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This is what insurance sector investors are looking for now
Insurance CVCs are eyeing up the potential of AI even if regulation may make adoption slow. Climate risk mitigation and quantum are also on the menu. Blockchain — not so much.
May 2, 2024Munich Re Ventures promotes three team members
Alex Kamenetskiy is now managing partner at the CVC unit, while Ian Sanders and Sabeeha Islam are SVP and VP of portfolio development.
May 1, 2024Shure gets promoted at Sella Direct Ventures
Jeremy Shure will continue to identify and invest in fintech startups in Europe and North America for Sella Group’s CVC unit.
May 1, 2024Rodrigues joins BP Ventures as Europe MD
Kevin Rodrigues will take over the Europe-related duties from fellow managing director Sophia Nadur, who will focus on the global south.
Apr 30, 202421 women to watch CVC in Mediterranean Europe
Europe is known for its CVC units with Southern Europe launching more and more firms. Here are the women putting Southern Europe's venturing ecosystem on the map.
Apr 24, 2024Carbon capture deals dominated energy investing in Q1
Clean energy in general and carbon capture projects in particular were the key focus for energy sector investors in the first quarter of this year.
Apr 11, 2024Five global retailers launch $125m VC fund, W23 Global
The joint fund will invest in strategic areas like supply chain and sustainability for Tesco, Ahold Delhaize, Woolworths, Empire and Shoprite.
Apr 9, 2024Jensen moves up at BayWa RE Energy Ventures
Iris Jensen, formerly senior associate at the German clean energy company Baywa RE’s CVC arm, has taken up an investment manager role.
Apr 3, 2024Other News
AC Ventures leads a flurry of CVC unit closures
Arca Continental has shut its CVC arm, one of the more prominent units in Latin America, as the likes of SAP, ZF and Verizon fall back.
Mar 29, 2024French nuclear energy provider Orano launches $54m CVC fund
Orano Venture Fund will run for five years and invest in about 20 industrial startups.
Mar 26, 2024ABN Amro Bank invests in climate fund
ABN Amro earmarked $1.1bn for green technology funding, with Nordic Alpha Partners’ Fund II being its fourth climate-related fund investment.
Mar 19, 2024Ritzmann to head E.On Group Innovation
Mark Ritzmann has become CEO at German utility E.On’s innovation and incubation subsidiary, after six years at the firm.
Mar 19, 2024PDS Ventures launches a fashion accelerator
The Trailblazer Programme will enroll eight fashion startups that provide innovative technologies to fashion value chain.
Mar 13, 2024Wang promoted at Deutsche Bank Corporate Venture Capital
Karen Hui-Ying Wang started her career at Deutsche Bank as an analyst in 2016.
Mar 8, 2024Editor'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, 2024Maersk 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, 2024Turkey: 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, 2023Reality 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.
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