Joseph Tou and Simone Lavizzari left the Japanese conglomerate's CVC unit, the latter having taken up an investment manager role at Join Capital.

Razorpay has launched a fund backing early-stage B2B software startups across a range of industries, with up to $1m per investment.

Rajeev Misra is formally leaving his leadership role at SoftBank's venture capital arm after seven years defined by controversy.

Half of all of the energy startups raising money from corporate investors in 2024 tapped up companies outside the energy sector.

Hadar Pode left her Israel-based managing director position at Porsche Digital after six years, without disclosing her new role.

Japan is second only to the US when it comes to spacetech startups raising funding from the corporate sector.

Naver’s accelerator arm backed two US startups last month, Claythis and YesPlz, and will continue to seek out opportunities in North America.

DMG Ventures has announced two new $32m funds that will use media for equity arrangements, an increasingly common investment strategy.

The initiative, also backed by Thai family office VC Boon Ventures, will target blockchain projects specialised in Move, the programming language by Movement Labs.

Alphabet’s growth fund appointed Adam Naor and Monica Plaza as VP of business development and operating partner, respectively.