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These are the 55 women working in corporate venturing function across the DACH region — and how they got there.

Eli Lilly took part in a $50m series A1 round for Neukio Biotherapeutics while Itochu led Docquity’s $44m series C.

SK has provided $50m in funding for Ascend Elements while ServiceNow took part in a $35.6m series C round for Fairmarkit.

Peijia Medical participated in JenaValve’s $100m series C round while L Catterton led Planted Foods’ series B extension, lifting it to $93m.

Tencent and Sony have provided $263m for FromSoftware while Piramal Capital & Housing Finance backed EarlySalary’s $110m series D round.

Corporate-backed investments in energy storage technology have quadrupled in value in the last quarter as energy prices soar.

FTX and Coinbase took part in a $200m round for NFT game developer Limit Break while Schaeffler, Kingspan and Marcegaglia backed H2 Green Steel’s $190m series B.

From board seats to leading rounds to deciding when to back boom stocks — there are a lot of VC obsessions that corporate investors can skip.

HubSpot Ventures has hired Nate Morgan after a combined six years at Springdale Ventures, Evercore and Deutsche Bank.

Bertelsmann-backed paywall management software provider Zephr is set to be acquired by Zuora in a $44m deal while Meituan co-led a $875m round for EV battery producer Sunwoda.

Lunar Energy disclosed $300m from investors including Sunrun and SK, and acquired Honda, Itochu and Tokyo Electric Power-backed Moixa for an undisclosed amount.