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Former Avanta member Mishra joins Hitachi Ventures

Deepak Mishra, who was part of CSAA and MS&AD’s respective CVC units, will focus on data and AI in his principal role at Hitachi Ventures.


Mar 13, 2024

Companies with active CVC units perform better — the full analysis

Global Corporate Venturing analysis indicates that companies with active CVC programmes have higher revenue, EBITDA and cash flow growth.

Mar 13, 2024

Rajaram to lead Aflac Global Ventures

Bharat Rajaram will serve as the managing director and head of Aflac Global Ventures.

Mar 11, 2024

Six types of corporate investor — which kind are you?

Classic investor, former founder, expert, activist. connector and outsider — there is a broad range of ways to excel at corporate investing.

Mar 11, 2024

6 things startups want from corporate investors  

From having a business development professional on a startup's board to making sure the corporate's sales force are motivated to sell a portfolio company's product, here six things that startups value in their corporate investors.

Mar 8, 2024

February confirms it: mega rounds are back

Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.

Mar 7, 2024

Robot startups see growing interest from corporate investors

From robotic commercial kitchens to companion bots to reduce loneliness, these robot startups — which you can meet at the GCVI Summit —  demonstrate why investors are rekindling interest in this sector.

Mar 6, 2024

M12’s Stewart moves up to managing partner

Michael Stewart, who was a partner at software producer Microsoft’s CVC unit, will lead investments in generative AI, gaming and deeptech.

Mar 6, 2024

A third of dollars raised by energy startups comes from corporate-backed rounds

Corporate investors are disproportionately involved in the biggest funding rounds by energy sector startups.

Mar 5, 2024

5 tips for investing in university spinouts

More corporate investors choose to invest in academic research. But it requires much different skills to investing in later-stage startups.

Mar 4, 2024

CVC Unplugged: How Sopra Steria fixed a CVC strategy that wasn't working

Sopra Steria Ventures wasn't delivering value for the parent company. Socheat Chhay came in a year ago to turn the unit around.

Feb 28, 2024

How Basel supercharged its spinout rate

Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.

Feb 27, 2024
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