Sectors

Deborah Magid will leave IBM at the end of this week as strategy role is eliminated at the computing company's CVC.

Insiders are concerned about the future of the corporate investment unit after the two senior-level departures.

KDDI Open Innovation Fund's director of investment, DK Mitani, will leave the firm next month for a new role based in Tokyo.

US startup CerebrumX uses artificial intelligence and its deep learning platform to make sense of the large volumes of data created by connected cars.

ADR Ventures will invest in travel, hospitality and aviation technology on behalf of Aeroporti di Roma and fund graduates of its Fiumicino Innovation Hub accelerator.

Frontier Airlines, Volaris and Wizz Air - none of which were CVCs two months ago - helped the startup raise $50m, but their purchasing power might end up being more important to the company's future.

In today's second half, we look deals like Microsoft's investment in Facebook and Tencent's investment into Riot Games which ended up not just paying off but profoundly changing business strategy.

Sven Wiszniewski has worked in a variety of strategy and business development roles at German companies.

Venture firm Aster is reportedly buying TotalEnergies' corporate VC portfolio following the oil and gas provider's transition to accelerator actvities.

We look at some of the greatest corporate VC investments, from a $2.5m investment in a future $170bn company in the 80's to a deal in the wake of the dotcom boom that has produced $130bn.

NTT Investment Partners Fund IV will support companies whose products help promote the firm’s high-speed broadband communication initiative.