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A roundup of exits, including IPOs and acquisitions, across the tech transfer ecosystem.

Raw materials provider Vital Thin Film secured $188m in a round co-led by BYD while drug developers CinCor and Vigil raised a total of $292m in their initial public offerings.

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

Gokongwei, Sunway and YTL are among the participants in the vehicle resale platform developer’s latest round, which reportedly included Mediatek and Taiwan Mobile, at a $1.7bn valuation.

The SoftBank-backed car sharing app developer has filed to go public and is following the lead of peers by diversifying its mobility offering.

2021 registered record figures in the realm of corporate venturing.

The digital transformation that has disrupted and reshaped the industrial sector in recent years, known as the fourth industrial revolution or industry 4.0, has now reached a new chapter with the development of what has been dubbed as industry 5.0.

Tencent has dodged most of China's regulatory crackdown and built an impressive fintech portfolio globally.

In the second part of our look at the year's corporate venturing trends, we analyse fintech and enterprise bull markets along with some emerging regions.

The launch of CIV-LAC as a regional corporate entrepreneurial platform is expected to help 600 startups.

Chinese drug discovery platform QureBio raised corporate funding last week while JD.com and Qi-Anxin Technology Group were among the LPs that helped set up the $470m Shoudu Pan Healthcare Industry Fund.