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Co-managed by Innoh Associates, the CVC unit will operate for seven years and back strategic areas such as marketing, retail, energy and AI.

South Africa's strong fintech sector, financial and regulatory systems make it an opportunity for foreign investors, but local corporates need to help seed the startup ecosystem.

The $11.4m fund will be co-managed by M&A consultancy Paradigm Shift, and it is part of the funeral firm’s 70th anniversary business plan.

PanasonicWell appointed Christie Pitts to identify family-oriented investment, partnership and M&A opportunities.

The Bakery will help clients build CVC strategies while Staged Ventures will manage the funds and Pipe Ventures will provide deal flow.

Having invested in 16 companies and scored two exits, the firm’s new investment vehicle will continue to back edtech startups.

Kuroneko Innovation Fund 2 has $51.5m in capital to continue to invest in strategic areas like cleantech, spacetech, fintech, robotics and AI.

Corporate funding for startups is rising globally as well, with sectors such as as cybersecurity and healthcare seeing the most activity.

The new fund has already made nine investments in growth-stage companies.

After a year and a half, Bianca Ambrosini is now an investment associate at German alcohol producer Mast-Jägermeister’s CVC subsidiary.

The image sharing platform’s accelerator scheme was renamed Pinterest Inclusion Fund to target diverse business owners.