Naver’s accelerator arm backed two US startups last month, Claythis and YesPlz, and will continue to seek out opportunities in North America.

After launching Socium Ventures in 2023 with a $300m fund, the US conglomerate has announced a second $300m targeting tech startups.

Adam Coccari has become the managing director of HubSpot Ventures following two years leading US business software provider Intuit's CVC.

DMG Ventures has announced two new $32m funds that will use media for equity arrangements, an increasingly common investment strategy.

While 65% of US ad spend has slipped from traditional media to the hands of Amazon, Google and Facebook, the Times of India has protected its market share on the subcontinent by investing in startups. The publishing group now wants to bring the model to the US.

Alphabet’s growth fund appointed Adam Naor and Monica Plaza as VP of business development and operating partner, respectively.

After launching crypto CVC Circle Ventures and leading it for three years, Wyatt Lonergan has founded a Web3 VC firm with a Circle colleague.

Tran has led the packaged food company's venture capital arm since 2022 but is now leaving to support his wife's startup.

The longed-for recovery in startup exits hasn't yet arrived. But those startups that did get bought or publicly listed in September did so at higher prices.

Baris Aksoy has left Allianz-backed VC fund AV8 after five years, during which time he sat on the boards of a number of tech startups.