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Indonesia-based e-commerce platform Sale Stock has secured $27m in a series B+ round that included Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), the investment arm of conglomerate Sinar Mas, Tech in Asia reported today. Media and entertainment group MNC Media Investment also participated in the round, which was led by venture capital firm Gobi Partners and backed […]

Savings and investment platform Savedo, which had raised about $12m, was backed by WeltN24 and has now been acquired by Deposit Solutions.

Arundeep Pradhan discusses the Autm Licensing Activities Survey and asks if there is a better way to track the performance of tech transfer offices.

Educational app developer Byju's has raised funding from Tencent as part of a round reportedly sized at $40m that could value it at up to $800m.

News focus: Brazil

New Oriental Education and Technology Group has participated in a round for Yamibuy, which sells Asian consumer items to North America-based customers.

There were 25 unicorns (private, venture-backed companies worth at least $1bn) created first half of 2017 but only one – Improbable – in Europe after Softbank led a $502m round for the UK-based company, according to data provider Pitchbook at the end of last month. For context, Improbable’s round was about a tenth of the […]

Over the past few weeks and months, the country has seen positive headlines for large deals, venture fundraising and corporate innovation initiatives.

The number of corporate-backed deals in May stood at 202, significantly higher than the 118 funding rounds in the same month last year. Investment value increased by 45% to $9.26bn – up from $6.39bn in May 2016. The deal count in May was higher than the previous month’s 147 rounds. The numbers also compare favourably […]

Editorial from James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing

Coppel and Nordstrom-backed Bonobos has become the latest online retailer to be bought as part of Walmart's e-commerce growth strategy, in what could be a hugely-sized acqui-hire.

The university has moved its incubator to a new campus and a bigger facility.

SoftBank now holds a 20% stake in Paytm owner One97 Communications, with $400m of its investment being used to buy shares from existing backers.

Global University Venturing carried out its first survey of early stage participants with the majority of the respondents coming from Europe and North America.

The fund, backed by Tsinghua Unigroup, will support the growth of industries including high-end manufacturing, IT, aerospace, new energy, new materials, pharmaceuticals and internet-related services.

The Stanford University spinout has attracted $10.6m in an Entertainment Partners-backed series B round, a week after closing $10m in series A funding.

Consumer-focused corporate venturers committed a record $21.59bn over 137 rounds in 2016, primarily in consumer businesses, with e-commerce platforms dominating

Stripe, the US-based payment technology provider that counts payment services providers Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Visa and American Express as backers, has received $5.1m in equity funding from two undisclosed investors according to a regulatory filing. Stripe has raised more than $300m since it was founded in 2011 and was valued at $5bn as of […]

Venture firm Autotech Ventures has received $10m in capital from clean automotive technology provider BorgWarner, which aims to begin making its own VC investments.