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Big software companies under threat as AI undermines business models

Enterprise software will no longer be designed with humans in mind, upending the sector and putting incumbents and even startups at risk.

Jan 7, 2025

Japanese 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, 2025

CVC's most active investors in 2024 - and how they invested

GCV has looked through our data to find the busiest investors in corporate venture capital. Here's how and where they invested in 2024.

Jan 1, 2025

Huge AI funds, obesity drugs and carbon capture – the CVC trends…

AI funding rounds commanded huge prices in 2024, but corporate investors also made large bets in healthcare, energy and robotics.

Dec 25, 2024

Swiss software company Hashgraph forms $100m Web3 venture fund

The fund will be managed by Hashgraph's venture subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates.

Dec 20, 2024

Bosch's China-based VC raises $69m for second fund

Bosch has returned to anchor the $206m second fund for its Chinese corporate VC arm, following a $155m debut fund three years ago.

Dec 12, 2024

Gal Avital leaves Microsoft's venture fund to join Oracle

Avital will be responsible for building strategic partnerships between startups and Oracle .

Dec 12, 2024

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, 2024

Other News

Japanese 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, 2024

DTCP invests into Europe's scramble to get data centres ready for AI

Europe has a growing need for data centres capable of handling new AI services, and which can run on sustainable energy.

Nov 27, 2024

AI accelerated legal tech funding – this is how it takes the…

Legal technology funding has boomed in the wake of ChatGPT, and startups – and law firms – that don't use artificial intelligence are going to be left behind.

Nov 18, 2024

Pressure mounts on quantum companies to deliver corporate use case

Corporate investors are still showing strong interest in quantum computing, but there is growing pressure to show these bets will pay off.

Nov 13, 2024

Chinese gen AI startup Zhipu launches $211m fund

One of China's leading AI startups has reportedly launched a fund investing in early-stage large language model companies.

Nov 5, 2024

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, 2024

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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, 2024

Sony and Intel back company making key part for next wave of…

UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.

Feb 13, 2024

Data problem slows corporate investment in AI

Adequate data collection and processing are not yet in place to ensure AI-based large language models will be useful to industry.

Aug 23, 2023

Bigger than the internet: Why corporates need to place bets on gen…

The valuations of generative AI startups are high and the tech is still untested, but corporate investors should still take some early bets.

Aug 11, 2023
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