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24-fold increase in Japanese corporate venture capital in the past decade

A growing wave: corporate-affiliated capital for startup investments has gone from $140m in 2013 to $3.4bn, according to a recent survey.


Aug 22, 2024

Latin American innovation firms team up to catch market boom

Seven years ago the market was nascent, now even smaller corporates want to tap startup style innovation. Innova360 and Bluebox merged in part to make the most of that wave.

Aug 21, 2024

Gonzalez to head frozen food maker Sigma's CVC

Ciro Gonzalez, formerly an investment associate at CVC unit Munich Re Ventures, has been appointed as head of Sigma Ventures.

Aug 20, 2024

Intel Capital alumna Ishimwe joins US Department of Commerce fund

Josiane Ishimwe, who spent three years at Intel's CVC unit, will help the US Department of Commerce's Chips Investment Office make semiconductor investments.

Aug 20, 2024

Indian oil company BPCL announces CVC plan

Indian state-backed petroleum company Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has announced a five-year growth plan which will establish a corporate venture capital arm.

Aug 20, 2024

Smyth becomes managing partner at Microsoft’s CVC unit

Andrew Smyth joined M12 to focus on cloud and cybersecurity deals, disclosing his first investment in database platform Neon in recent weeks.

Aug 20, 2024

European universities ahead of the US in having an investment fund

The number of funds is the same but European ones cover multiple universities — and the US still creates more university spinouts.

Aug 20, 2024

Taiwanese VC CDIB and Cool Japan Fund launch $62m cross-border fund

CDIB Capital Group, a subsidiary of Taiwan's KGI Financial Holdings, has launched a $62m joint fund with a Japanese state-backed investment company.

Aug 19, 2024

Lambert to lead Brazilian bank Rendimento's CVC

After a five-month spell at a financial advisory group, Claudio Lambert returned to Grupo Rendimiento’s corporate venturing subsidiary as head.

Aug 19, 2024

Chang to head Asia investing at SoftBank Investment Advisers

Dennis Chang will lead investments in Asia excluding India and Japan.

Aug 19, 2024

SoftBank, Korean conglomerates back $130m AI fund

SoftBank joins a number of South Korean conglomerates in contributing to SBVA's new AI startup fund, Alpha Intelligence.

Aug 19, 2024

Venture client vs CVC investment — which is the best way to…

Both models are gaining popularity — but which is right for your company? It depends on the business need and the stage of the startup.

Aug 16, 2024
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