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Kodama to head Japanese utility JERA's corporate VC arm

A decade after forming real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan's CVC arm, Takeshi Kodama is set to take over at Japan's JERA Ventures.


Feb 6, 2025

Startup funding rounds involving corporate investors rise 20% by value

The number of corporate investors has tripled in the last decade and they are now part of one in every six startup funding rounds.

Feb 3, 2025

Munemasa joins Rakuten's investment arm

Takeshi Munemasa worked in various corporate development roles at Japan's Norinchukin Bank before taking on his new role.

Feb 3, 2025

Nine recycling tech startups to watch

From nuclear waste recycling to making T-shirts out of plastic bottles, here are nine of the most interesting new companies in the recycling sector.

Jan 21, 2025

What the Trump administration means for corporate venturers

The new US Trump administration's policies will likely lead to far-reaching changes in health, defence, crypto, semiconductor and energy sectors.

Jan 20, 2025

How investors can build a great platform team: 6 tips

From finding startup champions at the corporate parent to having a pot of money to test technologies, here are steps for building a successful portfolio development team.

Jan 17, 2025

Ex-Femsa Ventures head García Quiroga gets promoted to parent firm

Mexican beverage retailer Femsa named GCV Powerlist member Javier García Quiroga director of strategic planning, with wider tasks such as M&A.

Jan 8, 2025

12 groundbreaking global university spinouts that raised funding in 2024

Our pick of spinout technologies that are breaking new ground in plastics recycling, data storage, photonics, semiconductor materials and decoding the genome.

Jan 8, 2025

A new US president and the data centre boom will boost the…

Corporate VCs expect the needs of AI data centres and US deregulation to boost energy funding, with grid tech and nuclear among the winners.

Jan 6, 2025

8 tips for investing in Japan’s university spinouts

Japan has a well-funded and vibrant market for deep tech companies spun out of its universities. Here are some of the quirks that foreign investors seeking to dip a toe into the sector should look out for.

Jan 2, 2025

Tobias Hasenjaeger leaves German building services group Viega's CVC

Hasenjaeger was a startup scout and investor at Viega New Ventures, the investment arm of the 125-year old, family-owned manufacturer.

Jan 2, 2025

CVC's most active investors in 2024 - and how they invested

GCV has looked through our data to find the busiest investors in corporate venture capital. Here's how and where they invested in 2024.

Jan 1, 2025
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