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Real estate company Mitsui Fudosan launches two CVC funds to invest $130m

The Global Brain-managed funds will invest in startups in sectors ranging from construction and entertainment to space.


Oct 10, 2025

These 10 corporate investors had the most exits in the past five…

Taking early AI bets and investing outside their comfort zone have allowed some large CVCs to reap rewards despite a turbulent exit market.

Oct 9, 2025

Convenience store operator Couche-Tard closes VC fund

The store owner's corporate VC, Circle K Ventures, invested in technologies that could improve customer experience at its stores and forecourts.

Oct 8, 2025

Corporate VC co-investments show patterns of trust and influence

Corporates frequently team up with each other to invest in startups. Who partners with who says a lot about how much a given team's track record is respected.

Oct 8, 2025

Corporate investors have their biggest quarter since the venture downturn

Third-quarter investment numbers show that investors are more trigger-happy, but not recklessly so.

Oct 7, 2025

Canadian technology and services company Telus hires Chow for VC investments

Chow will lead investments in enterprise platforms and IoT in her new role as partner and investment director at Telus’s corporate investment unit.

Oct 6, 2025

Snack food producer Calbee forms $100m venture fund

Calbee has extended its partnership with venture firm Pegasus Tech Ventures with the formation of a food technology-focused fund.

Oct 6, 2025

Australian bank ANZ shuts VC investment arm

The bank is going through a restructuring after regulators fined it for financial reporting misconduct.

Oct 6, 2025

Alphabet’s Gradient Ventures is latest corporate venturing unit to spin out

The spinning out of the venture unit raises questions about AI startups’ appetite to have CVCs of potential competitors on their cap tables.

Oct 6, 2025

The investor’s guide to: Tokyo

The world's largest metropolis is one of its CVC hotspots, but where do you go to meet the local founders? Or to eat a foot-long eel? Woven Capital's Michiko Kato fills us in.

Oct 6, 2025

Malhotra takes VC role at financial trading company Optiver

Sameer Malhotra spent seven years in investment roles at Bank of America and J.P. Morgan before joining the market maker company.

Oct 6, 2025

Deepfake fraud is on the rise but so is investment in the…

Generative AI has made convincing deepfakes cheaper than a cup of coffee. Organisations such as Samsung, IBM and Booz Allen are now investing in startups that can help detect them.

Oct 3, 2025
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