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Balasubramaniam leaves Walmart for McAfee corp dev role
After four years running the US retail giant's investment arm, Balasubramaniam has left to become McAfee's head of corporate development.
Jan 7, 2025Porsche's Aleksej Mitrjaschkin switches to German VC Incharge Capital
Mitrjaschkin will be a partner at joint venture Incharge Capital Partners.
Jan 7, 2025Big software companies under threat as AI undermines business models
Enterprise software will no longer be designed with humans in mind, upending the sector and putting incumbents and even startups at risk.
Jan 7, 2025Japanese internet group LY launches $191m investment fund
LY Corporation, the company formed when Yahoo Japan merged with Line, will explore deep tech with CVC subsidiary Z Venture Capital's second fund.
Jan 6, 2025A new US president and the data centre boom will boost the…
Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.
Jan 6, 20258 tips for investing in Japan’s university spinouts
Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.
Jan 2, 2025As money flows back into transport, investors look beyond just moving people
CVCs invested over 50% more dollars in transport year-on-year, while they train their eye on connected industries in 2025
Jan 2, 2025CVC's most active investors in 2024 - and how they invested
GCV has looked through our data to find the busiest investors in corporate venture capital. Here's how and where they invested in 2024.
Jan 1, 2025Life after CVC: Here's what leaders who left are doing now
These eight people all stepped down from leadership positions at CVC units in 2024. Here is what life after CVC looks like for them.
Dec 31, 2024Crashing out: 10 corporate-backed startups that went bust in 2024
From Northvolt’s staggering $14bn failure to crypto crashes and biotech struggles, 2024 has been a brutal year for corporate-backed startups facing financial, operational, and market pressures.
Dec 27, 2024Big exits returned in 2024 as corporates bought portfolio companies
Large life sciences deals and corporate investors buying the companies in their own portfolio have been key to an improving exit market.
Dec 26, 2024Huge AI funds, obesity drugs and carbon capture – the CVC trends…
AI funding rounds commanded huge prices in 2024, but corporate investors also made large bets in healthcare, energy and robotics.
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The CVC Funding Round DatabaseRealtime data of all startup funding rounds with corporate backers. Full access for GCV+ subscribers.The CVC Funding Round Database
Realtime data of all startup funding rounds with corporate backers. Full access for GCV+ subscribers.
CVC DirectoryFull details of 600+ CVC units globally, including key people, sector focus, preferred investment stage and more. ull access for GCV+ subscribers.CVC Directory
Full details of 600+ CVC units globally, including key people, sector focus, preferred investment stage and more. ull access for GCV+ subscribers.
Corporate venture building reportData from 100+ corporate venture building programmes, including size, budgets, staffing, reporting lines and outcomesCorporate venture building report
Data from 100+ corporate venture building programmes, including size, budgets, staffing, reporting lines and outcomes
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