BASF Venture Capital and Capagro have co-led a 10.7m funding round for the agricultural robot developer.
Author: James Mawson
Editorial: Artificial intelligence’s special impact
Artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to be the next disruptive wave in media and society more generally. MIT professor Max Tegmark’s latest book, Life 3.0, gives a nice hypothesis that the first indication artificial general intelligence (AGI) has happened will occur in media as it offers the best influence/financial returns equation to help the AGI… Continue reading Editorial: Artificial intelligence’s special impact
Axa ensures interest in Phenom People
Sierra Ventures, Sigma Prime Ventures, and Omidyar Ventures reinvested in a series B round for Phenom, which was led by Axa Venture Partners.
Visa banks on YellowPepper deal
YellowPepper has attracted $12.5m in series D funding from Visa and existing shareholders.
3P Learning sells Learnosity stake
3P Learning held a 40% stake in Learnosity after having most recently invested $13.9m in 2016, but has now sold it to Battery Ventures.
Youdian adds Foxconn in series A
Youdian has raised $21.8m at a post-money valuation of $110m.
Amazon leads Acko’s $12m round
Acko was founded in late 2016 by Varun Dua, one of the co-founders of insurance comparison site Coverfox.
Snap clicks for media startups
Snap’s accelerator, Yellow, will invest $150,000 into 10 different creators or startups in return for an equity stake of undisclosed sized.
Unilever Brazil starts accelerator
Unilever Brazil, a local subsidiary of Netherlands-based consumer goods maker Unilever, has launched Lever Up as the company’s first worldwide startup acceleration program. Lever Up will be led by venture capital firm Liga Ventures’ Corporate Accelerator Alternate Ventures, targeting startups in the IT, supply chain, e-commerce, home care and food sectors. Those selected to participate… Continue reading Unilever Brazil starts accelerator
Arora resurfaces at Palo Alto Networks
Nikesh Arora has joined Palo Alto Networks, as his former employer SoftBank begins making its own moves on succession to its founder, Masayoshi Son.
GCV Powerlist 2018 Contents
Global Corporate Venturing’s top 100 Powerlist 2018
GCV Powerlist 2018: John Banta
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): John Banta, BlueCross BlueShield
GCV Powerlist 2018: Lin Wang
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Lin Wang, JD Finance
GCV Powerlist 2018: Jonathan Tudor
The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Jonathan Tudor, Centrica