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Pitts to lead strategic investments at Panasonic's incubator
PanasonicWell appointed Christie Pitts to identify family-oriented investment, partnership and M&A opportunities.
Jun 14, 2024Three companies co-launch Brazilian CVC fund manager
The Bakery will help clients build CVC strategies while Staged Ventures will manage the funds and Pipe Ventures will provide deal flow.
Jun 12, 2024Japan's Uzabase launches $64m second investment fund
UB Ventures’ new fund secured capital from its parent company, Wistron’s Wise Cap subsidiary, banks and other investors.
Jun 11, 2024New $500m fund to back Alphabet X spinouts
Alphabet alumnus Gideon Yu is reportedly raising $500m to back companies spun out of incubator X Development like 280 Earth, Waymo and Google Glass.
Jun 11, 2024Japan's Yamato launches second startup fund
Kuroneko Innovation Fund 2 has $51.5m in capital to continue to invest in strategic areas like cleantech, spacetech, fintech, robotics and AI.
Jun 7, 2024Europe's Cyber Valley wants to make its alternative AI approach global
For eight years, Cyber Valley has been linking German AI and robotics researchers and spinouts with corporate partners, but a partnership with UTokyo IPC is the first step to it going global.
Jun 7, 2024Hosomura leaves Salesforce’s CVC unit
CVC veteran Takuya Hosomura, who spent a combined eight years at Rakuten Capital and Salesforce Ventures, joined Global Brain as a partner.
Jun 6, 2024First rise in US corporate-backed startup funding rounds for two years
Corporate funding for startups is rising globally as well, with sectors such as as cybersecurity and healthcare seeing the most activity.
Jun 6, 2024Cisco Investments launches CVC's first $1bn AI fund
Cisco’s artificial intelligence fund is double the size of similar initiatives for Salesforce Ventures and IBM Ventures, hailing another step in the AI boom.
Jun 5, 2024Aramco Ventures searches for AI investments to aid energy transition
Aramco Ventures believes generative AI will be part of helping the Saudi oil major meet its 2050 net zero target.
May 30, 2024Nvidia co-launches accelerator for AI startups in Singapore
The AI accelerator jointly created by Nvidia, Tribe and Digital Industry Singapore will choose 15 Singaporean startups for its first cohort.
May 29, 2024Databricks Ventures launches AI fund
The Databricks AI Fund is the second fund at Databricks Ventures.
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