Innovative region: Spain
Category: Analysis
Moving towards the future as fast as we can
Sector report: 5G
Consumer sector shows signs of slowdown
Sector report: Consumer
Covid-19 funds set up to find treatments
A host of corporate and government-backed initiatives have been launched to tackle the coronavirus that develops into the Covid-19 disease. In a global, fast-moving pandemic, this can only be a snapshot of the efforts at the end of March 2020.
Editorial: The solution is in our hands
It is always worth listening to Josh Lerner, professor at Harvard Business School when he emails: “If innovation is going to happen, it is going to need to be the entrepreneurial firms that do it.” Smart asset managers, such as Ray Dalio, who set up the $150bn Bridgewater Associates and sets out his admirably clear… Continue reading Editorial: The solution is in our hands
Analysis: Ride-hailing apps in demand
Amid a nearly global lockdown and much apprehension around the Covid-19 pandemic, we reported two interesting deals in the mobility space last month.
Analysis: StackPath takes $216m
Juniper Networks and Cox have backed a sizeable series B round for edge and cloud computing tech developer StackPath.
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
Deal activity still dropping in February
Monthly analysis: February 2020
Carbon capture tech pioneer offers hope
The United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has previously estimated the world will need to remove an average of 10 gigatons –10 billion tons – of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year from the atmosphere by 2050.
Rabo Frontier Ventures one year on
Netherlands-based financial services firm Rabobank provided an additional €80m ($90m) of funding for its strategic investment subsidiary, Rabo Frontier Ventures a year ago in February 2019.
Food fit for a growing world
Special report: Agtech
Israel’s innovation ecosystem hosts event
The third annual Global Corporate Venturing Israel conference took place in Tel Aviv on February 11 in partnership with local corporate innovation advisory firm Axis Innovation.
Industrials continue to grind forward
Sector analysis: Industrial