Edison Fu profiles seven businesses offering VC-as-a-service model to aid corporates and VC firms to spot and team up with innovative startups

Global Corporate Venturing teamed up with 500 Startups’ CVC Insider Series, where top CVC practitioners advise on corporate venturing challenges

Eric Leupoldis set to oversee cash markets for Germany-based stock exchange Deutsche Boerse having been managing director of DB1 Ventures for 18 months.

A manager at Sumitomo Chemical America since 2016, Yosuke Nakashima has now accepted a senior manager role.

The internal promotion at Merck Group's corporate venturing subsidiary followed the departure in May of Jasper Bos.

Lance Matthews has been promoted from principal, having initially joined the Deutsche Telekom-sponsored investment firm in 2016.

Del Valle will lead the retailer's Cencosud Ventures vehicle after almost five years at Telefonica’s Wayra subsidiary.

The media company will execute investments, strategic partnerships and M&A deals through newly formed holding vehicle GMA Ventures.

Alibaba’s Hong Kong-based corporate venturing fund will be the cornerstone investor in a vehicle focusing on startups connected to the GBA ecosystem.

MS&AD Holdings has put up an additional $80m for its corporate venture capital vehicle, two years after tripling its original commitment.