Corporate investors have been the most active backers of startups in the country, focusing on fintech, ecommerce and logistics.

Basma Kharrat will take over the advanced materials maker's corporate venture activities when VP of internal and external venturing Minas Apelian retires in September.

Peter Lenke has succeeded Matt Sonefeldt as head of the enterprise software provider's corporate venture unit following more than six years running CVC and M&A activity at Twitter.

Stepan Braginskiy has been promoted to investment manager at Sabic’s strategic unit, having helped lead deals including ReVentas and BioWish.

Sunita Parasuraman's departure from Meta's New Product Experimentation Group follows mass layoffs at the corporate.

Former H&M Group Ventures head Nanna Andersen has moved up to take on the role of head of New Growth & Ventures at H&M Group.

Clara Andreoletti has taken up US-based president and CEO roles for the corporate venturing unit of Eni.

America’s Frontier Fund hired Faran Nouri, formerly global head of Lam Capital, for a role focusing on microelectronics investments.

Massachusetts Mutual Life's strategic investment arm has hired Timothy Krysiek, formerly a managing director at Equinor Ventures, to co-lead its $100m Climate Tech Fund.

Robert Kaplan, formerly a director for SoftBank’s Vision Funds, has taken up a partner of Americas position.