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Cencosud Ventures: Why corporate VCs should be customers of startups

If a venturing unit want to maximise a startup’s chance of scaling its technology in a corporate, it should become a customer, says Cencosud Ventures’ Pascual.

Mar 6, 2025

BMW i Ventures: Car sector faces dangerous moment in technology shift

AI, connectivity and electrification are changing the customer’s automotive experience, and incumbents must innovate while shepherding them through it to avoid disruption.

Feb 27, 2025

Leaps by Bayer: We’re looking for agtech zebras, not unicorns

Agtech investing has been slow, but new genetics and digital technologies could bring back the big success stories, says Leaps by Bayer’s PJ Amini.

Feb 20, 2025

Galicia Ventures: Argentina moving from fintech "experiments" to scalable opportunities

A mix of economic crises and a great knowledge base has made Argentinians great founders, says Grupo Galicia CVC head Sebastián Spena.

Feb 13, 2025

Corporates rush to invest in AI agents

The next step in AI is creating agents that can run multi-step tasks for us, from sales outreach to diary management. This is how investors at Microsoft's M12 are thinking about the opportunity.

Feb 12, 2025

Colombia emerges as a launchpad to Latin America for investors

Colombia is climbing global innovation rankings and more startups are approaching unicorn status. VCs are taking note.

Feb 7, 2025

Booming cybersecurity sector faces an exit problem, says Okta's CVC head

Okta Ventures' Austin Arensberg says cybersecurity startups need a new strategy from series B onwards if they want a profitable exit.

Feb 6, 2025

A new US president and the data centre boom will boost the…

Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.

Jan 6, 2025

Other News

As money flows back into transport, investors look beyond just moving people

CVCs invested over 50% more dollars in transport year-on-year, while they train their eye on connected industries in 2025

Jan 2, 2025

Is seed really the new series A?

Rounds are getting bigger and investors want to see more earlier, but the distinction between them is still important.

Dec 17, 2024

Stock market CVCs look for better infrastructure in changing markets

Longer hours and better tech are changing the way people trade, and the way CVCs need to search for innovation.

Dec 12, 2024

Best Nights VC invests in startups combatting our "epidemic of loneliness"

Mast-Jägermeister's CVC is backing companies tempting people to meet in real life again.

Nov 25, 2024

Brazilian market still draws corporate investors despite headwinds

Even during its current rough patch, investors in Brazil are confident in the fundamentals of the market.

Nov 6, 2024

Ensemble Innovation Ventures seeks solutions for US healthcare's staffing gap

With shortages in labour and resources in the US healthcare system, medium-sized funds have a unique role to play to bridge the gaps.

Oct 29, 2024

Editor'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, 2024

The Big Deal: Meatable readies its lab-grown meat for market

The alternative meat sector is struggling but DSM Venturing believes there is a future for lab grown meat as regulatory hurdles are overcome.

Aug 15, 2023

Europe has the tools to match the US on deep tech

A growing appetite to commercialise European research is bridging the trans-Atlantic technology gap, according to Deeptech Labs’ Miles Kirby.

Aug 1, 2023

AI that will read your car manual and tell you when to…

And several other bets that Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion Ventures is making on what the car will look like in 10 years.

May 19, 2023
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