Transport

Sector report: energy Q1 2022

Swiggy helped boost Rapido's valuation to $800m in a round that featured Shell Ventures and TVS Motor. This is a deal of a rather surprising size and valuation in a space that has not been as hot over the past years, as far as corporate-backed deals are concerned.

Monthly data: March 2022

Quarterly data: Q1 2022

Innovative region: Japan

Sector report: consumer

Citi Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and Telstra Ventures all invested in blockchain infrastructure provider Blockdaemon's series D round while GV backed cybersecurity software provider Obsidian's $90m series C.

Swiggy helped boost the ride hailing service's valuation to $800m in a round that included Shell Ventures and TVS Motor Company.

Several corporate venture investors participated in a round which took the crypto IoT network developer's valuation to $1.2bn. The round and the company are part of the larger crypto tech space, which has been attracting much interest and capital in most recent times.

BMW and Ralph Lauren contributed to an $85m round for sustainable materials provider Natural Fiber Welding while Credit Saison invested $80m in virtual credit card service Julo.

Direct Line and Sistema are exiting Five, a developer of self-driving software testing technology, in a deal intended to give Robert Bosch an end-to-end autonomous driving technology offering.