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American Express Ventures contributed to a $19.5m round for mobility integrator Splyt that was led by newly minted partner SoftBank.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The oil and gas producer’s Wind Ventures vehicle features ex-corporate venturers from Konica Minolta and GM Ventures, and has revealed its first portfolio companies.

The demographic phenomenon of ageing populations will present challenges to both developed and developing nations. Along with the challenges come opportunities, however, and corporate venture capitalists may be a particularly well-positioned group to help with them, as it is the connecting tissue between the world of incumbent corporate industry leaders and the space of disruptive innovation.

The carmaker has followed up a $100m investment two years ago with a pledge to provide up to $200m for the Stanford-originated solid-state battery developer.

SK China, Xiaomi and Lenovo were among the investors as BYD's electric vehicle chip spinoff added $113m to the $265m it announced last month.

Monthly data: May

Innovative region: Singapore

With campuses shuttered in the pandemic, society needs to find solutions quickly to continue education and avoid a lost generation of skilled workers.

Sector analysis: Health & life sciences

Global Corporate Venturing ran a short survey of corporate venture capital investors on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in April.