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Pharmaceutical startups have had a strong start to 2024, showing off areas like psychedelic mental health treatments, radiotherapeutic cancer drugs and medicine for underserved populations.

Luba Safran, who spent seven years at AB InBev’s CVC arm, joined Mondelēz’s counterpart as a senior director to back emerging snack brands.

Japanese pharma firm Taiho has added $100m to its US-based CVC subsidiary, which has a team of five people.

Bauke Anninga was a principal at M Ventures for two years.

Laurel Buckner will be the vice president of ventures at BHP Ventures where she will lead investments in the decarbonisation and green energy sectors.

Labour shortages and the ability to accelerate robot programming with genAI will breathe new life into the sector in 2024 say investors.

After serving a year as the head of corporate venture capital at Thai energy company Banpu, Smittipon Srethapramote has started a new position as CEO of Banpu's subsidiary, Banpu Next.

The ex-Illumina Ventures employee has launched a VC firm where she will be managing partner.

Maersk revamped its Maersk Growth innovation unit in June with a new team and a change in how it invests in tech and sustainability.

US insurance firm MassMutual’s investment arm has appointed Kara Burns a senior associate for its Climate Technology Fund.

Illumina Ventures alumnus Noel Lee has moved up to partner at Novo Holdings, just eight months after being hired as a principal in its Growth Investments team.