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He will continue to serve as CFO and board director of Avant’s subsidiary Zeal Corporation.
Fukuoka Financial Group has launched its second corporate venturing fund, a joint venture between its CVC arm and fund manager SBI Investment.
The ¥5bn fund will be operated jointly with Simplex Capital Investment and invest in content and technology-focused startups.
A spokesperson for the company confirmed the Chemovator incubator has shut down. It comes amid restructuring of the company.
With the IPO market still stalled many corporate investment arms are turning to the secondary market to generate liquidity that can be recycled into backing new AI startups.
He alluded to sharing soon what’s next in his new career chapter in a LinkedIn post.
Former Zeon Ventures president Yoshi Kagawa will run corporate VC operations for the mining and metals group, which launched its second fund in December.
Next 15, Mach 49's owner, says it discovered potential misconduct after assessing an earnout payment due to be paid to Mach49 after it acquired the business in 2000.
The early-stage corporate venture unit is raising its fifth AI-focused fund.
Kaweewut Temphuwapat, newly installed CEO of Siam Commercial Bank's venture arm, is targeting US startups to build on partnerships with the likes of Ripple and Together AI.
This is one of 10 AI products being created by International Airline Group's in-house AI development team and the first glimpse into the company's revitalised innovation strategy.
The London-based exchange plans to hold regular sales of shares in private companies in a bid to unlock liquidity for investors and company shareholders.
Josh Just will be a part of the enterprise strategy and business development group.
ABB's corporate VC units are now run by each of its core businesses while PTT subsidiary GC has centralised its structure, but what are the benefits of each approach?
Some 46 corporate-backed startups had an exit in May, a handful at more than $1bn. But the market is still in a holding pattern.
Raj Singh, head of JLL's investment arm, sees opportunities in the AI data centre boom and the prospect of rethinking a document-heavy sector.
Asian corporate investors have become more prominent in the ecosystem and many CVC units are trying alternative models.
The UK has long been a fintech hub, but the next generation of financial startups will be based on AI, and the UK ecosystem may not be funding these as fast as it should.
In advance of this year’s GCV Symposium, Vinay Solanki of Channel 4 Ventures tells us everything you need to know about London’s VC scene.
The past year has seen the spinning out of several corporate VC units. Is it a sign of something bigger?
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