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Citi Ventures' Purushotham: Corporate investment is on the rise
Citi Ventures, set up 15 years ago, was an early pioneer in corporate investing. This is what Arvind Purushotham, who set up the unit, has learned about bringing startups and big business together.
Jan 20, 2026Yuzuriha leaves Honda for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's new venture arm
After two decades at Honda, Akihito Yuzuriha is taking a director role in SMBC’s new VC team.
Jan 12, 2026The most popular stories of 2025 — and what they tell us…
GCV readers were drawn to stories on AI and defence as well as articles outlining how the CVC sector is changing.
Dec 31, 2025The most active corporate investors of 2025
Crypto-native investors such as Coinbase Ventures and Animoca Brands wrote a large number of smaller cheques while AI chipmaker Nvidia emerged as a dominant venture force, especially for large funding rounds.
Dec 30, 2025More than 50 corporate investment funds created in 2025
Many of the new CVC units were launched by Asian corporates in Japan, China and Korea.
Dec 25, 2025Lloyd-Lyons leaves VC investing role at Fidelity
Joshua Lloyd-Lyons, former VP at Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, will head corporate development and M&A at portfolio company 73 Strings.
Dec 22, 2025Corporate investment in African startups reached 3-year high in early 2025
The first half of 2025 saw a 44% jump in the number of corporate-backed startup funding rounds in Africa.
Dec 19, 2025Read and Beatty leave American Family Ventures
Reed originally co-founded the unit as the investment arm of American Family Insurance in 2013.
Dec 12, 2025Other News
Vuyo Mpako leaves insurer Old Mutual's Next176 venture arm
Mpako set up the unit in 2021 and has seen the team build more than 12 companies, many of which have partnerships with Old Mutual.
Dec 10, 2025Bank of Brazil adds $57m to corporate VC
The Brazilian bank is expanding both its VC capital and its investment scope.
Dec 5, 2025Aycock joins PayPal's VC arm
Josh Aycock has worked as a VC investor and startup founder.
Dec 3, 2025Santander-backed VC Mouro Capital recruits Van Duffel
Cedric Van Duffel has joined Santander-funded fintech investor Mouro Capital as a senior associate after two years at venture firm SVV.
Dec 2, 2025HSBC VC investor Saunders launches startup
After three years as a venture investor at financial services firm HSBC's investment arm, Alex Saunders is launching a content marketing startup.
Nov 18, 2025ANZ Banking Group's former ventures head Rowe joins Australian fintech GXE
David Rowe left 1835i, the investment arm of ANZ Banking Group, after it was shuttered in October.
Nov 18, 2025Editor's Picks
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, 2023Indian ecosystem gets increased venture commitments from Zerodha and Krafton
The corporates both committed further nine-figure sums to back startups in the rapidly growing Indian venture market.
Aug 11, 2023Wayra Brasil and Vivo Ventures name new investment leads
Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.
May 29, 2023Axa bets big on late stage with $1.6bn CVC initiative
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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