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Salesforce Ventures doubles AI commitment to $1bn with new fund

The CVC unit has formed a second $500m fund, having invested in two dozen artificial intelligence startups, including Anthropic, Mistral and Cohere, in the past 18 months.


Sep 17, 2024

How investors can ride the latest Korean beauty wave

Korean beauty brands have become worldwide hits and investors are flocking to the sector. This is how Signite Partners is staying ahead of the game.

Sep 17, 2024

First-time equity deals in UK spinouts fall 22% — report

The number of deals in UK spinouts at the earliest stage of equity investing has been falling over the past few years, highlighting a potential bottleneck in early-stage funding.

Sep 16, 2024

Aramco Ventures appoints Nechiti as investment director

Ionel Nechiti joined Saudi Aramco’s CVC subsidiary’s North American team led by managing directors Jim Sledzik and Daniel Carter.

Sep 16, 2024

Fidelity's CVC targets better investment tools with AI-plus-human help

We’re entering a new age of highly personalised and democratised financial services, says Fidelity International Strategic Ventures’s Alokik Advani, but we still want our hands held.

Sep 16, 2024

Japanese electronics maker Kyocera launches $60m fund

Kyocera, the Japanese industrial ceramics and electronics multinational, has established a second fund to target startups in the US and EMEA region.

Sep 13, 2024

Airbus Ventures launches $155m deep tech and spacetech fund

FundY is the French aerospace company's fourth investment fund.

Sep 13, 2024

Four tips for media-for-equity startup investments

Some 50% of a consumer startup's capital is spent on advertising, so trading equity for ads can save money. Here's how to get those deals to work.

Sep 13, 2024

L'Oreal and Evonik combine investments in microbe tech startup Abolis

The corporates backed a $38.6m series A round for Abolis through an agreement to develop sustainable cosmetics ingredients together.

Sep 12, 2024

Associated British Ports eyes startup investing in bid to decarbonise

The UK port operator is taking its first steps into corporate venturing by considering equity stakes in startups in return for discounted leases and other fees at its ports.

Sep 12, 2024

Half of Australian universities have a spinout fund — ahead of US…

Australia has one of the world's most mature university investment ecosystems, thanks to large pensions funds, Uniseed and royalties from wifi.

Sep 11, 2024

Skoglund joins corp dev at fuel transportation business Fairwater

Trish Skoglund joins the recent joint venture between Crowley and Seacor, two maritime logistics companies, as head of corporate development.

Sep 10, 2024
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