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Editorial: Value shifting from ideas towards large company investors
More value and focus should be on the investors scaling up the business rather than those coming up with the idea and helping the entrepreneur set up a business.
Aug 5, 2017Akimoto joins TransLink as Sompo supplies $40m
Nobuyuki Akimoto's departure from NTT Docomo Ventures comes as insurance firm Sompo commits up to $80m to TransLink to manage its corporate venture capital fund.
Jul 31, 2017Pitts leaves Verizon to go Backstage
Christie Pitts has departed from Verizon Ventures, where she was a venture development manager, to be partner and chief-of-staff at seed fund Backstage Capital.
Jul 31, 2017Big Deal: Grab snatches $2bn
Existing investors SoftBank and Didi Chuxing invested $2bn at a $6bn post-money valuation, and Grab aims to use the money to expand its services far beyond ride hailing.
Jul 24, 2017Big Deal: Yandex Taxi catches an Uber
Uber's operations in four Eastern European countries will merge with Yandex Taxi in a deal that could signify it plans to take a less direct, CVC-influenced approach to some markets.
Jul 17, 2017University venturing and the future of higher education
University corner: venture has increasingly become the tip of the innovation spear
Jul 11, 2017The towering role of governments in innovation
Government house: governments try to push the levers for more innovation
Jul 11, 2017Corporates immersed in virtual and augmented reality
Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, evaluates the rise in corporate-backed rounds raised by emerging VR & AR enterprises
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