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Corporate-backed startup funding levels at two-year high
The volume of CVC deals jumped 31% from a year ago, while the return of large deals pushed up the value of funding rounds by 167%.
Feb 10, 2025Buchsbaum joins Deutsche Leasing Gruppe’s CVC
After three years of VC investor Heliad, Buchsbaum turns his sights to supporting early stage startups in the DACH region.
Feb 6, 2025Beauchamp leaves energy equipment manufacturer GE Vernova’s venture unit
Beauchamp departs from General Electric’s power and renewables spin-off’s CVC to join Itinerant.
Feb 5, 2025Tsutsuki joins Japanese machinery maker Yanmar's venture unit
Yanmar Ventures invests in deep tech startups in agri-, bio, food and climate tech.
Feb 4, 2025Startup funding rounds involving corporate investors rise 20% by value
The number of corporate investors has tripled in the last decade and they are now part of one in every six startup funding rounds.
Feb 3, 2025Carlos Kokron joins French utility Schneider Electric's venture arm
After a 7-year stint with Qualcomm Ventures, Carlos Kokron has joined French utility giant Schneider Electric's CVC unit as general partner.
Jan 29, 2025Toyota’s growth fund leads $191m round for vehicle inspection startup
Woven Capital, Toyota’s growth-stage fund, led a round for UVEye as global demand for vehicle inspection grows.
Jan 29, 2025Brazil's Braskem shuts investment arm, Oxygea Ventures
The Brazilian petrochemical company has a new CEO and is restructuring amid a slowdown in oil and gas.
Jan 27, 2025Industrial CVC mainstay Wong heads to Amazon
Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund has hired John Wong, previously head of corporate VC at Honeywell, iRobot and Rockwell Automation.
Jan 27, 2025JLR's InMotion invests in rare earth materials recycler Cyclic's $55m funding round
The carmaker's InMotion Ventures unit joined a round already featuring Hitachi Ventures, BMW i Ventures and Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund.
Jan 23, 2025Nine recycling tech startups to watch
From nuclear waste recycling to making T-shirts out of plastic bottles, here are nine of the most interesting new companies in the recycling sector.
Jan 21, 2025What the Trump administration means for corporate venturers
The new US Trump administration's policies will likely lead to far-reaching changes in health, defence, crypto, semiconductor and energy sectors.
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