The communal living space provider, which counts Lowe's Ventures and Comcast Catalyst Fund among its early investors, has raised series A capital from backers including Raiffeisen.

James Mawson identifies issues raised at the World Incubation Summit and calls for input ahead of GUV's updated review of university venture funds to be published at GUV:Fusion in London in May.

Sector focus: Services

The electric scooter rental platform will expand into new cities using the proceeds from the RATP and LeasePlan-backed round.

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order by company): Michal Silverberg, Novartis

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order by company): Oreoluwa Adeyemi, HSBC

For all the geopolitical upset in the world, countless governments around the world found a lot of time to double down on – or get involved in – the venturing space in 2017. The timing was right, therefore, for Global Government Venturing to launch its Leadership Society at the annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation […]

For all the geopolitical upset in world, countless governments around the world found a lot of time to double down on – or get involved in – the venturing space in 2017. The timing was right, therefore, for Global Government Venturing to launch its Leadership Society at the annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit in January, […]

2017 has been a year of change – of positive change, for the most part, but also some shocking developments that took the technology transfer world by surprise. Chief among the latter was the hostile takeover of Touchstone Innovations, the commercialisation firm spun out of Imperial College London, by its peer IP Group. The story […]

Didi Chuxing's reported $600m acquisition of a majority stake in its Brazilian counterpart indicates a new level to its expansion plans.

Element Fleet Management has invested $5.7m for a 12.5% stake in car rental service Splend together with $173m in debt financing.

Cityblock, a care coordination platform incubated by Alphabet-owned Sidewalk Labs, has raised $20.8m from investors including Sidewalk.

SoftBank itself will come out with a 15% stake in Uber as part of a primary and secondary deal that looks set to top $8bn.

Mastercard and the BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners have contributed to a series B round that will support product development and growth.

Newly hired principal Jill Ford will source new investment opportunities for Toyota AI Ventures and work with its existing portfolio companies.

University of Maryland's tech transfer office is set to form a fund that will invest in local university-linked startups.

Victory Park Capital, which provided debt financing to Rocket Internet-backed luxury online pawnbroker Borro in 2014, has bought a majority stake in the company.

Who doesn't want to be on the right side of history?

The accounting, audit and tax software developer has secured $7.8m in a series A round featuring XBTO and will use the funds to continue developing its platform.

DKSH and MDI Ventures backed an Emerald Media-led round that will support the e-commerce services provider's international expansion plans.