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Q-Day looms. Here is how corporates are preparing for the quantum threat…
Quantum computers will be able to crack encrypted data within seconds. Corporate investors, particularly telecoms companies, are now actively investing in technologies that can protect them.
Feb 27, 2026Fast start for Deutsche Telekom-backed European defence fund
Deutsche Telekom-backed DTCP’s €500m Project Liberty fund already has more than half the funds committed as Europe's investors zero in on defence spending.
Feb 11, 2026Saborido becomes CEO of Telefónica's VC investment arm
Andrés Saborido's appointment comes as the corporate venturing group seeks closer alignment with the parent company.
Feb 6, 2026Japan's NTT Docomo launches fourth startup fund
The new $96m fund means the Japanese mobile phone operator now committed more than $350m to startup investments.
Dec 29, 2025Brazil's largest telco Vivo boosts corporate VC fund to $85m
The capital boost puts Vivo Ventures in the league of larger CVCs in Brazil.
Dec 18, 20259 photonics spinouts that can speed up AI data centres and quantum
Advances in photonics technology will underpin next-generation computing, telecoms, aerospace and manufacturing. Here are nine spinouts that have emerged from university labs with VC backing.
Nov 3, 2025Canadian technology and services company Telus hires Chow for VC investments
Chow will lead investments in enterprise platforms and IoT in her new role as partner and investment director at Telus’s corporate investment unit.
Oct 6, 2025UK telecoms group BT expands venture building team
The UK telco has 5,000 patents that could form the basis of new ventures.
Sep 17, 2025Telecoms provider Swisscom hires Fehrmann as investment manager
Fehrmann will focus on investments in enterprise AI and industrial tech in his new role.
Sep 17, 2025Cutting-edge startups emerging from the UK's less-famous universities
Six spinout technologies — from lab-grown meat to satellite tech — that have come from UK universities usually overlooked by investors.
Aug 20, 2025Former Nokia investment unit NGP Capital hires Orr as senior associate
Tori Orr joins the investment team from JetBlue Ventures.
Aug 6, 2025Corporate VCs invited to try out new UK telecoms ‘spinout factory’
The Federated Telecoms Hubs brings together telecoms research from universities across the UK in a one-stop-shop for investors.
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