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Head of Microsoft's M12: AI disruption has turned corporate venturing into a…

CVC teams can serve as a radar on technologies of the future that the parent corporation can be too slow to spot.


Apr 8, 2026

Software company ServiceNow's investment team shrinks with Kirk departure

Corporate development and ventures SVP Philip Kirk has left ServiceNow, roughly six months after fellow investment executive Vishal Kumar Gupta.

Apr 8, 2026

Gen AI startup Runway announces $10m venture fund

Runway Fund invests in seed and pre-seed startups using AI to build new world models and forms of entertainment.

Apr 1, 2026

LG's Nova venture unit creates platform for building AI companies

LG Nova's platform offers an AI model that can be easily adapted to different business ideas. The company has developed this as part of a push to focus more on creating AI-first ventures.

Mar 31, 2026

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan: Startup investment is critical for business

Developments in AI, quantum computing and robotics are moving so fast that corporations must stay close to startups to avoid falling behind.

Mar 26, 2026

Spanish AI testing startup Galtea scores Mozilla-backed seed round

Firefox developer Mozilla's CVC unit was among the investors in a $3.2m seed round for Galtea, creator of a simulation testing system for AI.

Mar 25, 2026

Google-backed VC Gradient launches $220m Al seed fund

The launch of the new fund brings Gradient's assets under management to nearly $1.2bn.

Mar 17, 2026

Nine startups helping to create the data centre of the future

Modular building, cubes instead of server racks, micro-cooling and molecular data storage: these startups are meeting the data centre boom head on.

Mar 17, 2026

Mega xAI merger highlights February CVC exit spike

The $250bn exit spiked February's deal numbers upwards, heading a raft of deals that took IT exit numbers to their highest point in years.

Mar 16, 2026

Intelligence briefing: AI investing

Strategic signals from Databricks, Microsoft M12 and Workday Ventures.

Mar 13, 2026

Singaporean telecoms firm Singtel unveils $250m AI fund

Singtel Innov8 has doubled its capital to $500m with the launch of the AI Growth Fund, set up to boost its parent's access to global AI startups

Mar 13, 2026

Corporate VC veteran Whiteaker leaves IBM Ventures to launch fund

Tom Whiteaker's career in corporate venture spans more than 25 years, and has involved work with Visa, Hartford Ventures and BBVA as well as IBM.

Mar 13, 2026
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