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Crypto head Zhao turns Binance CVC into private wealth fund
Four months after serving a custodial sentence for money laundering offences, Changpeng Zhao has turned Binance Labs into a family office.
Jan 24, 2025Eli Lilly and Andreessen Horowitz partner on $500m heath tech fund
The fund will be managed by the US venture capital firm's healthcare team.
Jan 13, 2025Risks are growing but insurers are cutting back investment in startups
Uncertainty in the insurance sector is growing as climate change exacerbates natural disasters. But insurance companies appear to be slowing investment in new technologies that could help.
Jan 10, 2025US wealth manager Edward Jones launches investment arm
The US financial services company has launched Edward Jones Ventures, focusing on fintech startups to advance its wealth management offerings.
Jan 8, 2025Balasubramaniam leaves Walmart for McAfee corp dev role
After four years running the US retail giant's investment arm, Balasubramaniam has left to become McAfee's head of corporate development.
Jan 7, 2025Japanese internet group LY's $190m investment fund
LY Corporation, the company formed when Yahoo Japan merged with Line, will explore deep tech with CVC subsidiary Z Venture Capital's second fund.
Jan 6, 2025Colombian energy group ISA starts $130m corporate venturing fund
ISA partnered with Wayra and Telefónica Movistar and launched Inndigo, which intends to invest $130m in energy transition startups by 2030.
Dec 23, 2024MS&AD Ventures launches $100m fifth fund
With the launch of its new fund, the Japanese insurer's corporate venturing unit has assets under management of $400m, up tenfold since its first fund.
Dec 19, 2024Other News
Japanese office design company De-Sign starts CVC
De-Sign Capital Fund 1 already made an investment in Any, an AI-based enterprise insight management platform producer.
Dec 4, 2024Mitsui Mining and Smelting launches $33m investment fund
Like the first edition, Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund II will be jointly managed by CVC-as-a-service group SBI Investment.
Dec 3, 2024Japan's geospatial tech group Asia Air Survey launches investment unit
The Japanese aerial survey firm’s corporate venturing unit will invest in spatial information and decarbonisation technologies.
Dec 2, 2024Japanese software company PCA starts $13m CVC unit
Dubbed Iidabashi Cross Partners and led by Masaki Hasegawa, the fund will invest in back-office software developers.
Dec 2, 2024Indian payments platform Razorpay launches B2B software fund
Razorpay has launched a fund backing early-stage B2B software startups across a range of industries, with up to $1m per investment.
Nov 14, 2024Misra to leave SoftBank Vision Fund after seven extraordinary years
Rajeev Misra is formally leaving his leadership role at SoftBank's venture capital arm after seven years defined by controversy.
Nov 12, 2024Editor's Picks
Corporate AI funds: The list
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
Oct 29, 2024Indian 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.
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