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Hitachi ups startup investment to $1bn as AI wave grows
The Japanese industrial conglomerate raised a fourth, $400m fund, which will focus on AI, frontier tech and push further into India.
Feb 5, 2025Blackberry venture fund leader Giallorenzo leaves
Giallorenzo launched and managed BlackBerry's corporate VC unit, Blackberry Ivy Innovation Fund.
Feb 3, 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, 2025The non-US AI startups competing with Silicon Valley heavyweights
DeepSeek's cut-price generative AI offering makes it a direct rival to OpenAI and its US peers, but it's far from alone. Here are some alternative startups from outside the US that have received corporate backing.
Jan 28, 2025Ali Wasti joins Indian tech firm Wipro's investment arm
Wasti led venture investments at HPE Pathfinder Ventures for almost four years.
Jan 27, 2025Microsoft's ventures head Chris Young leaves
Chris Young spent more than four years at M12.
Jan 23, 2025Udeogu leaves Microsoft’s venture unit to join VC 53 Stations
He joins the new VC firm after two years at Microsoft’s M12 unit.
Jan 22, 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.
Jan 20, 2025How investors can build a great platform team: 6 tips
From finding startup champions at the corporate parent to having a pot of money to test technologies, here are steps for building a successful portfolio development team.
Jan 17, 2025Intel spins off VC arm as financial pressures mount
Intel has spun off its venture capital arm, Intel Capital, after posting multi-billion losses and seeks to cut costs.
Jan 15, 202512 groundbreaking global university spinouts that raised funding in 2024
Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.
Jan 8, 2025Big software companies under threat as AI undermines business models
Enterprise software will no longer be designed with humans in mind, upending the sector and putting incumbents and even startups at risk.
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