Orano Venture Fund will run for five years and invest in about 20 industrial startups.

Michael Buzzo will now serve as the head of ventures at BHP Ventures, the corporate venture arm of the Australian mining company.

He served a year as the director of the UAV Sustainable Flight Fund before becoming managing partner.

He will oversee the cloud data management automation platform’s strategic investments.

Mark Ritzmann has become CEO at German utility E.On’s innovation and incubation subsidiary, after six years at the firm.

Deepak Mishra, who was part of CSAA and MS&AD’s respective CVC units, will focus on data and AI in his principal role at Hitachi Ventures.

After serving two years as senior associate, Joshua Pulman has been promoted to senior vice president at Truist’s CVC unit.

Bharat Rajaram will serve as the managing director and head of Aflac Global Ventures.

Steven Ahn, corporate strategy lead, Owens Corning Venture Investments, is one of our Top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2024.

Thomas Borchers, investment principal, Deutsche Bank, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2024.