Less-than-container-load specialist Allcargo has harnessed venture firm Northstar.vc for a partnership that will combine on supply chain technology investments.
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GVR Podcast: How to do defence tech well
Defence is not an easy industry to operate or invest in, but RTX Ventures’ Dan Ateya lays out how they help startups navigate it.
How PwC is putting “skin” into the startup game
Professional services firms are late to the corporate investing game, but that is changing. PwC Germany’s fund — which has double digit millions in capital and has so far made 20 investments — has become a frontrunner.
What Microsoft and OpenAI learned from Sequoia and YouTube
Tech’s greatest deal had been YouTube by Sequoia but the venture model has evolved with founder ambitions
Corporate investors hold steady as VCs retreat
Corporate-backed VC deals fell just 2% in 2022 vs a 25% fall for venture capital overall. A record number of new corporate funds were created.
The Big Deal: WM parks in a cut-price spot
WM Motor is executing a reverse merger at a hefty cut from its 2021 valuation, showing the big risks involved with investing in China’s saturated electric vehicle sector.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 12th, 2023
Blockchain technology provider Venom Foundation is joining Iceberg Capital on a $1bn fund while BioNTech is paying $440m for portfolio company InstaDeep.
Sanofi swells venture fund to $750m
Sanofi’s strategic investment arm received a top up from its pharmceutical parent in a week when it led an $80m round for its latest portfolio company.
The Big Deal: Metagenomi shows that gene therapies continue to pull in big funding
The $275m round, the largest series B for three months, featured several pharmaceutical companies and is part of a thriving environment for gene therapy startups.
“Talk to me, drones” – Meet the company designing the AI wingman
With a fresh cash injection from Raytheon’s RTX Ventures, EpiSci is creating autonomous software to enhance warfighters’ capabilities.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 4, 2023
USAA, Samsung and UEM chipped in as Lumotive raised $13m, while Printpack and Braskem are exiting Nexus Circular in a $150m acquisition.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 3, 2023
Forge Therapeutics acquired spinoff Blacksmith Medicines while solar film producer Sinopont raised $145m in series D funding.
Are we heading for a bust in cleantech?
Venture capital has poured into the cleantech sector over the past couple of years. Concerns are growing that startups may not be able to scale into viable companies that generate expected returns.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 30, 2022
China Mobile and Hexie Health Insurance co-led Moore Threads’ $215m series B round while Eicher Motors provided $37.4m for Stark Future.