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UK universities ready to pick up the pace of commercialisation in 2025
The UK stands to benefit from the work of the past 12 months to push more university research-led innovation into the marketplace.
Dec 13, 2024Torq Ventures says Brazil's innovative central bank is spurring rapid fintech growth
Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.
Dec 11, 2024Amazon increases India fund and plans to invest $120m in local startups
Amazon has increased the size of its Smbhav Venture Fund to $350m and will invest in companies digitising the production of goods.
Dec 10, 2024From Swiggy to Northvolt: Highs and lows for corporate exits in November
There was a 62% jump in exits for corporate-backed startups in November, with IPOs and acquisitions across a range of geographies and sectors but also some notable bankruptcies.
Dec 10, 2024Al Abri joins Omani utility Nama Group to manage investments
The move follows various roles in investment, business development and innovation.
Dec 6, 2024AI, robots and space boosted corporate investment activity in November
Another big tech AI investment has skewed the month's total, but underneath lies strong dealmaking in industrial startups and growth in Japan.
Dec 5, 2024Cummins’ India CVC head leaves to lead investment at aerospace and defence…
Ankit Harjai becomes CIO at MountTech Growth Fund after nearly two years at the CVC.
Dec 4, 2024US defence lobbying firm JA Green’s CVC fund appoints two venture partners
Hondo Geurts and Mike Murray, both with decades of experience in the national security sector, joined Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund.
Dec 4, 2024Troubled Anglo American closes startup investment unit
The embattled 117-year-old mining giant quietly axed its decarbonisation CVC team as part of a wide-ranging restructuring process.
Dec 3, 2024Mitsui Mining and Smelting launches $33m investment fund
Like the first edition, Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund II will be jointly managed by CVC-as-a-service group SBI Investment.
Dec 3, 2024Japan's geospatial tech group Asia Air Survey launches investment unit
The Japanese aerial survey firm’s corporate venturing unit will invest in spatial information and decarbonisation technologies.
Dec 2, 2024Kay Enjoji to leave Tokyo Electron investment unit
The veteran of the Japanese semiconductor and display equipment company is leaving the CVC unit he restarted in 2011.
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