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NGP Capital: learnings from a 15-year fund cycle
NGP Capital’s second fund produced six unicorns and top quartile returns while navigating significant change at Nokia, its corporate partner. Managing partner Paul Asel shares 6 insights others can take from the experience.
Nagraj Kashyap leaves Softbank Vision Fund
The corporate venturing veteran, who founded Microsoft’s CVC, M12, joins the list of recent departures from the embattled fund.
Verizon Ventures appoints new leaders from inside the company
The appointments are designed to tie the ventures team more directly to the parent’s corporate strategy.
Armor says farewell to Comcast Ventures
After serving 16 years at Comcast, GCV Emerging Leader Kim Armor plans to focus her attention on climate change.
MDI Ventures: startup investing in Indonesia is all about being local
MDI Ventures CEO Donald Wihardja tells us why local service providers can prosper where big multinationals can't, and why his firm is set to facilitate a new wave of corporate VC in Indonesia.
11 companies you probably forgot had CVC units
Remember Twitter's corporate venture fund? No? How about Adidas, Qantas or Disney? We delve into the past to go through some of the units time forgot.
Daily Deal Round Up: September 26, 2022
FTX-backed PayUp agreed to merge with IG Acquisition while multiple corporates participated in Line Man Wongnai’s $265m series B round.
Swisscom Ventures raises new $300m fund
Dominique Mégret has exclusively revealed to Global Venturing that the unit closed its fourth main fund in July, with 75% of the capital coming from external limited partners.
Other News
Telecoms incumbents part of $50bn worth of exits in 2021
Telecoms companies had 91 exits for their portfolio companies last year, with an estimated total value of $50bn.
What is strategic investing for a telecoms company in 2022?
As telecoms networks continue to expand their services, what even counts as a strategic investment these days? A selection of industry figures tell Global Venturing it can include Web3, ESG and 5G-related technologies.
SoftBank creates ripple of job moves in telecoms sector
Job moves in the investment arms of telecoms companies over the past year, many of them involving rotation at SoftBank.
Web3 is a 'game changer' for telecoms says Telefónica Ventures
Telefónica Ventures head of investments Pablo Moro tells Global Venturing Web3 and the metaverse are now among its priorities, with play-to-earn, tokenisation, VR and AR among the potential strategic areas.
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NGP Capital: learnings from a 15-year fund cycle
NGP Capital’s second fund produced six unicorns and top quartile returns while navigating significant change at Nokia, its corporate partner. Managing partner Paul Asel shares 6 insights others can take from the experience.
Nagraj Kashyap leaves Softbank Vision Fund
The corporate venturing veteran, who founded Microsoft’s CVC, M12, joins the list of recent departures from the embattled fund.
Armor says farewell to Comcast Ventures
After serving 16 years at Comcast, GCV Emerging Leader Kim Armor plans to focus her attention on climate change.
11 companies you probably forgot had CVC units
Remember Twitter's corporate venture fund? No? How about Adidas, Qantas or Disney? We delve into the past to go through some of the units time forgot.
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