Sector Analysis

Continental Grain-backed vegan food producer Perfect Day has raised $160m, increasing its series C round to $300m.

Celebrity Kim Kardashian West’s beauty brand raised $200m at a $1bn valuation from beauty brand Coty.

Mastercard will buy financial data technology provider Finicity in a deal that could reach $985m, giving Experian an exit. This is yet another large exits in this space this year after the acquisitions of Plaid and Credit Karma earlier.

The demographic phenomenon of ageing populations will present challenges to both developed and developing nations. Along with the challenges come opportunities, however, and corporate venture capitalists may be a particularly well-positioned group to help with them, as it is the connecting tissue between the world of incumbent corporate industry leaders and the space of disruptive innovation.

With campuses shuttered in the pandemic, society needs to find solutions quickly to continue education and avoid a lost generation of skilled workers.

Sector analysis: Health & life sciences

Telecoms are the connecting tissue of today’s digitised world

Special report: pandemic has boosted venture dollars across health AI

Nvidia, Intel and others are piling innovation resources into AI-specialised chip architectures amid heightened risk of competition from Chinese vendors

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