Massachusetts Mutual Life's strategic investment arm has hired Timothy Krysiek, formerly a managing director at Equinor Ventures, to co-lead its $100m Climate Tech Fund.

Rising interest rates are knocking down traditional banks — witness Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse — but does this create space for new, alternative lenders or put them also at risk? We asked one of the most active investors in alternative lenders for his view.

After almost five years, GCV Powerlist mainstay and MS&AD Ventures founder Tak Sato has departed from his managing partner position.

Online trading platform eToro's valuation was cut by two-thirds in a $250m round this week, as the financial markets slump hits the sector.

Former CEO Ron Spector has been succeeded by Justin Greenstein, who was chief finance and operating officer.

Yamaha Motor's sophomore Exploratory Fund brings the amount it has committed to corporate VC to $300m in the past five years.

UBS and Goldman Sachs were part of a $23m round for Droit, which is expanding its regulatory compliance product to wealth management in a risk-conscious financial sector.

Kratos Studios and Chaos Labs each secured $20m, part of a raft of rounds this week showing corporates are still backing new Web3 startups despite the FTX fallout.

GCV Rising Star Steven Willinger has left the crypto platform’s CVC unit, where he helped lead venture deals.

Chirag Takker has been promoted to vice president at J.P. Morgan's corporate venture unit.