Consumer

After a successful string of investments, the corporate boosts corporate venture capital fund.

Europe's consumer startups are hitting a rich vein of acquisitions, and the media-for-equity investors that backed them are set to reap the rewards.

Karl Swensson will be investment director at PINC, the corporate venture arm of the food and beverage group.

March may not have had the fireworks of an xAI-SpaceX merger, but longer-term growth now looks locked in.

The fund will invest in digital workplace technologies, collaboration and creativity tools, digital inclusion and solutions linked to decarbonisation and the circular economy.

The new vehicle is double the size of its predecessor and will back startups with up to €5m.

Our project to highlight the outstanding women working in corporate venturing now focuses on the UK.

Noah Chaikof is seeking to invest in startups building in AI, ecommerce and marketplaces in North America.

Wang has joined Nuvini, a company that buys software as a service companies in Latin America to help them grow internationally.

ETH Zürich spinout company Haelixa has developed a technology that uses DNA to mark raw materials and finished products as a way to verify their authenticity with uses in textiles, the diamond sector and food.

Many of the first wave of alternative materials — from pineapple leathers to silk alternatives — failed. A handful of new startups, however, are attracting money and partnerships. Can it work better this time?