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The hiring comes after InMotion’s recent hiring of Mike Smeed, as managing director to further innovative the autonomous car and shared mobility sector

SoftBank helped the on-demand laundry service push its valuation past $250m, a rare occurrence in a sector that's so far failed to catch fire.

Corporate investors must not lose sight of who they are serving, ie the startup, Jim Adler, head of Toyota Ventures told the GCV audience in Tokyo.

Failure rates are high for VC-backed companies, and corporate-backed startups are not exempt. But which have been the biggest recent flops that left corporate investors licking their wounds?

Corporate investors are backing a host of elder-care startups, from those seeking Parkinson's cures to apps aiding mental wellbeing.

A majority of the corporate investors we polled take LP positions in VC funds, in parallel with direct investing. It is a way to widen their scope.

Why more corporate venturing units are choosing a more independent legal footing for their funds.

Corporate investors have a more complicated role to navigate than financial VCs. But these 5 strategies can help smooth the job.

NCSoft invested $15m in Mysten Labs to take the latter’s series B round to $300m while Porsche backed Xanadu’s $100m series C.

There is no let-up yet in the investor pullback, but a series of big energy fundraises helped keep total deal value from falling further.

The value of VC deals in China tumbled 44% to $62.1bn by the end of October, but energy-related startups are still raising big rounds.