The $43.7m ME Innovation Fund is part of a $100m corporate venturing initiative revealed by the electrical product provider in mid-2020 and will invest in digital and green energy companies.

Q&A with Stéphane Longuet, co-founder and managing partner, Convivialité Ventures

Data software provider Weka raised $73m in a round led by Hitachi Ventures while Advance Publications exited social impact technology developer EverFi in a $750m acquisition.

The move to develop ties between corporate investors and angels follows similar efforts in other countries.

The Japanese IT services provider is targeting $150m from other corporates for its Orchestrating Future Fund, which is tasked with boosting the technology ecosystem.

Q&A with Gonzalo Galindo, head, Cemex Ventures

Hulic Startup is the latest real estate-focused CVC unit in Japan, after the likes of 31Ventures, HHP Co-Creation Fund, NN Corporate Capital and TFHD Open Innovation Program, part of Mitsui Fudosan, Hankyu Hanshin Properties, Nomura and Tokyu Fudosan respectively.

Kaloyan Andonov spoke with Tianyi (Tony) Sun, director of corporate venture capital at GC International, about the experience of the relatively young CVC arm of Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical Public Company (PTT GC or GC), its alignment with the strategy of its corporate parent and what it can offer to entrepreneurs it backs

In a recent poll running in October and November of corporate venturing industry leaders, Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) asked what the most important trends were in 2021

Managing director Crispin Leick spoke to GCV about EnBW New Ventures' two most recent investments and the potential for infrastructure technology to catch up with software deals.