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InMotion Ventures has shifted to pre-seed investing where it says it bring the most value to startup with its expertise in R&D, automotive design and testing.

Taiho’s Japanese university spinout-focused CVC arm’s capital injection came five months after its US sister unit got an additional $100m.

PanasonicWell appointed Christie Pitts to identify family-oriented investment, partnership and M&A opportunities.

Consumption of sports is more fragmented and athlete-centric. This opens up some opportunities for startups and investors.

Merck Group and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s MoU will entail M Ventures helping grow South Korea’s ecosystem.

Venture funds are becoming a more common offering at universities around the world. Why do a majority of the top US institutions not have one?

From geothermal energy and mining tech to subterranean delivery systems, here are some of the most exciting startups focusing on what's underground.

Luís Fábrica, formerly investment associate at the energy group’s CVC group, has been promoted after four years at the unit.

For eight years, Cyber Valley has been linking German AI and robotics researchers and spinouts with corporate partners, but a partnership with UTokyo IPC is the first step to it going global.

CVC veteran Takuya Hosomura, who spent a combined eight years at Rakuten Capital and Salesforce Ventures, joined Global Brain as a partner.

Corporate funding for startups is rising globally as well, with sectors such as as cybersecurity and healthcare seeing the most activity.