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KDDI Open Innovation Fund's director of investment, DK Mitani, will leave the firm next month for a new role based in Tokyo.

NTT Investment Partners Fund IV will support companies whose products help promote the firm’s high-speed broadband communication initiative.

Wana Schulze and Ivan Yoon will lead CVC investments at Telefónica’s seed and early-stage Brazilian subsidiaries.

As the travel sector recovers post-Covid, sustainable tourism is emerging as a growing trend. But are corporates daring to back it?

Mario Augusto Maia, managing partner of Cogent Venture Partners, joins the pod to talk about the best way to launch a venturing unit.

Corporate investors have been the most active backers of startups in the country, focusing on fintech, ecommerce and logistics.

Gabriela Toribio tells us why Wayra Brasil and the newly formed Vivo Ventures have an inside track in a market where early-stage funding is plummeting.

Advances in AI, computing, and connectivity mean digital transformation is reaching previously unreachable areas. Here are seven early-stage startups pushing the boundaries.

One month into the second quarter of this year, overall deal count and dollar volume continue to decline, but a relative uptick in transport and mobility-related deals showed pockets of investment remain strong.

Turkey's young but growing community of corporate investors is hoping to bring prosperity to the country and nervous about the elections.

As corporate investment units get bigger, they need a mix of skillsets and career levels — and a good COO to manage them.