Just ahead of our Synergize event in New York City on September 25th, we offer you a graphical summary of corporate-backed funding initiatives we have been reporting

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

CapitalG-backed Airbnb, valued at $31bn as of 2017, has declared it plans to list its shares next year, and looks likely to choose a direct listing.