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Smaller corporates embrace venture building

Smaller companies build their own ventures more than larger corporates and the chief executive is more involved with the CVC, according to GCV's Keystone benchmarking survey.


Oct 15, 2024

Crypto VC Gate Ventures and blockchain firm Movement Labs form $20m fund

The initiative, also backed by Thai family office VC Boon Ventures, will target blockchain projects specialised in Move, the programming language by Movement Labs.

Oct 14, 2024

Naor and Plaza join CapitalG to lead portfolio strategy

Alphabet’s growth fund appointed Adam Naor and Monica Plaza as VP of business development and operating partner, respectively.

Oct 14, 2024

VCs want active, not passive corporate investors

Here's how to make the relationship between a VC and its strategic corporate LPs one that benefits both sides.

Oct 11, 2024

Former head of crypto investor Circle Ventures Lonergan founds Web3 VC

After launching crypto CVC Circle Ventures and leading it for three years, Wyatt Lonergan has founded a Web3 VC firm with a Circle colleague.

Oct 10, 2024

Tsuchikawa bids farewell to Sony Ventures

GCV Powerlist mainstay Gen Tsuchikawa left Japanese conglomerate Sony after two decades, having led its CVC unit in the past eight years.

Oct 4, 2024

Japan sees boost in corporate investment in Q3, while Israel experiences slump

Japan saw an 80% rise in corporate backed funding rounds while India saw a 45% increase and Israel saw a 38% drop.

Oct 4, 2024

Aksoy leaves Allianz-backed VC fund AV8

Baris Aksoy has left Allianz-backed VC fund AV8 after five years, during which time he sat on the boards of a number of tech startups.

Oct 3, 2024

Zavala leaves corporate venturing role at insurer Consorcio

Tomás Zavala is leaving after six years working on the Chilean financial services firm's corporate venture capital activities.

Oct 1, 2024

Want to rank entrepreneurial universities? Look at funds not founders

Universities are having an increasingly big impact on startup ecosystems through funds — here's how GUV plans to measure it and why we won't look at individual founders.

Sep 24, 2024

Munoz moves to Fitch Group as global head of CVC and M&A

After rejoining Hearst Ventures in July, Gabby Munoz was tasked to make fintech deals at the US media firm’s ratings agency subsidiary.

Sep 23, 2024

Newer CVCs have a stronger strategic focus

More than 300 new CVC units have been created since 2020. They are less US-centric and more focused on energy than older peers.

Sep 20, 2024
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