Penn Medicine and Wharton Social Impact Initiative have launched an investment fund focused on the drivers of health equity.
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Cadence catches InspectAR in acquisition deal
Royal Circuit Solutions and Advanced Assembly have exited PCB design technology provider InspectAR, which has been bought by Cadence Design Systems.
Boehringer Ingelheim docks at Bodyport
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund led an $11.2m series A round for Bodyport, developer of a cardiovascular disease detection system.
Arevo assembles $25m series B
The composite manufcturing technology provider, which counts Asahi Glass and Sumitomo as investors, has now raised $60m altogether.
Munich Re drives HDVI’s $16m series A
Munich Re Ventures co-led the first round to be disclosed by the fleet insurance provider, with Qualcomm Ventures also participating.
Scioto Biosciences scans series B funding
Genome and Company has acquired a majority stake in Scioto Biosciences following its contribution to a series B round that will be sized at up to $26.5m.
Technique Solaire takes $29m
Credit Agricole returned to reinvest in the solar and biomethane project developer having contributed to a $122m debt round in May.
VC-backed innovation and recessions
Comment from Sabrina Howell, Josh Lerner, Ramana Nanda, Richard Townsend
Europe’s need for a sustainable and equitable investment plan
Europe can respond to the Covid-19 crisis in two ways: restore the past or bounce forward.
Foundations of agtech ecosystems in Piracicaba
Prepared by researchers from the Washington University, St Louis on behalf of The Yield Lab, sponsored by Rabo Strategic Ventures
How corporations can help university spinouts cross the valley of death
Comment from Josemaria Siota, IESE Business School, Andrea Alunni, Oxford University and Università degli Studi di Perugia, Paola Riveros-Chacón, Northwestern University, Mark Wilson, Strategic Technology, Bioconsulting, Mattias Karlsson Dinnetz European Commission
Summit 2020 covers AI, dealflow and more
The Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit 2020 in Monterey, California, brought together more than 800 corporate venturing leaders from corporations representing about $10 trillion in annual revenues.
The Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2019
Review of the GCV Symposium 2019 by Callum Cyrus and Jack Hammond, reporters
Riding the innovation wave of disruption
The fourth annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation (GCVI) Summit in Monterey, California on Wednesday and Thursday, January 30-31 by reporters Kaloyan Andonov, Edison Fu and Thierry Heles