Jon Soberg, CEO and managing partner at MS&AD Ventures, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Matt Sueoka, senior VP and global head of Amex Ventures, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Bill Taranto, president at MSD Global Health Innovation Fund, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Thomas Whiteaker, co-founder and partner at IBM Ventures, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

South Africa's strong fintech sector, financial and regulatory systems make it an opportunity for foreign investors, but local corporates need to help seed the startup ecosystem.

The Bakery will help clients build CVC strategies while Staged Ventures will manage the funds and Pipe Ventures will provide deal flow.

Kuroneko Innovation Fund 2 has $51.5m in capital to continue to invest in strategic areas like cleantech, spacetech, fintech, robotics and AI.

Allstate Strategic Ventures is finalising a new investment vehicle that will focus on long-term horizon investments in areas like climate tech.

Javier Gonzalez will be the director of Alantra's corporate venture capital team.

SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered bank, has gone big on building its own startups. It has launched more than 15 so far and always has a pipeline of 30 projects.