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Kodama to head Japanese utility JERA's corporate VC arm
A decade after forming real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm, Takeshi Kodama is set to take over at Japan's JERA Ventures.
Feb 6, 2025Startup funding rounds involving corporate investors rise 20% by value
The number of corporate investors has tripled in the last decade and they are now part of one in every six startup funding rounds.
Feb 3, 2025Carlos Kokron joins French utility Schneider Electric's venture arm
After a 7-year stint with Qualcomm Ventures, Carlos Kokron has joined French utility giant Schneider Electric's CVC unit as general partner.
Jan 29, 2025Brazil's Braskem shuts investment arm, Oxygea Ventures
The Brazilian petrochemical company has a new CEO and is restructuring amid a slowdown in oil and gas.
Jan 27, 2025Nine recycling tech startups to watch
From nuclear waste recycling to making T-shirts out of plastic bottles, here are nine of the most interesting new companies in the recycling sector.
Jan 21, 2025Heerings leaves Eneco Ventures for cleantech role
After six years at Dutch energy utility Eneco's corporate VC subsidiary, legal specialist Susan Heerings is moving to clean energy investor Meewind.
Jan 20, 2025What the Trump administration means for corporate venturers
The new US Trump administration's policies will likely lead to far-reaching changes in health, defence, crypto, semiconductor and energy sectors.
Jan 20, 2025How investors can build a great platform team: 6 tips
From finding startup champions at the corporate parent to having a pot of money to test technologies, here are steps for building a successful portfolio development team.
Jan 17, 202512 groundbreaking global university spinouts that raised funding in 2024
Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.
Jan 8, 2025A new US president and the data centre boom will boost the…
Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.
Jan 6, 20258 tips for investing in Japan’s university spinouts
Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.
Jan 2, 2025CVC's most active investors in 2024 - and how they invested
GCV has looked through our data to find the busiest investors in corporate venture capital. Here's how and where they invested in 2024.
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