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Energy And Natural Resources

Electricity companies back startups that can squeeze more power through the grid

From digital twins to superconducting transmission lines, energy companies are looking technologies to bring more renewable generation onto the grid.

Feb 11, 2025

Japan's Toho Gas targets new industries with $33m venture fund

The gas utility will back startups in food and agriculture, wellness, real estate and tourism as it seeks to use corporate VC to expand its business.

Feb 7, 2025

Sguazzi joins Mind the Bridge venture builder

Andrea Sguazzi spent several years at Italy's Enel Group where he formed collaborations with the parent and startups.

Feb 7, 2025

Kodama to head Japanese utility JERA's corporate VC arm

A decade after forming real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm, Takeshi Kodama is set to take over at Japan's JERA Ventures.

Feb 6, 2025

Nine recycling tech startups to watch

From nuclear waste recycling to making T-shirts out of plastic bottles, here are nine of the most interesting new companies in the recycling sector.

Jan 21, 2025

Heerings leaves Eneco Ventures for cleantech role

After six years at Dutch energy utility Eneco's corporate VC subsidiary, legal specialist Susan Heerings is moving to clean energy investor Meewind.

Jan 20, 2025

A new US president and the data centre boom will boost the…

Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.

Jan 6, 2025

CVC's most active investors in 2024 - and how they invested

GCV has looked through our data to find the busiest investors in corporate venture capital. Here's how and where they invested in 2024.

Jan 1, 2025

Other News

Huge AI funds, obesity drugs and carbon capture – the CVC trends…

AI funding rounds commanded huge prices in 2024, but corporate investors also made large bets in healthcare, energy and robotics.

Dec 25, 2024

Shioyama takes on CVC role at Japanese power company JERA

Shioyama was a principal at Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm for five years.

Dec 13, 2024

Special report: CVCs leading transformational change

When companies face foundational change, the corporate investment unit can often become a pathfinder for new business ideas.

Dec 9, 2024

Future Energy Ventures finds opportunities amid solar and EV "disaster"

Investors can find opportunities in startups that can overcome the roadblocks in the solar and electric vehicle markets, says FEV's Jan Lozek.

Nov 29, 2024

Venture fund president Smith moves up at National Grid

Steve Smith has expanded his role at National Grid Partners to become the energy utility group's new chief strategy and regulation officer.

Nov 28, 2024

Coca-Cola is looking for moonshots to help it reach net zero goal

The global drinks brand invests in early-stage startups and academic research where it can get closely involved in testing out the technologies at its operations.

Nov 4, 2024

Editor's Picks

The Big Deal: Husk targets "half the planet" with its solar systems

Husk Power Systems has just raised $100m from investors including Shell to build 1,500 solar mini-grids in India and Nigeria in the next four to five years.

Oct 27, 2023

The Big Deal: EH2 becomes hydrogen tech's first unicorn

Ten corporate investors were part of a $380m series C round this week, including Fortescue, United Airlines, Rio Tinto, Amazon, Microsoft and BP.

Oct 6, 2023

Reality check: Has the IRA made the US a magnet for cleantech…

The US's $369bn climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), promises to put the US at the forefront of the clean energy transition, but the act has its limitations.

Oct 5, 2023

Long and short-term bets investors should make on sustainable aviation fuel

Algae, alcohol and electrofuels all have potential for creating sustainable aviation fuel — but which ones are winning backing from industry?

Aug 16, 2023
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