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Florian Noell, EMEA startups, scaleups and venturing leader at PwC, is one of the leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Co-managed by Innoh Associates, the CVC unit will operate for seven years and back strategic areas such as marketing, retail, energy and AI.

The $11.4m fund will be co-managed by M&A consultancy Paradigm Shift, and it is part of the funeral firm’s 70th anniversary business plan.

PanasonicWell appointed Christie Pitts to identify family-oriented investment, partnership and M&A opportunities.

The Bakery will help clients build CVC strategies while Staged Ventures will manage the funds and Pipe Ventures will provide deal flow.

Having invested in 16 companies and scored two exits, the firm’s new investment vehicle will continue to back edtech startups.

Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.

Former senior director Breton Birkhofer has taken a managing director role at DivcoWest where he will focus on early-stage real estate and construction technology.

Maersk is transforming from a shipping line to a tech-powered logistics company and Shereen El Zarkani, head of Maersk Growth, how startups will play a part.

Less-than-container-load specialist Allcargo has harnessed venture firm Northstar.vc for a partnership that will combine on supply chain technology investments.