Telecoms

Singtel's corporate VC unit has taken on another $100m as 5G opens up opportunities for new technology models, CEO Edgar Hardless tells Global Venturing.

Intel Capital co-led an extension that took Anyscale’s series C round to $199m while Saudi Aramco's Prosperity7 fund helped Zilliz lift its series B to $103m.

SoftBank Investment Advisers managing partner Sumer Juneja will move to London and lead Vision Funds’ European investments.

It is an old joke that nuclear fusion power is 30 years away, and always will be. The joke is now looking outdated as the technology finally reaches a stage where investors feel comfortable writing cheques for hundreds of millions of dollars towards its development.

Qualcomm’s strategic investment unit has hired Stephanie Hsu to join fellow Brazil-based director Michel Glezer.

Corporate VCs are exploring different models of impact and diversity investing - but which is right for you and why?

SoftBank's Vision Funds have now posted paper losses of over $49bn in the past two quarters as the downward trend for tech stocks puts pressure on its parent company.

Corporate venturers from the IT sector completed 191 exits between June 2021 and May 2022 – 125 acquisitions, 30 IPOs, four mergers of equals, six buyouts and 26 other transactions.

Some 37 newly-launched or refunded venturing units made investments in the IT sector between June 2021 and May 2022.

GCV recorded just 205 deals worth $7.42bn involving corporate investors from the IT sector in Q2. That is down more than 60% from last year.

Corporate-backed deal numbers are remaining resolute in India but cash levels are dropping sharply as the space remains ever more reliant on the consumer economy.