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Bloomberg puts up another $75m for venture investments
Media group Bloomberg has supplied a further $75m for its venture firm, Bloomberg Beta, taking its total assets under management to $450m.
Jun 10, 2025IBM picks New York for AI accelerator
WatsonX AI Labs will link local startups and researchers with IBM talent to jointly develop AI products, with funding from IBM Ventures potentially available.
Jun 3, 2025Hyundai Motor launches $91m investment fund
The Korean carmaker has collected capital from 10 of its affiliate companies for a fund that will back frontier technologies such as AI and robotics.
May 28, 2025SCB 10X head Panich leaves to launch $250m AI fund
Tai Panich has departed from the $700m CVC fund she formed in 2020 and has recruited corporate LPs for AI-focused firm AIconic Ventures.
May 9, 2025TDK Ventures takes the wrapper off new $150m fund
Electronics manufacturer TDK's venture unit is targeting 'iconic' startups with its latest fund, seeking technologies that can define new markets.
Apr 22, 2025Telecoms firm KDDI launches $34m Open Innovation Fund V
The Japanese telecoms firm has again teamed with venture firm Global Brain, for a fund that will prioritise artificial intelligence and deeptech.
Apr 10, 2025Tokyo's subway system launches $20m venture arm
Tokyo Metro Ventures will target startups that can improve the value of its stations and solve issues on its lines.
Mar 17, 2025National Grid says $100m AI fund will help ease pressures on network
The utility's corporate venture arm, National Grid Partners, is reserving $100m for AI deals as it looks to tackle electrification and the energy needs of data centres.
Mar 14, 2025Other News
IT services group Wipro boosts its venture arm to $500m
Wipro Ventures has received a further $200m in capital from its parent company as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Mar 3, 2025Schwabe-backed NaturalX fund launches to tap consumer health trend
The venture firm is targeting consumer health startups that can prevent illness before it happens and has secured health product maker Schwabe as its financier.
Feb 20, 2025Corporate-backed startup funding levels at two-year high
The volume of CVC deals jumped 31% from a year ago, while the return of large deals pushed up the value of funding rounds by 167%.
Feb 10, 2025Media company Thomson Reuters launches $150m corporate VC fund
Thomson Reuters Ventures’ second fund, launched four years after its first, will back fintech, news and media, legal and accounting startups.
Feb 10, 2025Japan's Toho Gas targets new industries with $33m venture fund
The gas utility will back startups in food and agriculture, wellness, real estate and tourism as it seeks to use corporate VC to expand its business.
Feb 7, 2025UK financial services firm Aviva launches $185m venture fund
The insurance and financial services group will offer its pension investors access to startups through the fund, which will target areas including health and fintech.
Feb 3, 2025Editor's Picks
The Atlanta Hawks have a VC fund — but it isn't targeting…
David Garcia, head of National Basketball Association team the Atlanta Hawks' venture fund, is targeting consumer experience ventures rather than sports technology.
Jul 21, 2023Coke launches $137.7m sustainability fund
The beverage giant and eight of its bottlers are pitching in to invest in sustainability across their ecosystem.
Jul 14, 2023Fonterra launches NSS fund
The New Zealand dairy producer’s Nutrition Science Solutions unit has disclosed a $10m investment in US microbiome startup Pendulum.
Jun 13, 2023Rome's airport operator announces early-stage fund
ADR Ventures will invest in travel, hospitality and aviation technology on behalf of Aeroporti di Roma and fund graduates of its Fiumicino Innovation Hub accelerator.
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