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Citi Ventures' Purushotham: Corporate investment is on the rise

Citi Ventures, set up 15 years ago, was an early pioneer in corporate investing. This is what Arvind Purushotham, who set up the unit, has learned about bringing startups and big business together.


Jan 20, 2026

Yuzuriha leaves Honda for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking's new venture arm

After two decades at Honda, Akihito Yuzuriha is taking a director role in SMBC’s new VC team.

Jan 12, 2026

The most popular stories of 2025 — and what they tell us…

GCV readers were drawn to stories on AI and defence as well as articles outlining how the CVC sector is changing.

Dec 31, 2025

The most active corporate investors of 2025

Crypto-native investors such as Coinbase Ventures and Animoca Brands wrote a large number of smaller cheques while AI chipmaker Nvidia emerged as a dominant venture force, especially for large funding rounds.

Dec 30, 2025

More than 50 corporate investment funds created in 2025

Many of the new CVC units were launched by Asian corporates in Japan, China and Korea.

Dec 25, 2025

Lloyd-Lyons leaves VC investing role at Fidelity

Joshua Lloyd-Lyons, former VP at Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, will head corporate development and M&A at portfolio company 73 Strings.

Dec 22, 2025

Corporate investment in African startups reached 3-year high in early 2025

The first half of 2025 saw a 44% jump in the number of corporate-backed startup funding rounds in Africa.

Dec 19, 2025

Read and Beatty leave American Family Ventures

Reed originally co-founded the unit as the investment arm of American Family Insurance in 2013.

Dec 12, 2025

Vuyo Mpako leaves insurer Old Mutual's Next176 venture arm

Mpako set up the unit in 2021 and has seen the team build more than 12 companies, many of which have partnerships with Old Mutual.

Dec 10, 2025

Bank of Brazil adds $57m to corporate VC

The Brazilian bank is expanding both its VC capital and its investment scope.

Dec 5, 2025

Aycock joins PayPal's VC arm

Josh Aycock has worked as a VC investor and startup founder.

Dec 3, 2025

Santander-backed VC Mouro Capital recruits Van Duffel

Cedric Van Duffel has joined Santander-funded fintech investor Mouro Capital as a senior associate after two years at venture firm SVV.

Dec 2, 2025
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