GCV Emerging Leader Blake Luse, previously a director at Ferguson Ventures, has been appointed head of the unit and a senior director at its parent company.

US-based plumbing and pipe valves and fittings distributor Ferguson Enterprises has named Blake Luse managing director of its investment arm, Ferguson Ventures.

Luse joined Ferguson in 2005 and held multiple sales and business development positions before helping form and run Ferguson Ventures in 2018 as a director at the unit. Global Corporate Venturing selected him as an Emerging Leader last month.

Ferguson Ventures invests in companies at late seed-to-series C stage, having led three rounds including a $1.5m series…

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.