Corporates including Fujitsu, Mitsui Chemical, Daiwa, Hitachi and TDK have all committed to new startup investment funds since the start of 2025.

Luis Valdich, a CVC veteran of fintech investing, has formed VIM Investors, a firm focusing on secondary market transactions.

Travis Smith joins Siemens Energy Ventures as senior venture clienting manager, where he oversees a training programme for staff.

Munich Re Ventures has launched a $125m fund with capital from insurer HSB, to be invested in technology for de-risking industry.

Christoph Sommer is leaving his role in innovation at German utilities provider NEW, where he oversaw the group's venture clienting activity.

Kaweewut Temphuwapat held various innovation roles at PTT, Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company, before he moved to Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).

Despite raising less money than its previous fund, DG Daiwa Ventures plans to back plenty of AI, blockchain and security startups.

Alok Agrawal has left his role as the head of Canadian electronics company Celestica's CVC unit after more than five years with the company.

CryptoGames’ new investment unit will look at the web3 gaming ecosystem and the trading cards sector.

Small but agile startups working on open-source AI could challenge the leading large language model developers. This is why.