Quarterly report: Q3 2020
Month: October 2020
Azitra aces $17m series B round
The round was led by $8m from Leaps by Bayer and increased the microbiome skin treatment developer’s total funding to $34m.
Holding steady after the pandemic
Monthly report: September 2020
Knowledgehook picks up series A funding
Nelson Education participated in a $15.2m round for Knowledgehook, which is mulling the expansion of its maths learning assessement platform to other subjects.
Reflections on tech transfer in a crisis
Comment from Adam Stoten, chief operating officer, Oxford University Innovation
Takeaways from Japan’s Fefta act
Comment from Sakon Kuramoto, Benjamin Miller and Hiroki Sugita, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Japan navigates the CVC path
Innovative region: Japan
Common causes of clashes between founders and investors
Comment from Kirk Coburn, founder and managing director, SURGEVentures
Emtek empties out its PropertyGuru stake
Media group Emtek has sold its shares in PropertyGuru roughly a year after the real estate technology provider pulled back from plans to go public.
Sector report: Energy
Dealflow still growing in anticipation of low carbon future
GCV Digital Forum 2.0 shows global strength
The GCV Digital Forum 2.0 last month combined Global Corporate Venturing’s regional and sector events – GCV Asia Congress, Synergize and Energy.
A chance to impact the world
Sir Ronald Cohen’s insights from his second book, Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change, lay out a methodology for adding impact to the usual risk and return decision-making for investing.
Walking into the future
Dull, dirty and/or dangerous jobs are less than appealing for many people.
Shouqi Yueche shoots to nine-figure series C
Shouqi Group’s Baidu and Nio-backed ride hailing spinoff has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in its latest round.