Caterpillar Ventures is hiking its deal sizes as it looks to capitalise on growing interest in mining technology, unit head Mark Crawford tells us.

Daniel Correa and Ajey Kaushal, formerly senior associates at JLL Spark, have been promoted to principals.

James Loftus reveals the seven areas where the PayPal Ventures team is keen to make investment in startups.

Sid Siddeek has turned Nvidia's NVentures into one of the world's most active CVCs, and he says drug development is just one area AI will transform.

The snack producer’s renewed CVC unit will focus on investing in more mature food businesses for eventual acquisitions.

A few months after LG Tech Ventures lifted its capital to $768m, the parent firm has backed Vista to seek AI, bio and automotive companies.

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

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.

The Canada-headquartered media group will invest over $100m per year in generative AI companies in a bid to enhance its offerings.