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The company is allocating $700m to backing startups that can help it transform its business portfolio.
Fresh from leading Cathay Capital's healthcare division, Hongjie Hu has joined Novo's investment arm as a growth-stage partner.
The Korean carmaker has collected capital from 10 of its affiliate companies for a fund that will back frontier technologies such as AI and robotics.
Info Edge has announced shareholder approval for a third sector-agnostic fund to be managed by Smartweb Internet Services, totaling $117m.
With the new fund in the US, Mitsui Chemicals aims to double down in its global investment strategy.
Corporates including Fujitsu, Mitsui Chemical, Daiwa, Hitachi and TDK have all committed to new startup investment funds since the start of 2025.
Shortages and inflated prices in the cocoa industry have pushed startups to create chocolate alternatives that taste and feel like the original. Investors are taking a bite.
Flipping on its head the typical way that investors meet startups has allowed VC firm Astia to tap into undiscovered startup opportunities.
Kaweewut Temphuwapat held various innovation roles at PTT, Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company, before he moved to Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).
Accelerator programmes have increased the number of spinouts and commercial engagements for the National Labs. But these programmes face an uncertain future.
Despite raising less money than its previous fund, DG Daiwa Ventures plans to back plenty of AI, blockchain and security startups.
Guy's and St Thomas's and Kings College Hospital started the fund in 2021 to see if an NHS VC fund could succeed. Now it has partnerships and funding from US hospital groups.
Alok Agrawal has left his role as the head of Canadian electronics company Celestica's CVC unit after more than five years with the company.
CryptoGames’ new investment unit will look at the web3 gaming ecosystem and the trading cards sector.
Flipping on its head the typical way that investors meet startups has allowed VC firm Astia to tap into undiscovered startup opportunities.
Munich Re Ventures sees gold in the picks and shovels of space, and plenty of opportunity for competition.
In the first of a new series on the world's corporate VC hubs, we get the lowdown on Singapore's tech scene from local CVC Sharan Makhija, of Singtel Innov8.
US FDA and NIH cuts are expected to delay drug approvals and decrease grant funding, making it harder for young health sector companies to survive.
Power-hungry data centres are putting power grids under unprecedented strain, and National Grid Partners is racing to find new technologies that can keep networks running.
Cross border tariffs will raise materials costs and create investment uncertainty. Startups that can think globally and stay flexible will have the best chance of survival.
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