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The UK has long been a fintech hub, but the next generation of financial startups will be based on AI, and the UK ecosystem may not be funding these as fast as it should.
US corporate-backed startup funding saw a big contraction, with the fintech and industrial sectors hit hardest.
James Loftus who led the team since 2022 is moving to a CFO role at Velocity Global.
Luis Valdich, a CVC veteran of fintech investing, has formed VIM Investors, a firm focusing on secondary market transactions.
Kaweewut Temphuwapat held various innovation roles at PTT, Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company, before he moved to Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).
Despite raising less money than its previous fund, DG Daiwa Ventures plans to back plenty of AI, blockchain and security startups.
CryptoGames’ new investment unit will look at the web3 gaming ecosystem and the trading cards sector.
The Dutch bank will focus on the existing portfolio of 30 startups. It is the latest in a string of big corporations to rethink CVC operations.
The venture capital collective has recruited more than 80 credit unions for its second fintech-focused fund.
Chuman was the former unit head at KDDI’s Open Innovation Fund.
The Connecticut-based financial services firm plans to invest in insurtech and fintech startups.
Wei Soon Lum has left the VC unit at bank Standard Chartered to join the Singapore office of Malaysian bank CIMB.
Steindl is joining a new venture capital firm focused on European technology scale-ups.
The rebranded investment company welcomed the European Investment Fund as an anchor investor in its Growth Fund I.
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.
The corporates both committed further nine-figure sums to back startups in the rapidly growing Indian venture market.
Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.
Axa Venture Partners will invest nine-figure amounts through the new fund, which is expected to close in 2025 with its insurer parent putting up half the capital.
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