big issues for 2019

In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what were the most important trends in 2017 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2018.

Jan 22, 2019

Analysis: Byton to hitch another $500m ride

Smart car maker Byton seeks to raise another $500m after having raised a $500m corporate-backed rounds last year.

Jan 21, 2019
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