Industrial

Qualcomm has been investing in India for 17 years and says now there is a clear shift by investors and entrepreneurs to sectors like chips, robotics, AI and quantum.

Zach Rubin held various financial roles at the parent corporation before joining the ventures team.

Blom will look for other roles in the investment space following a short sabbatical.

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.