Helmerich & Payne and Liberty Energy backed a $138m round for Fervo Energy, and Shandong Weigao helped Jinjiang Electron raise $103m.
Category: Firms
Daily Deal Round Up: August 22, 2022
Hanwha Life took part in a $20m series B round for Airs Medical while Allianz-backed AV8 Ventures helped Think Bioscience close $17m in seed funding.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 19, 2022
SK provided $100m for Atom Power, while MediaTek, Ta Ya, Simplo and Chunghwa Telecom all took part in TXOne Networks’ $70m series B round.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 18, 2022
Harel Group took part in DriveNets’ $262m series C round while UBS Next and and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital pumped BigPanda’s series E to $210m.
G42 harnesses Abu Dhabi cash to launch $10bn fund
As SoftBank’s Vision Funds pull back, another monster-sized corporate fund emerges. Abu Dhabi Growth Fund is bankrolling a growth-stage fund managed by cloud and AI company G42.
Nuclear fusion is getting hot for investors — here’s why
It is an old joke that nuclear fusion power is 30 years away, and always will be. The joke is now looking outdated as the technology finally reaches a stage where investors feel comfortable writing cheques for hundreds of millions of dollars towards its development.
Future Energy Ventures spins out so it can “scale faster and accelerate”
Pulling in more companies and getting more investment capital were the key reasons Future Energy Ventures split from E.ON, says managing partner Jan Lozek.
Olympus invests in endoscopy AI, eyes up urology and respiratory care next
The Japanese medical equipment maker is looking for more medtech startups working on minimally invasive technologies.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 12, 2022
Spin Master has joined forces with Nørdlight while Aspen Digital and Coinhako took part in Merkle Science’s series A extension.
MongoDB brings in Patel to lead its venture arm
Suraj Patel has left VC firm Bow Capital after six years and will head the data software group’s corporate venturing arm, MongoDB Ventures.
Doing good, better — these are the new impact investing models
Corporate VCs are exploring different models of impact and diversity investing – but which is right for you and why?
Daily Deal Round Up: August 11, 2022
Sinar Mas provided $250m for Dana while Prosperity7 Ventures led a tranche that took Insilico’s series D round to $95m.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 10, 2022
Recruit Holdings participated in CleverTap’s $105m series D round while Liberty Media led a $100m series D for sports media platform Overtime.
GVR Podcast: Gonzalo Galindo of Cemex Ventures on how tech is changing the way we build
From 3D printing to supply chains, the construction industry is ripe for innovation.