Mental health app developer Lyra Health raised $235m from investors including Salesforce while blockchain development software provider Secret Network launched a $225m ecosystem fund.
Month: January 2022
SoftBank sinks funding into Shoplazza and Big Health
Vision Fund 2 invested in e-commerce software provider Shoplazza and digital therapeutics developer Big Health as part of what is becoming a busy January.
Wheel rolls out $150m series C
Salesforce was among the investors that backed the virtual health service’s latest round, helping it take its funding to $216m altogether.
Mythical Games scores Polystream acquisition
Intel and Wargaming Group both exited the metaverse gaming platform developer in a deal which could be the first of several in the rapidly growing space.
Powerlist Q&A – Rob Coppedge, Echo Health Ventures
Q&A with Rob Coppedge, CEO, Echo Health Ventures
Q&A: Venturing for chemistry with a global footprint
Kaloyan Andonov speaks to Tianyi Sun, director of corporate venture capital at GC International, about the experience of the relatively young CVC arm of Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical Public Company (PTTGC), its alignment with the strategy of its corporate parent and what it can offer to the entrepreneurs it backs
Oil & gas venturing in 2021: Q4 data and annual review
Annual review: O&G Q4 2021
Storage and distribution to lead clean energy economy
Global Energy Council Q1 2022 editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Daily Deal Round Up: January 19, 2022
Volkswagen Group invested a nine-figure amount in 24M Technologies while SoftBank participated in a $100m series C round for Pixis.
Corporate venturing spikes to record highs
Annual review: 2021
India catches up on corporate venturing
Innovative region: India
ByteDance bids goodbye to investment team
The digital media group has restructured its corporate venturing activities on the same day as China revealed proposals which would place investments under greater scrutiny.
Animoca Brands embraces $359m in funding
Gemini and Smile Group were both part of the metaverse and NFT-fuelled game publisher’s latest round, valuing it at $5.4bn pre-money as it makes big strides in venture capital investing.
Climatetech soars
Climate tech investment is soaring this year – but might not be going to the right areas, according to accountants PwC