Victor Pascucci, who counts USAA and Munich Re among his corporate venturing stops, has put together an energy-focused VC firm called Energy Capital Ventures.
Month: January 2020
One Medical counts time to flotation
GV-backed One Medical owner 1Life has filed to go public, setting a placeholder target of $100m, having raised $400m in equity financing.
Receipt Bank reaps $73m
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce contributed to the digital accounting platform developer’s series C round, taking its total funding past $130m.
Clearcover clasps $50m
American Family Ventures and Cox Enterprises both returned for a $50m series C round, having already participated in the insurance marketplace’s $43m series B a year ago.
Antler branches out with $50m fund
Credit Saison and Canica put up part of the $50m the startup studio has raised for its latest fund, following investments in more than 120 companies to date.
Pieces pinches new funding
Pieces Technology, a medical intelligence technology provider that counts OSF Healthcare and Children’s Health among its investors, has secured $25.7m.
Oxford Nanopore extracts more funding
The Illumina and Amgen-backed genetic sequencing system developer raised $38.5m while its shareholders sold another $106m in shares.
IB Group lays down $28m fund
The conglomerate plans to invest in poultry and agriculture startups that will be able to access IB’s farming expertise and technology.
Trifo cleans up with $15m series B
Trifo, developer of a cleaning-based surveillance system, increased its total funding to $26m in a round that included Yidu Cloud.
Cadent catches 4Info
Mitsui and Gannett are among the investors exiting television audience analytics provider 4Info in an acquisition by Cadent.
Editorial: Flexibility will capture new dawn’s opportunities
Ahead of the Chinese New Year on the 25th and after the western calendar turned is an opportunity for reflection. There is a thoughtful post by Morgan Housel at Collaborative Fund on the most important forces shaping the world. As he said: “The ultimate of those great-grandmother events was World War II…. The [other] three… Continue reading Editorial: Flexibility will capture new dawn’s opportunities
More deals with fewer dollars in 2019
The following is an excerpt from our upcoming World of Corporate Venturing report.
Corporate venturing deal net: 23 December 2019-3 January 2020
In an extended version covering the holidays, Global Corporate Venturing has rounded up the period’s smaller deals and tracked the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Lixiang looks for $500m in IPO
Shougang, ByteDance, InTime, Taiping, Ping An and Leo Group are in line for exits as the electric vehicle provider aims for $500m in its initial public offering.