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Risks are growing but insurers are cutting back investment in startups
Uncertainty in the insurance sector is growing as climate change exacerbates natural disasters. But insurance companies appear to be slowing investment in new technologies that could help.
Jan 10, 2025Auto industry’s tech shift opens up new markets for truck maker Scania
A move to autonomous driving and electric vehicles gives Scania the opportunity to move beyond just selling heavy vehicles.
Jan 9, 2025Grieve leaves New Zealand dairy company Fonterra's investment fund
After three years at the Ki Tua Fund, Grieve will be looking for new opportunities.
Jan 8, 2025US wealth manager Edward Jones launches investment arm
The US financial services company has launched Edward Jones Ventures, focusing on fintech startups to advance its wealth management offerings.
Jan 8, 2025Ex-Femsa Ventures head García Quiroga gets promoted to parent firm
Mexican beverage retailer Femsa named GCV Powerlist member Javier García Quiroga director of strategic planning, with wider tasks such as M&A.
Jan 8, 2025US hospital system Providence spins off VC arm
Providence will be an anchor investor in the newly independent venture capital firm, Allumia Ventures.
Jan 8, 202512 groundbreaking global university spinouts that raised funding in 2024
Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.
Jan 8, 2025Balasubramaniam 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.
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