Consumer

Yong-Jung Park, who spent six years as investment director at Naver, joined its D2SF unit to lead AI, consumer and enterprise software deals.

Isa Fuhrmann-Breitholtz, formerly head of Silicon Valley Hub at toy producer Lego’s CVC unit, launched South Bay to back real estate startups.

Alongside fintech and consumer startups, this sector has seen the most startups go into administration since 2022. These are some of the reasons why.

Indian stockbrokerage Zerodha was one of the early entrants into the country's startup ecosystem. Now, it says, the next big era of Indian CVC is coming.

Corporate investors are leaning into the ways they are different from VC investors and reaping the benefit in a tricky investment climate.

Humanoid robots have gone from theory to reality thanks to advances in AI and falls in component costs — and corporate investors are interested.

Olivier Garel, managing partner at Unilever Ventures, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Dong-Su Kim, CEO of LG Technology Ventures, is one of the leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Juan Palacios, managing director of Btomorrow Ventures, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Rachel Sheppard, director of ventures at Mars Petcare, is one of the leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Gen Tsuchikawa, chairman of Sony Ventures, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.