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Europe's consumer startups are hitting a rich vein of acquisitions, and the media-for-equity investors that backed them are set to reap the rewards.

In the latest edition of Blueprint, GCV editor Maija Palmer wonders whether Lockheed Martin joining the $1bn defence sector CVC club will push European defence CVCs to follow suit.

Mori Building Innovation Fund will back early and mid-stage startups that can improve the city's buildings and urban environment.

Karl Swensson will be investment director at PINC, the corporate venture arm of the food and beverage group.

March may not have had the fireworks of an xAI-SpaceX merger, but longer-term growth now looks locked in.

The increase makes Lockheed Martin Ventures CVC's first $1bn defence tech fund, on the back of strong growth in the sector.

Sabic Ventures managing director Aruna Subramanian has moved to newly formed VC service provider Trivergent Partners.

The 166-year-old mining company sees its corporate VC arm as a structured way to access technologies, partnerships and operating models that internal R&D alone cannot deliver.

Sony Innovation Fund 4 will invest in startups closely aligned to the parent company's main businesses.

After leaving ServiceNow, Philip Kirk will oversee corporate development and ventures at fellow enterprise software company Databricks.