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HTGF heightens investments as inflation bites
German investment firm High-Tech Gründerfonds has launched a new fund that aims to fill the gap in larger financings.
IMI Critical hires Placidi to run venture studio
The flow control technology provider has recruited Marco Placidi to head its open innovation arm following a stint in corporate venturing for Halma.
Investors set sights on defence tech
Investors are becoming increasingly comfortable in putting their money behind national defence.
Ortgiese treks to Trumpf Venture
Trumpf’s corporate VC subsidiary has hired Jens Ortgiese, a former venturing director at Stihl Group, as principal.
GVR Podcast: The fruits of spinning out
Brian Schettler, of AEI HorizonX, joined the Global Venturing Review podcast to talk about the reasons for its decision to become independent from parent Boeing.
Cristiani christened general partner at SE Ventures
Corporate venturing veteran Julien Cristiani will lead Europe and Israel investments for Schneider Electric’s $1bn investment arm.
Møller moves to ABB Electrification
Corporate venturing veteran Mads Møller has joined ABB electronification as head of ventures and group vice president.
Spin to win: Why Boeing spun out its venture unit
It was through crisis that Boeing’s CVC unit had to spin out nearly two years ago, but now it gets to have its cake and eat it, too.
Other News
Godorr to lead Sasol Ventures
After nearly three decades at Sasol, Sven Godorr has joined its newly formed CVC arm, Sasol Ventures, as the venture capital technology lead.
HTGF harnesses 45 corporates to close $524m fund
Seed-stage investor High-Tech Gründerfonds secured backing from a range of German corporates for its fourth fund, taking its total capital under management past €1.3bn.
TDK Ventures unveils India hub
Siddharth Mehta and Varadharajan Ranganathan will help TDK’s CVC arm invest in cleantech, EV and industry 5.0 startups based in the country.
How to break the ‘not-invented-here’ curse: 5 lessons in open innovation
ABB Electrification has learned a lot about working effectively with startups in the three years since it started the Startup Challenge programme.
RTX Ventures takes aim at emerging defence technologies
Startups creating defence technologies like drones, AI and hypersonics are in demand. But can they work well with big defence contractors?
Can innovative material startups cross the chasm?
Materials startups can struggle to move from early adopters to the mass market. These are the 3 main hurdles and how to overcome them.
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IMI Critical hires Placidi to run venture studio
The flow control technology provider has recruited Marco Placidi to head its open innovation arm following a stint in corporate venturing for Halma.
Investors set sights on defence tech
Investors are becoming increasingly comfortable in putting their money behind national defence.
Ortgiese treks to Trumpf Venture
Trumpf’s corporate VC subsidiary has hired Jens Ortgiese, a former venturing director at Stihl Group, as principal.
Cristiani christened general partner at SE Ventures
Corporate venturing veteran Julien Cristiani will lead Europe and Israel investments for Schneider Electric’s $1bn investment arm.