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The Nato Innovation Fund has made a dozen investments in dual-use technologies that are already deployed in areas of conflict and with allies' armed forces.

With the launch of its new fund, the Japanese insurer's corporate venturing unit has assets under management of $400m, up tenfold since its first fund.

BTVs new £200m fund will target products that bring functional benefits, helping move BAT away from nicotine.

With billion-dollar funding rounds being limited to a few large companies, the self-driving car industry still appears to have a bumpy road ahead.

Shioyama was a principal at Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm for five years.

Longer hours and better tech are changing the way people trade, and the way CVCs need to search for innovation.

Bosch has returned to anchor the $206m second fund for its Chinese corporate VC arm, following a $155m debut fund three years ago.

Avital will be responsible for building strategic partnerships between startups and Oracle .

Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.

Amazon has increased the size of its Smbhav Venture Fund to $350m and will invest in companies digitising the production of goods.

The Japanese shipping giant has opened a CVC office in India as the country increasingly becomes a strategic target for shipping companies.