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The VC fund backed by E.ON has reached a $120m first close and promoted Patrick Elftmann to US managing partner.

Serial entrepreneur Andrew Brackin and seasoned VC Siri Srinivas have joined Alphabet’s early-stage AI fund as partners.

Investor and former NFL player Kerry Carter joins the pod to talk about why his athletes-first investment philosophy is key to making money in sports tech.

After serving a year as head of European financial technology at RBC Capital Markets, Jallad will become the investment director at Neom Investment Fund.

XGS is the third geothermal startup to raise cash this year, as the industry looks to overcome drilling costs and geography.

The Biomedical Fund will invest in Indonesian health tech and biotech startups.

Mital Patel, formerly vice president of strategic and fintech investments at Citi, has taken up a director of strategic investments role.

Equirus InnovateX Fund will invest in software, deeptech and fintech companies at seed stage, providing between $500,000 and $1m per deal.

Algorithmic trading group XTX Markets has named former investment manager Gabriele Papievyte as head of its corporate venturing unit.

Both the US and China are putting forward national biotech strategies. Here is an idea of the disruptions to expect.

German food companies are some of the new corporate investors in startup Infinite Roots.