The burrito chain added to its innovation efforts by announcing a strategic investment arm focusing on restaurant, food supply and sustainability technology.
The blockchain technology provider has attracted capital from several corporates for an accelerator tasked with boosting the Web3 ecosystem.
The corporate's specialty product offshoot will house investment vehicle Solvay Ventures, Matt Jones and Coppelia Marincovic told Global Corporate Venturing.
The messaging platform developer has revealed the latest eight companies to take part in its 13-week startup programme.
Decentralised finance technology developer BloXroute raised $70m in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 while Ackermans & van Haaren helped digital health technology developer Medikabazaar score a $700m valuation.
Carsten Coesfeld will run the media group's corporate venture capital activities as CEO of Bertelsmann Investments from the start of June.
Northwell Health has teamed up with venture studio Aegis Ventures to form a platform which will seed AI-powered healthcare technology developers.
Quamntum Ventures' debut fund is anchored by conglomerate Bakrie & Brothers and has so far built up a five-strong portfolio.
Recombinant protein technology provider Healthgen netted over $87m while shared living space provider Hmlet is buying corporate-backed peer Habyt and Uniswap Labs is launching an investment vehicle.
The corporate's Latin America fund will transition to an independent vehicle called Upload Ventures which will invest approximately $100m each year.
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