Industrial

MD Kris Kemeny and director Eyal Fisher announced their departures from the Turkish group's corporate venturing unit, joining founding president Sinan Uzan.

Investment in defence startups is increasing rapidly with many nations developing their own critical technology supply chains.

CVC teams increasingly navigate a minefield of overvalued AI startups as they seek to invest in the transformative technology.

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

The newly independent CVC will focus on AI, machine learning and other deep tech.

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

Ryoya Shimada was based at Sony Innovation Fund in Tokyo, Japan.

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

Bosch is looking to reignite growth after several stagnant years and creating new startups through its Bosch Business Innovations unit is part of this plan.

Ex-Powerlister Gonzalo Galindo Gout led the corporate VC arm of construction business Cemex since its launch in 2017.

Kip Daujotas was an associate at Aramco Ventures for more than four years.