Sector report: finance

Series C investors including SBI have sold back their shares to the digital payment tool provider at a 50% premium, valuing it at $15bn.

Annual review: O&G Q4 2021

Sector report: Transport

For the 50th episode of the podcast, we are excited to bring you a discussion between Ian McClure, the associate vice-president for research, innovation and economic impact at University of Kentucky, the executive director of its commercialisation office UK Innovate and the incoming chairman of AUTM, and Orin Herskowitz, senior vice-president of intellectual property and […]

Andy Shenk, chief executive of Auckland UniServices, the commercialisation subsidiary of University of Auckland, joins us to discuss how the office collaborates with the Māori people and why that matters, what the opportunities and challenges are around big data and AI, and why being a remote country is an asset for space tech. He also […]

HV Capital was among the investors in a series B round making Jokr the latest on-demand grocery provider to hit a unicorn valuation.

Alice Li is the executive director of the Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) at Cornell University and she joins us to discuss how the Ivy League institution remains agile and open to experimentation, what questions the profession needs to ask today to be prepared for the future and what the challenges and opportunities are for […]

McGraw Hill is set to exit the language learning platform developer in an all-cash acquisition by Chegg that will help it expand in the United States.

SBI, Ripple, OKWave and Credit Saison have exited the digital currency trading service in an acquisition by Coinbase.

ServiceNow and Okta Ventures are set to exit the human resources software provider, which has raised at least $57.5m in funding.

Vifor Pharma is snapping up Lundbeck and Baxter-backed vascular drug developer Sanifit for at least $231m while solar project developer SUN Energy closed $25m in funding at a $200m valuation.

Sector report: Finance

Sector report: financial services

Kaloyan Andonov spoke with Roee Furman, managing director of Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, the recently established CVC unit of Israel-based renewable energy group Doral and one of the active investors in energy innovation

The 10th annual Global Corporate Venturing Symposium marked the first return to Europe of the main corporate, university and government venturing units alongside the rest of the venture capital and startup ecosystem. Its mission is: informing, connecting, and transforming the venture ecosystem.

Sector report: Oil & gas Q3 2021

While COP26 is about to start and the representatives of almost 200 countries prepare to gather in Glasgow for what has been described as “the world’s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control”, the energy industry is in the middle of a profound metamorphosis that could radically reshape global power production and transform our relationship with the planet’s natural resources.

GCV’s James Mawson interviewed Energy Transitions Commission chair Lord Adair Turner on the hydrogen space.

The Amazon, Carrier, AGL Energy and Just Energy-backed smart thermostat producer is set to be taken over by Generac Holdings in a deal that could reach $770m.