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PDS Ventures launches a fashion accelerator

The Trailblazer Programme will enroll eight fashion startups that provide innovative technologies to fashion value chain.

Mar 13, 2024

Wang promoted at Deutsche Bank Corporate Venture Capital

Karen Hui-Ying Wang started her career at Deutsche Bank as an analyst in 2016.

Mar 8, 2024

ABB launches Motion Ventures

Ana Troncoso Ceola will lead ABB Motion Ventures focused on sustainability and energy transition, which falls under the ABB Ventures umbrella.

Mar 6, 2024

Fluidra launches $21.7m corporate VC fund

The swimming pool maker's new CVC, Fluidra Ventures, will invest in technology startups shaping the pool and wellness sector.

Mar 5, 2024

National Grid looks to speed up startup collaboration as net zero pressures…

Steve Smith, the new head of National Grid Partners, has shifted focus to technologies that directly impact the operation of the power grid.

Feb 29, 2024

CVC Unplugged: How Sopra Steria fixed a CVC strategy that wasn't working

Sopra Steria Ventures wasn't delivering value for the parent company. Socheat Chhay came in a year ago to turn the unit around.

Feb 28, 2024

Zacua Ventures nets $56m for first fund from 19 corporates

Volvo, Cemex and Procore are among the limited partners backing Zacua’s investments into next-generation construction

Feb 27, 2024

Video: Midlands Mindforge seeks VC partners for UK spinout fund  

The fund is raising an initial £150m to finance deep tech startups from eight universities in the UK Midlands.

Feb 15, 2024

Other News

Sony and Intel back company making key part for next wave of…

UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.

Feb 13, 2024

Tel Venture Capital hires four global team members

Tokyo Electron’s strategic investment unit has four new members based in Japan, South Korea, Israel and Ireland.

Feb 8, 2024

Baral joins urban air mobility firm Joby Aviation

Corporate VC veteran Stephan Baral has left Porsche Ventures to join the electric takeoff and landing aircraft maker.

Feb 8, 2024

National Grid Partners unveils new leadership team

The UK utility’s CVC unit will be led by Stephen Smith, who is joined by GCV Powerlist member Pradeep Tagare, among others.

Feb 6, 2024

Perez leaves Deutsche Bank CVC

Deutsche Bank Venture Capital’s former CVC head, Gil Perez, will join law firm Freshfields in April as its California-based chief innovation officer.

Feb 6, 2024

UK corporates fail to invest in the startup ecosystem

UK corporates invest in the domestic innovation ecosystem less than US, French and German peers. The government is trying to change that.

Feb 5, 2024

Editor's Picks

Sony and Intel back company making key part for next wave of…

UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.

Feb 13, 2024

Maersk shifts to venture client approach to move faster on new tech

Maersk revamped its Maersk Growth innovation unit in June with a new team and a change in how it invests in tech and sustainability.

Jan 5, 2024

Turkey: Can CVC remove the funding roadblocks for startups?

Turkey has the ingredients to be a top tech market, but it needs investors to take more risk if its startups are to get past early stage.

Oct 11, 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
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