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Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco launches investment unit with $91m

The bank has created a new fintech and AI venture unit, Itaú Ventures, following the acquisition of an investment firm.

Jun 20, 2025

Powerlist 2025: Kosuke Mori

Kosuke Mori, managing partner at Saison Capital/CEO at Saison International, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2025 Powerlist.

Jun 17, 2025

Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras to launch $90m investment fund

Petrobras is seeking a fund manager and external capital to invest in decarbonisation technologies.

Jun 9, 2025

Brazilian oil and gas company Prio launches $21m VC fund

The Rio de Janeiro-based fund will back startups making the the oil and gas value chain more efficient.

May 6, 2025

CVC exits approach 2022 levels

Corporate-backed startups exits were at their highest level for over two years in Q1 2025, with large acquisitions spiking the total value.

Apr 14, 2025

Brazilian pulp supplier Suzano backs biomaterials startup Simplifyber in $12m series A…

The latest funding round was led by Suzano Ventures and included investors such as Plug and Play.

Apr 10, 2025

Emerging Leaders 2025: Sofia Pimenta Campos, Deloitte

Sofia Pimenta Campos, innovations and ventures consulting director at Deloitte, is one of our top 50 Emerging Leaders in corporate venturing for 2025.

Mar 17, 2025

Emerging Leaders 2025: Thiago Iglesias, Torq

Thiago Iglesias, head of Torq, is one of our top 50 Emerging Leaders in corporate venturing for 2025.

Mar 17, 2025

The university spinouts helping to decarbonise the mining industry

Mining companies are finding technology in university labs to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

Feb 28, 2025

Pedro Compani made Brazilian bank Banco BS2’s head of CVC

Pedro Compani joined Banco BS2's newly created corporate venturing unit after a stint at data analytics company Neoway,

Feb 12, 2025

Campos leaves Deloitte ventures role in Brazil

Campos, who is a startup founder and angel investor, has joined The Bakery venture services company in Brazil.

Feb 7, 2025

Colombia emerges as a launchpad to Latin America for investors

Colombia is climbing global innovation rankings and more startups are approaching unicorn status. VCs are taking note.

Feb 7, 2025

Brazil’s Braskem shuts investment arm, Oxygea Ventures

The Brazilian petrochemical company has a new CEO and is restructuring amid a slowdown in oil and gas.

Jan 27, 2025

Brazilian paper maker Suzano invests in AI land use startup Marvin to…

Suzano's investment arm has upped its investment in Marvin as the climate crisis puts landowners at increased risk.

Jan 13, 2025

Updated: 7 new startups reshaping the packaging sector

Many of the companies have financial and corporate venture backers, as businesses seek alternatives to single-use plastics.

Dec 24, 2024

Brazilian bank BS2 unveils strategic investment arm

BS2 Ventures has been equipped with nearly $17m and is targeting startups that can help its parent bank serve SMB customers.

Dec 13, 2024

Stock market CVCs look for better infrastructure in changing markets

Longer hours and better tech are changing the way people trade, and the way CVCs need to search for innovation.

Dec 12, 2024

Torq Ventures says Brazil’s innovative central bank is spurring rapid fintech growth

Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.

Dec 11, 2024

Brazilian market still draws corporate investors despite headwinds

Even during its current rough patch, investors in Brazil are confident in the fundamentals of the market.

Nov 6, 2024

Brazilian IT company Montreal launches $5m CVC fund

Montreal launches $5m venture arm targeting early-stage digital technology startups.

Oct 25, 2024

Agtech investors keep focus on sustainability despite tough market

Sustainability is 'critically important' in agriculture tech, but startups need to use new technologies like AI to balance it with cost reductions, say corporate VCs.

Oct 24, 2024

Brazilian university operator Grupo Integrado launches CVC

Formed in partnership with accelerator Founders Club, the CVC announced its first investment in embedded finance platform Baasic.

Oct 4, 2024

Energy transition is pushing mining companies to innovate faster, says Vale Ventures…

Bruno Arcadier says scaling up startups to handle the vast volumes of the mining industry is a key challenge.

Aug 28, 2024

CVC-as-a-service group Valetec Capital launches venture builder

As the Brazilian CVC market starts to cool, Valetec is looking to diversify its business with a venture building division.

Aug 23, 2024

Lambert to lead Brazilian bank Rendimento’s CVC

After a five-month spell at a financial advisory group, Claudio Lambert returned to Grupo Rendimiento’s corporate venturing subsidiary as head.

Aug 19, 2024

Credit Saison commits $200m to Latin American startups

The financial services firm's Mexican and Brazilian units are each equipped with $100m, and CVC unit Saison Capital will play a key role.

Jul 29, 2024

Powerlist 2024: Luís Manuel

Luís Manuel, executive director of EDP Ventures, is among the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2024 Powerlist.

Jun 24, 2024

Natura Ventures launches with $9.2m to back Brazilian beauty startups

The Brazilian beauty and wellness group’s CVC unit will target seed-stage opportunities in circularity, beauty and customer service segments.

Jun 18, 2024

Three companies co-launch Brazilian CVC fund manager

The Bakery will help clients build CVC strategies while Staged Ventures will manage the funds and Pipe Ventures will provide deal flow.

Jun 12, 2024

Torq Ventures opens regional office in Chile

As part of its expansion across Latin America, Torq Ventures has launched its first regional office outside of Brazil.

May 13, 2024

Healthcare needs to streamline before it can cope with AI

While generative AI is the word on every investor's lips, hospital systems are still far from being able to benefit from this technology. The biggest hurdle to overcome? IT systems.

Apr 12, 2024

GCV Rising Stars 2024: The full list

These are the 50 early-career professionals who are rising fast in the corporate venturing industry.

Apr 3, 2024

Rising Stars 2024: Eduardo Brussi, Banco BV

Eduardo Brussi, head of corporate venture capital, Banco BV, is one of our top 50 Rising Stars for 2024.

Mar 11, 2024

Rising Stars 2024: Juliana Innecco, Torq Ventures

Juliana Innecco, head of venture capital at Torq Ventures is one of our Top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2024.

Mar 11, 2024

Emerging Leaders 2024: Franklin Luzes, Microsoft Participações

Franklin Luzes, chief operating officer, Microsoft Participações, is one of our top 50 Emerging Leaders in corporate venturing in 2024.

Mar 11, 2024

Corporates drawn to Brazil’s fast-growing venturing market

Delegates' optimism was palpable at the 7th annual GCV's Corporate Venture in Brasil conference in Sao Paulo last week.

Nov 2, 2023

Steep rise: The state of Brazilian corporate venture in 9 charts

Brazil's corporate venturing units are mostly less than 3 years old but have been set up in a way that maximises chances of success.

Oct 24, 2023

[UPDATED] Women to watch in the LatAm CVC world

Latin America not only has a rapidly growing corporate venturing ecosystem but very active cohort of female practitioners.

Oct 23, 2023

CVC Unplugged: How to combine multiple investment strategies in one fund

MSW Capital's Richard Zeiger joins the pod to talk about its multi-corporate LP approach and why it rejects the CVC-as-a-service label.

Oct 17, 2023

Telefónica-anchored Leadwind hits $250m close

The Spanish telecoms firm is leading a list of corporate backers for the fund, which is looking to fill the gap for technology scale-ups in Southern Europe and Latin America.

Oct 12, 2023

Corporate-backed rounds take lion’s share of startup investments in Brazil

The CVC sector's reputation is improving after a rocky start in Latin America’s largest economy.

Oct 4, 2023

Why Brazil’s Gerdau chose to take back its CVC

It is difficult for third-party firms with multiple clients to gain a good understanding of any single company, says head of CVC of Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau.

Sep 25, 2023

CVC Unplugged: Brazil’s startup ecosystem is ripe for corporate investment

The South American country's startup ecosystem has matured to the point that corporates are saying it is a perfect time to invest, says Alya Ventures' Cassio Spina on the CVC Unplugged podcast.

Sep 18, 2023

Chile evolves into a regional corporate venture powerhouse

The Latin American nation ranks above neighbouring countries in the strength of its startup ecosystem.

Sep 8, 2023

CVC Unplugged: Bringing a CVC back in-house

Having been brought in-house after being outsourced, Gerdau Next Ventures points to the growing confidence of Brazilian corporates when it comes to CVC.

Sep 7, 2023

August Deal Round up: Avatr Technology gets $412m in series B funding

Changan Automobile, Contemporary Amperex Technology and China South Industries were all part of Avatr Technology’s $412m series B round.

Aug 31, 2023

July Deal Round Up: Healthtech Halodoc secures $100m in funding

Integrated online healthcare company Halodoc secures $100m in series D funding, and money-saving app Snoop is acquired.

Jul 31, 2023

June Deal Roundup: Inflection raises $1.3bn to build ‘personal’ AI

Inflection AI has amassed a staggering $1.3 billion. With this infusion of capital, its total funding soared past $1.5bn, placing the company's valuation at $4bn.

Jun 30, 2023

June Deal Roundup: Wrtn raises $11.8m in series A funding

Z Holdings’ Z Venture Capital subsidiary took part in interactive generative AI platform Wrtn’s $11.8m series A round.

Jun 19, 2023

May Deal Roundup: Unilever Ventures backs Selva Ventures in new $34m fund

Selva Ventures closed its second fund at $34m, securing support from Unilever and others in the consumer and professional sports sectors.

Jun 1, 2023

Opportunity for corporate investors in Brazil as VC froth subsides

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.

May 17, 2023

Brazil’s Agrosmart wants to save the planet — one farm at a…

The corporate-backed startup informs more 100,000 farmers in Latin America about precise soil and climate conditions to optimise planting.

Apr 13, 2023

Deal Roundup: Kream takes in $168m

Naver, SoftBank and Samsung backed Kream’s $168m series C round while BMS and Lyell helped lift Outpace Bio’s series A to $55m.

Mar 24, 2023

Can AI and globalisation revitalise corporate venturing?

As the central tenets and ideas of corporate venturing expand around the world new, unique forces in generative AI are coming into play to change the dynamic and unleash greater disruption.

Mar 24, 2023

Signs of growth for Brazil’s CVC scene

Brazil's corporate venturing ecosystem is still relatively young, with the majority of progammes set up in the last three years.

Mar 16, 2023

Emerging Leaders 2023: Lukasz Garbowski

Lukasz Garbowski, investment director at Btomorrow Ventures, is one of our top 50 Emerging Leaders in corporate venturing in 2023.

Mar 14, 2023

Rising Stars 2023: Juliana Innecco

Juliana Innecco, head of investments, Torq Ventures is one of our Top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2023

Mar 14, 2023

Rising Stars 2023: Ana Carolina Mazzariolli

Ana Carolina Mazzariolli, manager of innovation and new ventures, Telefónica Brazil is one of our Top 50 Rising Stars in corporate venturing for 2023

Mar 14, 2023

Emerging Leaders 2023: Gabriela Toribio

Gabriela Toribio, managing director, Vivo Ventures and Wayra Brasil, is one of our emerging leaders in corporate venturing in 2023.

Mar 14, 2023

Deal Roundup: SoftBank spinoff Upload seeks $250m for fund

TIM is supplying $50m for SoftBank spinofft Upload Ventures’ $250m debut fund while UPMC chipped into Noema’s $112m series B round.

Mar 7, 2023

Daily Deal Round Up: December 14, 2022

State Power Investment Corporation spinoff State Fuel Cell Technology Corporation raised $648m while Mercedes Benz spinoff RepairSmith is being bought for $190m.

Dec 14, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: December 8, 2022

SoftBank contributed to a $700m round for sports memorablia retailer Fanatics while Drata, ShopBack and First Mode each notched up $200m.

Dec 8, 2022

Braskem chooses an independent venture path with Oxygea

The Brazilian petrochemical company’s new CVC is late to the game, but doesn’t want to sit idle.

Dec 7, 2022

From consultancy to full CVC in three years — why Brazil’s Torq is…

Torq Ventures — which has gone from consultancy to full CVC unit in 3 years — is a sign of how fast Brazilian corporate venture is growing.

Nov 17, 2022

Brazil’s CVC deal flow doubles in three years

Corporate investors have backed 60 Brazilian startup funding rounds so far this year, double the number in 2019 — and there is more to come.

Nov 3, 2022

Valetec Capital bullish on Brazilian market

The country’s biggest CVC-as-a-service firm says it is an optimal time to invest in startups as corporate interest in innovation soars.

Oct 24, 2022

Want to try CVC-as-a-service? 7 things you need to know

More and more corporates are turning to external specialists to run their venturing units. Here's what you need to know before you take this option.

Oct 14, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: October 4, 2022

Braskem has formed a $150m corporate venturing initiative while Saudi Aramco's Prosperity7 Ventures fund took part in SingleStore’s $146m series F2 round.

Oct 4, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: September 30, 2022

M12 has co-led a $34m round for Ox Security’s while SoftBank-backed Solfácil has upped its series C to $130m.

Sep 30, 2022

Malandrin moves to KPMG Brazil

CVC veteran Daniel Malandrin, who was part of GCV Rising Stars and Emerging Leaders rosters, has left DX Ventures and joined KPMG Brazil.

Sep 26, 2022

Web3 is a ‘game changer’ for telecoms says Telefónica Ventures

Telefónica Ventures head of investments Pablo Moro tells Global Venturing Web3 and the metaverse are now among its priorities, with play-to-earn, tokenisation, VR and AR among the potential strategic areas.

Sep 16, 2022

Only energy and gaming still buoyant as corporate investing halves in value

Corporates have dramatically slowed down the rate at which they invest in startups, except in these two sectors.

Sep 12, 2022

United Airlines investment in Eve tells us three things about eVTOL

Investment is building again in the sector after a lull, but big companies are hedging their bets on which type of aircraft will work best.

Sep 11, 2022

Kortex Ventures: three-LP fund lets us give startups an honest proposition

With three health corporate LPs in tow, Kortex Ventures’ focus is digital and personalised.

Sep 7, 2022

Women in CVC to watch in the DACH region

These are the 55 women working in corporate venturing function across the DACH region — and how they got there.

Sep 5, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: September 5, 2022

Eli Lilly took part in a $50m series A1 round for Neukio Biotherapeutics while Itochu led Docquity’s $44m series C.

Sep 5, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: August 24, 2022

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.

Aug 24, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: August 23, 2022

Helmerich & Payne and Liberty Energy backed a $138m round for Fervo Energy, and Shandong Weigao helped Jinjiang Electron raise $103m.

Aug 23, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: August 19, 2022

SK provided $100m for Atom Power, while MediaTek, Ta Ya, Simplo and Chunghwa Telecom all took part in TXOne Networks’ $70m series B round.

Aug 19, 2022

Hsu sails to Qualcomm Ventures

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

Aug 11, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: August 8, 2022

ETS Global led a $210m round for UpGrad while CrowdStrike's Falcon Fund took part in Talon Cyber Security's $100m series A.

Aug 8, 2022

Exits for IT sector investors

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.

Aug 7, 2022

LatAm corporates need to get out of survival mode for CVC to…

Innovation seems threatening to legacy thinking in the region, preventing corporates from going into high-performance mode.

Jul 29, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: July 12, 2022

DeNA and Seibu Holdings helped Allm raise $180m, while several corporates are exiting ViaCyte in a $320m acquisition.

Jul 12, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: July 11, 2022

Allianz X helped digital insurance provider Coalition raise $250m while protein synthesis technology developer Nuclera hiked an E Ink-backed series B round to $58m.

Jul 11, 2022

Massuda promoted to MD at Movile

Fabio Massuda will now sit across investments and portfolio management at the Brazilian firm.

Jul 6, 2022

Suzano plants $70m in sustainable forestry fund

Julio Ramundo is heading up the paper and pulp provider's newly formed corporate venturing unit, which is targeting forestry sustainability and efficiency technologies.

Jun 14, 2022

Coinbase’s takeover talks with 2TM break down

Coinbase’s acquisition of the Brazil-based cryptocurrency brokerage was stymied as negotiations fell through.

May 5, 2022

Corporate LP commitments – update

Lots of indirect investments in startups in April

May 3, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: April 14, 2022

BMW and Ralph Lauren contributed to an $85m round for sustainable materials provider Natural Fiber Welding while Credit Saison invested $80m in virtual credit card service Julo.

Apr 14, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: March 28, 2022

Bikini brand Frankies Bikinis received $18m from strategic investor Victoria's Secret while department store retailer Lojas Renner has formed a $31m investment vehicle.

Mar 28, 2022

Tencent helps Flash cash in

The corporate benefits provider reportedly raised in excess of $100m in its series C round, which it claims is Brazil's second largest round for an HR technology provider.

Mar 11, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: February 28, 2022

Data analytics engineering group DBT Labs closed a $222m series D round including several corporates while 4Paradigm has filed an IPO prospectus again after its earlier attempt expired.

Feb 28, 2022

Neon glows with $300m from BBVA

Banking firm BBVA returned to reinvest in Neon, part of a group of digital banking portfolio companies it has built, increasing its stake to nearly 30%.

Feb 16, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: February 10, 2022

Data analytics platform developer Starburst raised $250m in a Salesforce-backed round valuing it above $3.3bn while SoftBank co-led a $140m round for small molecule drug developer Ventus.

Feb 10, 2022

GCV Emerging Leaders 2022: Rosario Cannata

Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2022 (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Rosario Cannata, executive investment manager, EDP Ventures

Feb 10, 2022

The global corporate venturing survey 2022

From September to December 2021, Global Corporate Venturing conducted its annual State of CVC survey.

Feb 9, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: February 1, 2022

Solana and Jump Trading helped crypto wallet developer Phantom secure $109m while HR software provider Gupy netted $93.1m in a round co-led by SoftBank.

Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: January 31, 2022

CSAA-backed digital home insurer Kin Insurance has backed out of a reverse merger while The Sandbox has committed $50m to a metaverse startup accelerator.

Jan 31, 2022

Daily Deal Round Up: January 28, 2022

SoftBank led digital pharmacy Alto's $200m series E round as well as a $130m series B round for rent data software provider Esusu.

Jan 28, 2022

MSW wins Banco do Brasil mandate

MSW Capital is among the funds managing $36m of venture capital cash for Banco do Brasil, which is controlled by the Brazilian government and listed in São Paulo.

Jan 18, 2022

SoftBank sends cash to Laika and TerraMagna

The corporate's ongoing Latin American portfolio has grown after it led pet product retailer Laika's $48m series B round and a $40m round for rural finance provider TerraMagna.

Jan 14, 2022

Tul twigs to $181m series B

SoftBank's Latin America Fund took part in the construction materials marketplace’s latest round at a reported valuation of $800m.

Jan 12, 2022

Analysis: Nubank raises $2.6bn in IPO

Digital banking platform operator Nu Holdings priced its IPO at the top of its range in New York, representing the first Brazil-originated flotation in three months.

Dec 20, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: December 16, 2021

SoftBank invested in rounds for Olist, Open Co and Juspay while Innovaccer raised $150m.

Dec 16, 2021

Nubank nabs $2.6bn in IPO

Corporate-backed digital banking platform operator Nu Holdings priced its offering at the top of its range in New York, representing the first Brazil-originated flotation in three months.

Dec 9, 2021

Nubank files for dual listing

The Tencent and Berkshire Hathaway-backed digital bank is seeking to grow its valuation from $30bn in June to over $50m in flotations in the US and Brazil.

Nov 3, 2021

RecargaPay tops up series C to $80m

The mobile payment app developer has expanded an Experian-backed round with a $10m extension, taking its total funding to approximately $110m.

Nov 2, 2021

Nubank looks to cash in IPO

The Tencent and Berkshire Hathaway-backed digital bank, valued at $30bn in June, has confidentially filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.

Oct 28, 2021

CargoX hauls in $200m in funding

SoftBank and Tencent provided a combined $150m to co-lead a series F round valuing the trucking services marketplace at $1bn.

Oct 22, 2021

Brazil empowers innovation

Innovative region: Brazil

Oct 19, 2021

Investors present $50m to CRM&Bonus

SoftBank’s Latin America Fund has thrown its weight behind CRM&Bonus as the customer loyalty platform accelerates its international expansion.

Oct 8, 2021

SoftBank co-leads $225m Merama series B

SoftBank and Globo Ventures contributed to a series B round for Merama that valued the e-commerce holding group at $850m.

Sep 29, 2021

SoftBank appoints partners for Latin America funds

SoftBank has brought in former Redpoint eVentures partners Rodrigo Baer and Marco Camhaji to work on its recently launched second Latin America-focused fund.

Sep 20, 2021

Petlove performs $150m funding trick

SoftBank and Porto Seguro were among the investors that brought the pet-focused e-commerce platform’s disclosed funding to more than $225m.

Aug 31, 2021

Cora accounts for $116m series B

Tencent came onboard as the digital business banking developer raised cash which will be put towards growing its customer base.

Aug 25, 2021

QuintoAndar lists another $120m

With backing from Tencent, the online real estate platform has pushed its series E round to $420m.

Aug 23, 2021

Nuvemshop snags $500m

Qualcomm Ventures helped the e-commerce platform provider raise a series E round which took its overall funding to over $620m.

Aug 18, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: July 22, 2021

Several corporates backed a $68m series D round for microbiome drug developer Vedanta Biosciences while grooming brand owner Pangaea raised the same amount from investors including Unilever.

Jul 22, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: July 15, 2021

Clean medicine developer Genexa roped in Unilever for its $60m series A round while Krafton led storytelling platform developer Pratilipi's $48m series D.

Jul 15, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: July 14, 2021

Electric aircraft developer Heart Aerospace raised $35m from investors including Mesa Air and United, while several corporates are set to exit remote access software developer Openpath.

Jul 14, 2021

Buser picks up $138m in funding

The charter bus booking platform is planning a significant expansion following a capital injection supplied by investors including SoftBank.

Jun 14, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: June 2, 2021

SoftBank contributed to a $65m round for fresh produce marketplace Frubana while KDDI invested in food ordering service Menu at a $228m valuation.

Jun 2, 2021

QuintoAndar hikes to $300m series E

SoftBank Innovation Fund has chipped in for a round that valued the rental listings marketplace at $4bn, increasing its overall funding to $635m.

May 28, 2021

CloudWalk travels to $190m series B round

Existing investor FIS returned to help payment network operator CloudWalk increase its funding to $206m altogether.

May 12, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: May 6, 2021

Opioid addiction care provider Groups Recover Together and healthcare management platform developer Vim each raised $60m, with Optum Ventures backing both rounds.

May 6, 2021

Google grows Black Founders Fund participants

Google’s Black Founders Fund has now backed 17 Brazil-based startups through the programme and may go on to invest in 13 more.

Apr 23, 2021

Daily Deal Round Up: April 22, 2021

Genomic therapy developer EdiGene, electric vehicle rental platform Go Sharing and API management platform developer RapidAPI have all raised about $60m.

Apr 22, 2021

Consumer sector goes through pandemic woes

Sector analysis: Consumer

Apr 15, 2021

Kavak drives through $485m series D round

The SoftBank-backed used car marketplace more than tripled its valuation to $4bn in seven months, with D1 Capital Partners leading the round.

Apr 8, 2021

Corporate venturing deal net: 22-26 March 2021

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Mar 26, 2021

Rising Stars Q&A – Gonzalo Soriano, AC Ventures

Q&A with Gonzalo Soriano, senior investment analyst, AC Ventures

Mar 23, 2021

Nuvemshop nets $90m in series D round

Qualcomm Ventures has returned to back the e-commerce platform developer’s series D round after co-leading its previous round late last year.

Mar 23, 2021

What 500 Startups sees in emerging ecosystems

Comment from Bedy Yang, managing partner and head of ecosystems, 500vc, and Ee-Ling Lim, regional director for Asia-Pacific

Mar 16, 2021

How to bypass the usual operational pitfalls of CVC

Comment from Carol Strobel, operating partner, Redpoint eVentures, Brazil

Mar 16, 2021

Maciel’s Volpe adds to debut fund

SoftBank-backed Volpe has reached an $80m first close of its inaugural fund and made its first deal by investing in Uol Edtech.

Mar 16, 2021

Loggi locks up $205m

SoftBank and Microsoft have helped the last-mile delivery service increase its valuation to roughly $2bn in a round led by CapSur Capital.

Mar 2, 2021

Corporate venturing deal net: 22-26 February 2021

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Feb 26, 2021

Trademaster credits Banco BV for latest investment

The credit platform developer, which serves small and medium-sized businesses, has collected new funding from Banco BV.

Feb 25, 2021

PSafe secures CyberLabs in merger deal

Qihoo 360 has exited the Brazil-based peer after it joined AI technology group CyberLabs to form a new company, CyberLabs Group.

Feb 18, 2021
Feb 16, 2021

Corporate venturing deal net: 25-29 January 2021

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Jan 29, 2021

Nubank notches up $400m series G

The digital bank pushed its valuation to $25bn in a Tencent-backed round that will support its growth in Latin America.

Jan 29, 2021

Mercado Bitcoin bags funding

Banco Plural took part in a $37.2m round for the digital currency exchange that will support its international expansion.

Jan 22, 2021

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2021: Carlos Kokron

Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2021 continued (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Carlos Kokron, vice-president and managing director of Americas and operations, Qualcomm Ventures

Jan 21, 2021

Brazil adds triple fundraisings

The three funds comes as Daniel de Macedo switches role and a new trade body committee is set up for CVCs.

Jan 19, 2021

Corporate venturing deal net: 11-15 January 2021

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Jan 15, 2021

Corporate venturing deal net: 4-8 January 2021

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Jan 8, 2021

Creditas looks to house Bcredi acquisition

Creditas will pay an undisclosed amount for the digital mortgage lender, a spinoff from Banco Bari, as it seeks to boost its real estate financing division.

Jan 6, 2021

Softbank leads Olist’s series D round

This $57.5m cash injection for will support growth, product development and acquistions for the e-commerce services provider.

Nov 25, 2020

Brazil embraces corporate venturing

Innovative region: Brazil

Nov 17, 2020

Sector report: financial

Sector challenged amid fintech disruption

Nov 17, 2020

Conductor orchestrates $150m in funding

Viking Global led a $150m round for the Visa-backed banking software provider that will go to product development and international growth.

Nov 2, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 26-30 October 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Oct 30, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 12-16 October 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Oct 16, 2020

Afya takes care of iClinic purchase

SoftBank has exited the electronic health record platform through a $32.7m acquisition by medical school operator Afya.

Oct 16, 2020

Goldman Sachs banks on Iugu

Iugu, a Brazil-based finance automation and payment platform for small companies, has raised R$120m ($22.5m) in its series A round from a consortium including US-based investment bank Goldman Sachs. Venture capital firm Indicator Capital and Fábio Póvoa, co-founder of local internet group Movile and angel investor through Smart Money Ventures, joined the A round. Indicator Capital previously […]

Oct 3, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 28 September-2 October 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Oct 2, 2020

Facebook bets on Baita agtech scheme

Facebook-backed Campo Digital will partner 10 Brazil-based agtech developers that will showcase their products on a demo day scheduled to take place in April 2021.

Sep 30, 2020

Sector report: Telecoms

Telecoms are the connecting tissue of today’s digitised world

Sep 22, 2020

GCV Powerlist 2020: #1 Jeffrey Li

The top 25: Jeffrey Li, managing partner, Tencent Investment

Sep 16, 2020

XP executes $1.5bn corporate venturing plan

Investment manager XP has allocated up to $1.5bn in capital for a strategic investment fund dubbed XP Ventures.

Sep 14, 2020

Lima joins Brazil’s Astella

Guilherme Lima has left his role as head of corporate venture at consumer electronics producer Elsys for a partner position at venture firm Astella Investimentos.

Sep 11, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 31 August-4 September 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Sep 4, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 24-28 August 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Aug 28, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 3-7 August 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Aug 7, 2020

Warren wins series B funding

Mercado Libre's MeLi Fund has chipped into a $22.5m for online brokerage platform operator Warren that was led by QED Investors.

Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 6-10 July 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Jul 10, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 22-26 June 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Jun 26, 2020

Qualcomm and BNDES cue up IoT fund manager

Indicator Capital will oversee the $39m internet-of-things fund co-founded by Qualcomm Ventures and the Brazilian government in January.

Jun 25, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 18-22 May 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

May 22, 2020
May 19, 2020

Are you missing the opportunity?

Comment from Miguel Arias, global entrepreneurship director, Telefónica

Apr 15, 2020

Consumer sector shows signs of slowdown

Sector report: Consumer

Apr 15, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 30 March-3 April 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Apr 3, 2020

Foundations of agtech ecosystems in Piracicaba

Prepared by researchers from the Washington University, St Louis on behalf of The Yield Lab, sponsored by Rabo Strategic Ventures

Mar 18, 2020

Food fit for a growing world

Special report: Agtech

Mar 17, 2020

Microsoft to fund Brazil’s female founders

The Iniciativa Women Entrepreneurship scheme consists of $10.4m fund WE Ventures and a smaller development-stage vehicle called WE Impact.

Mar 13, 2020

Telefónica takes capital to Redpoint eVentures

Brazil-based venture capital partnership Redpoint eVentures has secured an undisclosed amount of capital from Telefónica Innovation Ventures.

Mar 12, 2020

Summit 2020 covers AI, dealflow and more

The Global Corporate Venturing and Innovation Summit 2020 in Monterey, California, brought together more than 800 corporate venturing leaders from corporations representing about $10 trillion in annual revenues.

Feb 18, 2020

Corporate venturing deal net: 3-7 February 2020

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Feb 7, 2020

Netskope catches $340m

The Dell-backed cloud security platform developer was valued at nearly $3bn in a late-stage round led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities.

Feb 7, 2020

Solinftec solicits $40m investment

AgFunder-backed agricultural technology developer Solinftec has attracted $40m in a round led by private equity firm Unbox Capital.

Feb 5, 2020

50 years after the internet new doors open

Introduction to the World of Corporate Venturing 2020 by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing

Jan 30, 2020

GCVI Summit 2020: Brazil’s venture capital on the global radar

Rodrigo Mendezes, Flavio Pripas and Rosario Cannata addressed the opportunities and challenges for Brazilian startups and corporate venturing units.

Jan 29, 2020

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel de Macedo

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel de Macedo, strategy and innovation manager, Algar Ventures

Jan 29, 2020

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Carlos Kokron

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Carlos Kokron, vice-president and managing director, Qualcomm Ventures

Jan 29, 2020

GCV Emerging Leaders Awards 2020: Daniel Malandrin

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Daniel Aguilar Andrijic Malandrin, vice-president of private equity and venture capital, Bradesco and head, InovaBra Ventures

Jan 29, 2020

GCV Rising Stars Awards 2020: Rosario Cannata

The rest of the 50 (in alphabetical order): Rosario Cannata, investment manager, EDP Ventures

Jan 29, 2020

Qualcomm quickens pace with IoT fund

The semiconductor producer’s investment vehicle has partnered Brazilian development bank BNDES to set up a $39.3m fund to provide seed to series A funding for internet-of-things startups.

Jan 20, 2020

Telefónica tears it up with Teravoz exit

Voice communication technology provider Teravoz has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Twilio, allowing Telefónica subsidiary Wayra Brasil to exit with a 30-times return.

Jan 16, 2020

Transport sector hits the brake pedal

Sector analysis: Transport

Jan 14, 2020

Houston’s Solutions

Event review: GCV Energy

Dec 17, 2019

AgVentures II blossoms with BASF funding

BASF Venture Capital has invested $4m in SP Ventures' AgVentures II vehicle, which is set to invest in more than 20 Latin America-based startups.

Nov 21, 2019

Banco Vorantim lights up Neon

Banco Vorantim has co-led a $95.3m round for digital banking service Neon roughly 18 months after becoming its financial services partner.

Nov 19, 2019

Incubating healthcare startups in Brazil

Eretz.Bio is an initiative of the Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Albert Einstein (Israeli Beneficent Society Albert Einstein) that works as an incubator of startups focused on innovation in the health sector.

Nov 13, 2019

Brazil goes for corporate venture

GCV was delighted to head to São Paulo in October to co-host the fifth annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference, in partnership with ApexBrasil, and to hold our inaugural GCV Academy in the region.

Nov 13, 2019

The future of mining

It is an irony that as the world moves to cleaner sources of energy it is increasingly reliant on one of the most challenging industries for the commodities.

Nov 13, 2019

Financial services continue to grow

Sector report: Fintech

Nov 13, 2019

Corporate venturing deal net: 28 October-1 November 2019

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Nov 1, 2019

MSW plans second Brazil-focused fund

MSW, which secured Microsoft, Qualcomm Ventures, Banco Votorantim, Bayer, BB Seguros, Grupo Algar and AgeRio for its first fund, is targeting $24m.

Oct 29, 2019

Olist to get bigger with SoftBank funding

SoftBank is leading a $46.6m round for the e-commerce integration platform as it carries on its Latin American spending spree.

Oct 25, 2019

The energy sector is still growing

Sector analysis: Energy

Oct 15, 2019

Corporate venturing deal net: 30 September-4 October 2019

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Oct 4, 2019

Yahoo, SoftBank and Naspers’ varying venture paths

Three corporate venturing windfalls have resulted in three different strategies to maximise shareholder value over the long-term.

Sep 18, 2019

SoftBank sets aside $500m for Latin American VCs

The corporate has already backed Kaszek Ventures and Valor Capital, but plans to supply cash for up to 10 venture firms in connection with its $5bn Latin America fund.

Sep 11, 2019

Fund in the News: Eurofarma

GCV Rising Star Paulo Braga, who leads Eurofarma’s corporate venturing fund, has spoken to Global Corporate Venturing about the unit's focus.

Sep 10, 2019

Corporate venturing deal net: 26-30 August 2019

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Aug 30, 2019

Corporate venturing deal net: 12-16 August 2019

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Aug 16, 2019

Eurofarma unleashes corporate venture capital fund

The pharmaceutical firm will invest up to $11.7m through the fund, which is led by GCV Rising Star Paulo Braga.

Aug 2, 2019

Nubank checks into $400m series F

Tencent was among the returning backers in a TCV-led series F round that came after discussions with SoftBank about leading a $1bn round fell through.

Jul 29, 2019

Creditas banks on $231m series D

Creditas has received $231m in series D funding from investors including SoftBank through its Latin America Fund and Vision Fund, and Santander.

Jul 11, 2019

Switzerland’s land of opportunity

Innovative region: Switzerland

Jul 10, 2019

IT sector continues to nurture innovation

Sector Analysis: Information Technology

Jul 10, 2019

Slowdown in June

Monthly analysis: June 2019

Jul 10, 2019

Analysis: SoftBank gets a $300m Gympass

The telecoms firm SoftBank has backed a substantial $300m round of gym membership provider Gympass, which is part of the beauty and fitness space, which has seen stable corporate-backed deal flow with rising valuations in recent years.

Jun 17, 2019

Nubank to account for $1bn

Nubank is in talks with SoftBank to lead a funding round of up to $1bn that could more than double the fintech’s valuation to between $8bn and $10bn as it pursues additional markets.

Jun 10, 2019

Analysis: SoftBank gives Creditas $200m

SoftBank backed online lender Creditas, a company from the alternative lending space, which does not seem to have experienced exponential growth in valuations.

Jun 10, 2019

SoftBank oversees another $100m delivery for Loggi

The delivery services platform secured $100m in a round led by returning investor SoftBank Vision Fund, while another SoftBank fund considers adding $50m.

Jun 6, 2019

Creditas bonds with SoftBank to raise $200m

Online lender Creditas has raised $200m from SoftBank at a reported $700m post-money valuation, adding to about $84m previously procured from backers including Naspers.

Jun 5, 2019

GCV Powerlist 2019: #1 Jeffrey Li

The top 25: Jeffrey Li, Tencent Investment

May 23, 2019

GCV Powerlist 2019: Quinn Li

26 – 100 in alphabetical order: Quinn Li, Qualcomm Ventures

May 23, 2019

Emilio to head Bertelsmann Brazil Investments

Bertelsmann has promoted Daulins Emilio, previously director of investments at Bertelsmann Brazil Investments, to lead the unit and the Corporate Centre in São Paulo.

May 13, 2019

Natura retains $5m for startup investments

The comestics supplier plans to invest the capital in Europe and North America through a series of funds, starting with Dynamo Beauty Ventures.

May 7, 2019

Consumer sector feeds growth

Sector analysis: Consumer

Apr 11, 2019

SoftBank builds Latin American investment team

SoftBank has tapped three executives to help run its $5bn Latin America-focused fund, with Paulo Passoni and Shu Nyatta to work alongside managing partner André Maciel.

Apr 10, 2019

Weel rolls to $30m from Franklin Templeton

The Banco Votorantim-backed business finance provider has received $30m from Franklin Templeton that will support its growth in Latin America.

Apr 5, 2019

EDP’s Vidigal veers to Deutsche Bank

EDP Ventures head Cassio Carvalho Pinto Vidigal has departed from the unit to lead Deutsche Bank’s global subsidiary coverage in Brazil.

Apr 4, 2019

Leite leaves CPFL for Votorantim

CPFL Energia’s strategy and innovation specialist Danilo Leite has been hired by peer Votorantim Energia as an innovation manager.

Apr 1, 2019

Germany – Mittelstand forever?

Innovative region: Germany

Mar 5, 2019

Riding the innovation wave of disruption

The fourth annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation (GCVI) Summit in Monterey, California on Wednesday and Thursday, January 30-31 by reporters Kaloyan Andonov, Edison Fu and Thierry Heles

Feb 26, 2019

SoftBank studies 10-figure Latin America fund

SoftBank is reportedly considering a Latin American fund that would be sized in the billions of dollars, in addition to leading a $149m round for Brazil-based Gympass.

Feb 6, 2019

GCV Rising Stars Awards 2019: Karime Hajar Alves

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Karime Hajar Alves, Cielo

Jan 30, 2019

GCV Rising Stars Awards 2019: Thais Perico Sousa

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Thais Perico Sousa, BASF Venture Capital

Jan 30, 2019

GCV Rising Stars Awards 2019: Paulo Braga

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Paulo Braga, Eurofarma

Jan 30, 2019

GCV Rising Stars Awards 2019: Bruno Loreto

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Bruno Loreto, Construtech Ventures

Jan 30, 2019

Transport drives ahead

Sector focus: Transport

Jan 22, 2019

Deals grow slightly in November

This is our data snapshot based on last month’s investment activity. 
The charts and tables have been generated by our data platform GCV Analytics.

Dec 18, 2018

Grupo Benner scores Scaramel as innovation manager

Vinícius Scaramel left his position as an innovation area manager at InterCement to join fellow corporate Grupo Benner as innovation and products manager.

Dec 7, 2018

Gartlan goes to Yield Lab

Kieran Gartlan has departed from a Latin America-based senior director position at CME Group for a managing director role at The Yield Lab.

Dec 6, 2018

QuintoAndar goes home with $64m

Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures has returned to back the apartment rental website's $64m series C round, which will support an expansion into additional cities.

Nov 28, 2018

Corporate venturing deal net: 12-16 November 2018

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Nov 16, 2018

Corporates help dish up $500m for iFood

Online food delivery platform iFood has secured another $500m in a round featuring majority owner Movile and fellow corporate Naspers.

Nov 14, 2018
Nov 13, 2018

Monashees mobilises Minnesota for $150m fund

University of Minnesota is part of a list of limited partners that provided $150m for Brazil-based venture firm Monashees to close its eighth fund.

Nov 8, 2018

Brazil fintechs gain momentum

Brazil-based fintech companies have been on the news in recent times, showing the potential of the South American country’s ecosystem.

Oct 29, 2018

Brazil comes to grow in the international venture community

The fourth annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference organized by government agency Apex-Brasil in partnership with Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) was the most popular yet with 700 applications and a who’s who of attendees who “came to grow” in the theme of the event. Since the partnership started in 2016, $184m has been invested in […]

Oct 9, 2018

StartX nurtures Kinedu in series A round

Stanford-StartX Fund has invested in childhood development app creator Kinedu, which counts childcare provider Advenio among its early backers.

Oct 4, 2018

Corporate venturing deal net: 3-7 September 2018

E-commerce firm Alibaba has provided an undisclosed amount of series C1 funding for China-based smartphone recycling service Huishoubao, China Money Network reported today. Huishoubao had previously raised angel funding from Source Code Capital in 2015, series A funding from Chengwei Capital and Citic Capital in 2016 and a similarly undisclosed amount of series A-plus funding […]

Sep 7, 2018

Corporate venturing deal net: 20-24 August 2018

Enterra Feed, a Canada-based developer of insect-based ingredients for animal feed, closed what it called a ‘major global funding round’ yesterday, which was led by investment manager ADM Capital’s Cibus Fund with backing from poultry product supplier PHW Group and an unnamed, family-owned investment group. The company received $5m from Avrio Capital in 2014 and […]

Aug 24, 2018
Aug 10, 2018

Facebook fills out Brazilian accelerator

The social impact accelerator being run by Facebook and Artemisia has named the first 10 startups that will be taking part.

Jul 31, 2018

Senior to send funding to startups

The enterprise software producer plans to back 10 startups through its Senior Ventures fund by the end of 2022.

Jul 31, 2018

Corporate venturing deal net: 23-27 July 2018

TrackR, the US-based possession-tracking device developer backed by e-commerce firm Amazon and mobile network operator NTT Docomo, has secured a little over $10m according to a regulatory filing. The company had raised a total of more than $60m as of its last round, a $50m series B in August 2017 featuring corporate venturing units Amazon […]

Jul 27, 2018

How to lose the innovation arms race

A report released last week by the Center for Advancing Innovation and PatSnap shows the US and the EU are falling behind on the number of patents filed.

Jul 23, 2018

Corporate venturing deal net: 25-29 June 2018

Telecommunications company China Mobile has supplied an undisclosed amount of series E funding for China-based cloud services provider UCloud in connection with a strategic partnership deal, 36kr reported yesterday. UCloud had raised a total of $299m from investors including media group Bertelsmann, conglomerate Legend Holdings, Oriza Holdings, DCM Ventures, GX Capital and CICC Alpha, as […]

Jun 29, 2018

EDP powers up $8m Brazilian fund

Newly formed corporate venturing unit EDP Ventures Brasil will invest at seed and series A stage on behalf of the Europe-based energy provider.

Jun 18, 2018

News round up 11 June 2018

A round up of all the latest news on www.globaluniversityventuring.com for our subscribers.

Jun 8, 2018

Unilever Brazil starts accelerator

Unilever Brazil, a local subsidiary of Netherlands-based consumer goods maker Unilever, has launched Lever Up as the company’s first worldwide startup acceleration program.  Lever Up will be led by venture capital firm Liga Ventures’ Corporate Accelerator Alternate Ventures, targeting startups in the IT, supply chain, e-commerce, home care and food sectors.  Those selected to participate […]

Jun 3, 2018

GCV Powerlist 2018: Peter Quadros Seiffert

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Peter Quadros Seiffert, Embraer

May 18, 2018

GCV Powerlist 2018: Francois Dossa

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Francois Dossa, Alliance Ventures

May 17, 2018

GCV Powerlist 2018: #8 Annabelle Yu Long

The top 25: Annabelle Yu Long, Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI)

May 16, 2018

Mandaê loads up series B cash

Brazil-based logistics marketplace operator Mandaê has completed a $7.1m series B round featuring courier firm UPS, chipset manufacturer Qualcomm and e-commerce firm Mercado Libre. The round was led by International Finance Corp, the private investment arm of multilateral agency World Bank, with participation from Icon Holding Company, Tekton Ventures, FJ Labs, Performa Investimentos and Monashees. […]

May 8, 2018

Neon banks on Propel to raise $22m

The BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners was among the investors in what the digital banking startup described as Brazil's largest ever series A round.

May 8, 2018

Keane quits Qualcomm for Promus Ventures

Gareth Keane, an investment manager at Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of US-based chipmaker Qualcomm, has left to join venture capital firm Promus Ventures. Keane had been at Qualcomm Ventures for nearly six years having joined in 2012 after Texas Instruments’ acquisition of National Semiconductor the year before. He is leaving following a shake-up […]

May 4, 2018
Apr 19, 2018

The strategic necessity of university innovation tools

James Mawson identifies issues raised at the World Incubation Summit and calls for input ahead of GUV's updated review of university venture funds to be published at GUV:Fusion in London in May.

Mar 4, 2018

700 ‘heroes of impact’ gather

‘The pace of change will never be as slow as it is today,” said Sue Siegel, chief innovation officer at GE, CEO of GE Ventures, and the summit’s co-chairman, when she opened the conference. “Change is going so fast,” she added. “Today is as slow as it is going to get. “In the future, you […]

Feb 26, 2018

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2018: Ana Segurado

Probably the most active corporate venturing unit over the past five years in terms of volume of activity has perhaps been a surprising one – Spain-based telecoms group Telefónica. Apart from misleadingly-named venture capital firm 500 Startups’ 1,200 deals in its first five years, it is hard to find another group that matches Telefónica’s $300m […]

Jan 25, 2018

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2018: Arthur O’Keefe

A GCV Rising Star nominee for the third year in a row, Arthur O’Keefe joined São Paulo, Brazil-based global mobile commerce company Movile five years ago, and is currently partner and group chief financial officer (CFO) overseeing corporate development and strategy for the group that has raised more than $250m itself from a syndicate led […]

Jan 25, 2018

2017 funds review

For all the geopolitical upset in the world, countless governments around the world found a lot of time to double down on – or get involved in – the venturing space in 2017. The timing was right, therefore, for Global Government Venturing to launch its Leadership Society at the annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation […]

Jan 24, 2018
Jan 23, 2018

Global Government Venturing’s year in review

For all the geopolitical upset in world, countless governments around the world found a lot of time to double down on – or get involved in – the venturing space in 2017. The timing was right, therefore, for Global Government Venturing to launch its Leadership Society at the annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation Summit in January, […]

Jan 18, 2018

News round up 15 January 2018

A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.

Jan 12, 2018

Big Deal: Didi Chuxing buys a 99

Didi Chuxing's reported $600m acquisition of a majority stake in its Brazilian counterpart indicates a new level to its expansion plans.

Jan 8, 2018

Analysis: Didi Chuxing invests in 99

China-based on-demand ride hailing service Didi Chuxing acquired 90% of its Brazilian counterpart 99

Jan 8, 2018

Editorial: Insights into the transport revolution

As China-based ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing's acqures a majority of Brazil-based peer 99, below is a version of a speech presented in a keynote at the Corporate Venture in Brasil conference in October 2017.

Jan 5, 2018

Didi Chuxing draws near to 99 purchase

The on-demand ride service is reportedly in talks to buy a majority stake in Brazilian counterpart 99, a year after leading a $100m round for the company.

Dec 22, 2017

Naspers helps move $82m to Movile

The Latin American mobile services platform has now raised more than $250m altogether, and will invest part of the funds in food delivery platform iFood.

Dec 8, 2017

Google Launchpad lets on 24

Internet technology provider Google has announced the 24 startups that will make up the 2018 batch of its Launchpad Accelerator. Launchpad provides companies with equity-free support, a two-week bootcamp at Google’s US headquarters in San Francisco, mentorship from Google and venture capital experts, credits for Google products, media training and six months of support in […]

Dec 5, 2017

Satt Sud-Est partners Skema Business School

The partnership aims to connect researchers, student entrepreneurs, managers and business developers with a view of generating more companies.

Nov 21, 2017

Insights into the transport revolution

In all the companies we invest in, we try to build a cooperative mutually beneficial relationship

Nov 13, 2017

Brazil corporate venture: a quick graph summary

A summary of the Brazilian realm of corporate venture capital

Nov 13, 2017

Brazil’s awesome entrepreneurs come to the fore

There are two essential elements for any ecosystem developing its innovation capabilities – “awesome entrepreneurs” and the investors and service providers to help them develop. At the third annual Corporate Venture in Brasil conference last month, both sets were increasingly on display as the hosts, Apex-Brasil in partnership with Global Corporate Venturing and a range […]

Nov 13, 2017

CargoX delivers $20m in series C round

Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm and Ability Logistics invested in a round that boosted the trucking services provider's overall funding to $34m.

Nov 10, 2017

Analysis: Insights into the transport revolution

This is a version of a presentation first shown at the Corporate Venture in Brasil conference, hosted by Apex-Brasil in partnership with Global Corporate Venturing earlier this month.

Oct 29, 2017

Brazil Corporate Venture: quick graph summary

Last week the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, Apex-Brasil, and Global Corporate Venturing ran once again the Corporate Venture in Brasil conference to develop corporate venture capital in Brasil.

Oct 6, 2017

Brazil breezing through macro headwinds

Over the past few weeks and months, the country has seen positive headlines for large deals, venture fundraising and corporate innovation initiatives

Sep 13, 2017
Jul 25, 2017

Corporate Venture in Brasil 2017

October 2-5 2017, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Jul 18, 2017

Editorial: Brazil breezes through macro headwinds

Over the past few weeks and months, the country has seen positive headlines for large deals, venture fundraising and corporate innovation initiatives.

Jul 3, 2017

Editorial: Brazil breezing through macro headwinds

Over the past few weeks and months, the country has seen positive headlines for large deals, venture fundraising and corporate innovation initiatives.

Jul 2, 2017

Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017

James Mawson, editor-in-chief, reviews last month's Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017

Jun 28, 2017

Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017

James Mawson, editor-in-chief, reviews last month's Global Corporate Venturing Symposium 2017

Jun 19, 2017

99 picks up SoftBank for $100m fare

SoftBank, already an investor in Didi Chuxing and Ola, has added $100m to more than $100m raised by 99 in January this year.

May 25, 2017

Big Deal: Naspers gives Delivery Hero a hand

Naspers has continued its growth-through-investment strategy by paying $423m for a 13.5% share of online food ordering platform Delivery Hero.

May 15, 2017

Curiosity among venturing leaders drives the industry

Introduction to the GCV Powerlist 2017 by James Mawson, Editor-in-Chief

May 13, 2017

GCV Powerlist 2017: Peter Quadros Seiffert

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Peter Quadros Seiffert, Embraer

May 13, 2017

GCV Powerlist 2017: #7 Shobhna Mohn

The top 25: Shobhna Mohn, Bertelsmann

May 10, 2017

GCV Powerlist 2017: #4 Larry Illg

The top 25: Larry Illg, Naspers

May 10, 2017

Cabify collects $100m fare

The Rakuten-backed ride hailing service, valued at $320m as of April 2016, is reportedly raising up to $500m in a series D round that will fund Brazilian expansion.

May 10, 2017

News round up 27 February 2017

A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.

Feb 24, 2017

Radar Santander to detect Brazilian startups

Spain-based bank Santander has set up an accelerator in Brazil with entrepreneurship organisation Endeavor to back financial technology developers.

Feb 24, 2017

The big opportunities in 2017

  Claudia Fan Munce, venture adviser at New Enterprise Associates and former managing director of IBM Venture Capital Group: How innovations that drive growth of the parent corporation are sourced through corporate venturing activities, investing, incubating, business development for commercial partnership, M&A and other things that are part of the corporate venture portfolio of activities. […]

Jan 20, 2017

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Arthur O’Keefe

“Mergers and acquisitions without integration” sounds like trying to have your cake and eat it – to have the excitement of chasing and closing a deal without worrying about the consequences of trying to make it fit in with its new parent. This formula, though, is the secret raising agent behind Movile’s cake becoming larger, […]

Jan 19, 2017

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2017: Franklin Luzes

For a country with a relatively nascent entrepreneurial and corporate venturing ecosystem given its size and economic importance, Franklin Luzes has done much to support both startups and investors. Luzes joined US-listed software developer Microsoft in October 2002 as part of its developer platform and evangelism organisation then spent seven years working with independent software […]

Jan 19, 2017

The big opportunities in 2017

What will be the big opportunities in 2017? Results from our corporate venturing survey of industry leaders.

Jan 17, 2017

99 goes to $100m in Didi Chuxing-led round

Didi Chuxing has led a $100m series D round for Qualcomm-backed Brazilian counterpart 99 as part of a strategic alliance.

Jan 5, 2017

Algar joins corporate backers of BR Startups

Grupo Algar's corporate venturing unit has joined the likes of Qualcomm, Microsoft, Monsanto and Agerio in Brazilian pre-acceleration fund BR Startups.

Dec 21, 2016

Qualcomm homes in on QuintoAndar

Apartment rental marketplace operator QuintoAndar has raised $12.6m in a Qualcomm Ventures-backed round that lifted its overall funding to $20m.

Dec 21, 2016

Unidas shifts into IPO mode

Brazil-based car rental firm Unidas on Monday filed for an initial public offering in São Paulo, aiming for up to $195m in proceeds and providing an exit to car rental provider Enterprise Holdings. Unidas has not yet revealed a date for the flotation or priced its shares for the offering. The announcement comes just one […]

Nov 30, 2016

Hickies ties up $10m

The modular shoelace developer received the funding from backers including Sforza, the owner of new strategic partners Topper Brazil and Rainha, and a footwear brand that is most likely Adidas.

Nov 15, 2016

Corporate Venture in Brasil 2016

The Corporate Venture in Brasil 2015 event in October last year was the launch of a program with a full suite of resources to support corporations doing business and matching partners, deals and technologies. Around 600 leaders and investors joined hosts Apex-Brasil and Global Corporate Venturing for this first industry meeting point in Sao Paulo. Last month was the second annual edition, with the third planned for the week of 23 October 23 next year.

Nov 9, 2016

Corporate Venture in Brasil: Day Two

The second day of the conference opened with further positive insights from Brasil Ventures’ survey of 68 corporations’ open innovation and venturing interests and approaches, as 77% said they had been developing relationships with startups in the past year. With more than half (57%) having acquired a smaller company, the attitude by senior executives to […]

Oct 27, 2016

Corporate Venture in Brasil: Day One

Brazil's innovation capital ecosystem is developing at a rapid pace.

Oct 25, 2016

Startup competition heats up

Regional report: Germany

Oct 12, 2016

Corporate venturing deal net: 3-7 October 2016

RSI I Fund, a subsidiary of human resources provider Recruit Holdings, has led a $5m series A round for Mystifly, the India-based operator of business-focused airline booking platform MyFareBox, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday. The funding, closed at a $38m valuation, will be invested in sales, marketing and product development as Mystifly, which has […]

Oct 7, 2016

Baidu takes $60m fund to the east

Baidu has made a lead investment in Easterly Ventures, following news earlier this month that the internet company is also launching a $200m corporate venturing arm and a $150m media-focused fund.

Sep 29, 2016

Microsoft Ventures gets the right Mindset

Microsoft has formed a collaboration with investment firm Mindset Ventures to fund Microsoft Accelerator graduates that can serve the Brazilian market.

Sep 27, 2016

Preparing for the media revolution

Profile: Bertelsmann

Sep 9, 2016
Sep 9, 2016

Google calls on old friends with funding

Google is reportedly funding startups formed by ex-team members, including social network Hello, independently to parent company Alphabet's CVC activities.

Aug 24, 2016

Corporates dish up another $30m for iFood

Movile and Just Eat have reinvested in the Latin American food delivery platform, which will expand by buying Just Eat subsidiaries in Brazil and Mexico.

Aug 11, 2016

Brazil sees Algar and Porto Seguro launch funds

A survey found a 16 percentage point rise in the number of Brazilian corporations investing in startups.

Jul 21, 2016

Global Venturing Review 9 July 2016

The week's review of venturing activity across our three titles, Global Corporate Venturing, Global University Venturing and Global Government Venturing.

Jul 9, 2016

Corporates to help Microsoft grow Latin American investments

Monsanto and Qualcomm are partnering Microsoft on a $92m fund that will support Latin America-founded agribusiness technology startups.

Jul 5, 2016

Naspers goes Movile again in $40m series F

Naspers made its fifth investment in the mobile commerce company, which has just invested $4m in online ticketing platform Sympia.

Jun 30, 2016

GCV Powerlist 2016: Urs Cete, Bertelsmann

A member of the top 100 from the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist

May 16, 2016

GCV Powerlist 2016: Charles Searle, Naspers #3

A member of the top 25 from the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist

May 16, 2016

Adavium funds diagnostics acquisitions with $21m

Henery Crown and Company joined the Brazil-based medical device and diagnostics equipment supplier for a series C round that boosted its total funding to $47m.

Apr 11, 2016

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2016: Peter Quadros Seiffert

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Peter Quadros Seiffert, head of corporate venture capital, Embraer

Jan 24, 2016

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2016: Arthur O’Keefe

“Mergers and acquisitions without integration” sounds like trying to have your cake and eat it – to have the excitement of chasing and closing a deal without worrying about the consequences of trying to make it fit in with its new parent. This formula, though, is the secret raising agent behind Movile’s cake becoming larger […]

Jan 24, 2016

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2016: Karime Hajar Alves

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Karime Hajar Alves, mergers and acquisitions manager, TOTVS Ventures

Jan 24, 2016

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2016: Hanns Anders

The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Hanns Anders, investment manager, iRobot Ventures at iRobot

Jan 24, 2016

Global Corporate Venturing Rising Stars Awards 2016: #18 Louise Stuart

Louise Stuart, mergers and acquisitions executive, Naspers

Jan 24, 2016

Brazil dances to the corporate venturing beat

With 256 large corporations in Brazil, a million students graduating each year and increasing government support for entrepreneurs and investors, the world’s seventh-largest economy should already be one of the most vibrant in terms of its innovation capital ecosystem. But “should” rarely translates into action unless the constituents in the ecosystem want to be part of it. Brazil’s corporations have […]

Nov 12, 2015

Great expectations for Brazil still untapped

With 256 large corporations in Brazil, a million students graduating each year and increasing government support for entrepreneurs and investors, the world’s seventh-largest economy should already be one of the most vibrant in terms of its innovation capital ecosystem. But ‘should’ rarely translates into action unless the constituents in the ecosystem want to be part […]

Oct 23, 2015

Brazil says ‘Olá’ to corporate venture capital

Olá from São Paulo, where the national government, through its Apex-Brasil organisation, held the first day of its Corporate Venture in Brasil event on Monday, 19 October, to give the 50 corporations a chance to meet the local star entrepreneurs at the Cubo accelerator. Today we move to the InterContinental hotel in the centre for […]

Oct 20, 2015

Brazil turning to an innovation-led economy through CVC

While the current headlines are often negative for Brazil and other BRIC economies, a closer look at their innovation reveals a potentially more positive outlook.

Oct 12, 2015

Promising signs for countries connecting entrepreneurs

Open innovation theory suggests the knowledge necessary to generate innovations come from outside a firm, and entrepreneurial businesses may be a valuable source of such knowledge. Academics, such as London Business School professor Gary Dushnitsky, have found some validation of the theory, such as as “increases in corporate venture capital investment are associated with subsequent increases in […]

Jul 27, 2015

Symposium highlights

Toby Lewis, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, invited four corporate investors to discuss the recession’s lingering effects, the industry’s state and the relationship between investment units and their parent company. The panel consisted of George Coyle, manager of energy company ConocoPhilips’s corporate venturing subsidiary Technology Ventures; Jon Lauckner, president of automotive manufacturer General Motors’ investment division GM Ventures; […]

Jul 15, 2015

PSafe locks away $30m

Antivirus software provider PSafe has secured series D funding from investors including Qihoo 360 in order to support its expansion across Latin America.

Jul 10, 2015

Priceline pays $60m to visit Hotel Urbano

Priceline invested the capital as part of a strategic agreement that will involve it helping the Brazil-based online travel company to enhance its global offering.

Jul 7, 2015

GCV Symposium 2015: Globalisation & Venture Capital

Ray Haarstick, CEO of data tracking software provider Relevant Equity Systems discussed global strategies for corporate venturing and the opportunities presented by sharing economy with investors from across the globe. The panel comprised Claudia Fan Munce, managing director of US-based IBM Venture Capital; Matthew Koertge, managing director of Australia-based Telstra Ventures; Charles Searle, CEO of […]

Jun 2, 2015

Movile and Just Eat deliver $50m to iFood

Movile now owns a majority share of iFood, which claims to be Brazil's largest online food ordering platform, and the money will support a doubling of its restaurant base.

Jun 2, 2015

Movile stays agile with $40m

Naspers has returned to invest another $40m in the mobile software and services developer following Movile's $55m series D round last year.

Apr 20, 2015

Qualcomm takes a ride on 99Taxi

The wireless technology company has invested in Latin American taxi hailing app 99Taxi for a second time, in a round led by Tiger Global.

Feb 5, 2015

Movile approves $15m Apontador series A

Mobile commerce company Movile has invested $15m in the local business reviews app, which operates across Latin America.

Feb 3, 2015

Baidu expands in Brazil with Peixe acquisition

Baidu has purchased a controlling stake in internet deals company Peixe Urbano for an undisclosed fee in order to further its reach in the Brazilian e-commerce market.

Oct 13, 2014

Printi inks $25m funding deal with Vistaprint

Printing services company Vistaprint has made its first investment in Latin America, purchasing a minority stake in online printing service Printi for $25m.

Oct 9, 2014

Government House: The quest for effective financing of innovation

From our sister publication, Global Government Venturing. In an opening address at the Mission-Oriented Finance for Innovation conference (Mofi2014) at the House of Commons, the UK’s lower chamber of parliament, Andrew Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England, noted that China’s economy is now about seven times the size of Italy’s, whereas in 1990 […]

Sep 17, 2014

Deal-makers enjoy summer spree

A look at corporate venturing deal activity in August.

Sep 11, 2014

Media venturing booms as eyes shift to mobile

Our annual look at the media sector, with interviews with top executives in the sector including Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments's Urs Cete [pictured]

Sep 11, 2014

Telecoms groups dial into technological change

Our annual look at the telecoms sector, with market participants including Swisscom Ventures' Dominique Megret [pictured].

Sep 11, 2014

Tengelmann climbs aboard ClickBus for $10m series A

Rocket Internet start-up ClickBus, founded last year, has received $10m in series A funding in a round featuring retail group Tengelmann.

Aug 27, 2014

GIC pays fees for 18.5% stake in Abril Educacao

Naspers-backed media and education company Abril Educacao has sold a 18.5% stake to the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC for about $265m.

Aug 19, 2014

Tech Transfer Regions: Latin America

Brazil When it comes to academic recognition, Brazil is a long way behind peers in Europe, Asia, and North America. Its top ranking university – the highest of all the nations in South and Central America – is the University of São Paulo, which achieved the 127 spot in the latest QS World University Rankings. […]

Jul 22, 2014

Symposium: Kashyap – Building a global strategy

An edited transcript of the keynote speech by Nagraj Kashyap, global head of Qualcomm Ventures, at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.

Jul 14, 2014

Feature: IT groups eye ‘gigantic’ opportunities

Corporate venturing units across the information technology sector are eyeing various big sectors that can be transformative, from the cloud to big data to the internet of things. See our most influential table here.At the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in May, Arvind Sodhani, head of Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the US‐based semiconductor […]

Jul 14, 2014

May sees bumper 177 deals

There was a surge of deals in May as investment activity picked up from corporate venturing groups across many sectors.

Jun 9, 2014

Fund in the News: Amadeus Capital Partners

The firm recently made the first investment from a fund backed by mobile service provider MTN, which is targeting the middle class in emerging nations.

May 9, 2014

Bidu insures against failure with $9m fundraise

The Brazil-based insurance price comparison site has secured $9m in a round supported by Bertelsmann and MTN-backed Amadeus Capital.

May 1, 2014

Microsoft and Espirito Santo launch $128m Brazilian startup fund

Microsoft Ventures and Espirito Santo Ventures will be joined by another corporate venturing unit, Qualcomm Ventures, and will seek to secure up to BRL 300m ($127.8m) for the fund.

Mar 18, 2014

Atomico puts Quipper to the test

Atomico, a venture firm with backing from Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, is investing once again in the e-learning sector. Existing portfolio company Quipper, a UK company that offers online quiz content that focuses on academic courses and professional qualifications, as well as trivia and news quizzes, has raised $5.8m in a second tranche of a […]

Mar 14, 2014

Kaltura captures $47m

Kaltura, a US-based open source video platform, has raised $47m in a series E round led by SAP Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of software company SAP and Nokia Growth Partners, Commonfund Capital, and Gera Ventures. Others that took part in the latest round include .406 Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Mitsui & Co. Global Investment and Silicon Valley Bank. The company has raised $115m to date.

Feb 20, 2014

Fon expands its networks with $14m

Spain-based WiFi-sharing network Fon raises $14m in a venture round led by the venture capital unit of California-based microchip manufacturer Qualcomm. Other previous investors also took part in the round, including Google, Deutsche Telekom and ventures capital firms Index Ventures, Coral, Atomico.

Jan 28, 2014

Qihoo puts funds in PSafe

Chinese antivirus firm Qihoo 360 leads $30m funding for Brazilian peer PSafe.

Dec 10, 2013

PraxisUnico trains Colombians

PraxisUnico, a UK-based technology transfer training organization, has delivered a three-day course for Colombian innovation managers in Cambridge, UK. Last month’s training course by Alison Campbell and Robert Marshall was funded by the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) Prosperity Fund and INNpulsa, and was run in partnership with Cambridge Enterprise, an affiliate of the […]

Oct 15, 2013

Oxford Catalysts eye Brazil

Oxford Catalysts Group, a clean synthetic fuel producer, has announced the signing of an agency agreement with Tecnoil Comércio e Representações in order to develop its business in Brazil. The Oxford spin-out, founded in 2004, is currently seeking to accelerate projects in Brazil as it looks to take a stake in the country’s developing oil […]

Sep 3, 2013

Millicom and Rocket take Easy Taxi to Africa

Africa Internet Holding, a JV between telecoms operator Millicom and Rocket Internet, invests $10m in taxi booking app.

Jul 26, 2013

Geofusion maps out Intel

Geofusion, a Brazil-based company providing three-dimension maps, has raised an undisclosed amount from a consortium including Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous chip maker. Reinvesting in the latest round for Geofusion was Criatec, a BR100m ($48m) investment fund backed by Brazil’s National Bank for Social and Economic Development (BNDES) and Banco do […]

May 5, 2013

DeepFlex bends towards Brazil

The Brazilian market represents over 65% of the worldwide demand for unbonded flexible pipe used in offshore production.

Apr 13, 2013

Sequoia keeps busiest

Sequoia Capital was the venture capital firm most active alongside corporates in the first quarter. It was in the syndicate backing Xoom, which raised $101m in its initial public offering, at a market capitalisation of $509m, as was SVB Capital, the private equity division of Silicon Valley Bank.

Apr 9, 2013

Liberty commits to Ideiasnet

Liberty Media, a US-based company, has acquired 5.1% of Ideiasnet, a Brazil-listed venture capital firm. Greg Maffei, Liberty Media’s executive president, said: “Brazil presents significant market opportunity with a growing economy and a large population with upward mobility. We found a great entry point through our Ideiasnet investment.”

Mar 10, 2013

Intel chips into WebRadar

WebRadar, a Brazil-based big data company, has raised multi-million dollar investment from Intel Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the eponymous US-listed chip maker. David Thomas, managing director for Intel Capital in Latin America, said: “Even though it is still early in Brazil, the big data market has already reached $4.8bn worldwide and is one […]

Mar 10, 2013

Macmillan’s wind of change

Publisher Macmillan’s corporate venturing unit’s investment in two Brazil-based education technology companies, Veduca and Easyaula bring to mind UK prime minister Harold Macmillan speech to South Africa’s parliament in 1960, when he said: “The wind of change is blowing through this continent [Africa]. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is […]

Mar 3, 2013

Big Deal: Macmillan’s wind of change

This week’s Big Deal analysis is on publisher Macmillan’s corporate venturing unit’s investment in two Brazil-based education technology companies, Veduca and Easyaula. The deals bring to mind UK prime minister Harold Macmillan speech to South Africa’s parliament in 1960, when he said: “The wind of change is blowing through this continent [Africa]. Whether we like […]

Mar 3, 2013

Macmillan sambas into Brazil

Veduca, a Brazil-based online video platform for educational content, raised $740,000 in its seed round from a consortium including Macmillan Digital Education, which also backed Easyaula, an online educational marketplace that makes it easy for people to learn anything from anyone.

Feb 23, 2013

Movile delivers cash to IFood

Movile, which has nine offices across Latin America, said it would help iFood into new markets, including the US.

Feb 9, 2013

Respondents reveal this year’s big issues

Global Corporate Venturing surveyed the heads of corporate venturing units round the world as well as influential service providers and others in the ecosystem to ask: “What was the most important event or trend in 2012?” and “What will be the biggest issue you face in corporate venturing in 2013?”. Last month we published their […]

Jan 8, 2013

Drucker forum reflects on future

Peter Drucker Forum seeks new models to reinvigorate capitalism.

Dec 10, 2012

2012 Powerlist: Claudia Fan Munce, IBM

Claudia Fan Munce, managing director at US-listed technology company IBM’s Venture Capital Group, last year became the first corporate venturing board member of US trade body the National Venture Capital Association. This endorsement follows 12 years of pioneering work by Fan Munce. IBM Venture Capital commits to nearly 100 independent venture capital funds and eschews […]

Nov 25, 2012

55Social sambas with fund

55Social, a Brazil-based social media marketing platform, has reportedly raised an undisclosed amount from Redpoint E.Ventures, a corporate venturing-backed fund. According to news provider TechCrunch, the specifics about the funding amount are not being disclosed “but we have confirmed that this round is a series B and brings its total amount invested in 55Social to […]

Nov 2, 2012

Profile: Royal Dutch Shell

Earlier this year, Shell created the role of vice-president (VP) of innovation to help bring together its corporate venturing units with other parts of its technology and business development teams.

Oct 11, 2012

Intel leads way to new order

The world of how fast-growing entrepreneurs can gain the funding and support they need is changing as the traditional venture capital model reaches its pensionable age.

Oct 7, 2012

Intel Capital invests $40m in 10 companies

The latest 10 investments by Intel Capital are split geographically between the US, China, India, South Korea and Brazil, and include an investment in US-based content sharing company Box, which recently raised $125m.

Oct 3, 2012

Innovative region: Brazil

Innovation ecosystem comes alive ahead of major events.

Sep 13, 2012

Intel gives ELike thumbs up

Intel Capital invests an undisclosed sum in ELike, and makes it a hat-trick for investments in Brazilian online fashion retailers.

Aug 20, 2012

Redpoint e.Ventures raises $130m

Founding partners Yann de Vries, ex-Cisco corporate development, and Anderson Thees, formerly chief executive of Brazil-based search engine Apontador, are managing the Brazil-focused fund, which has invested in portfolio companies Viajanet, Grupo Xango, 55Social, Shoes4you and Sophie & Juliete.

Jul 24, 2012

Qualcomm expands global team

Qualcomm Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of US-listed technology company Qualcomm, has expanded its team in Europe, the US and Latin America. Carlos Kokron has joined as managing director of Latin America based in São Paulo, Brazil, after previous roles including as director of Intel Capital for Latin America and Southwest US and as a […]

Jul 16, 2012

Innovative region: South Africa

Ready to lead the continent into global activity.

Jul 9, 2012

Symposium 2012: Global and Sector panel

Panel on how can firms deal with a globally-distributed, cross-sectoral innovation landscape, moderated by Andrew Gaule from Corven.

Jun 13, 2012

Intel pumps up Minha Vida

Intel backs Brazil-based health and wellness company with more than 8 million unique users per month.

Apr 10, 2012

Cisco sambas into Brazil with $547m

Cisco Systems reportedly makes a big research and development push into Brazil, including plans for a venture fund.

Apr 4, 2012

Telefonica’s Wayra comes to the UK

The Spain-based Telecoms group plans to invest in 20 small UK businesses.

Mar 9, 2012

eVenture, Redpoint team up for Brazil

Cisco corporate development executive Yann de Vries and Anderson Thees, formerly chief executive of Brazil-based search engine Apontador lead the venture.

Mar 6, 2012

Intel Capital backs Brazilian fashion companies

Intel's corporate venturing unit reveals it did five deals in Brazil last year, including the two announced deals.

Feb 21, 2012

Farfetch the fashionable choice for investors

Online fashion retailer Farfetch.com brings its total funding to $24m after a round supported by investors including the Otto Group-backed eVenture.

Jan 17, 2012

Intel tests Pixeon health

Although Intel Capital has invested in the continent for 11 years, the deal is the corporate venturing unit's first Latin American healthcare information technology (IT) investment.

Dec 24, 2011

Abril tastes Livemocha

According to newswire Reuters, Abril Educacao will use Livemocha to set up an English learning platform for Brazil's emerging middle class.

Sep 19, 2011

Vostu buys MP Game Studio

In February, Intel Capital-backed Vostu, a Spanish-language social networking and gaming site focused on Brazil, raised $30m in its series C round, according to a report by news provider New York Times.

Sep 19, 2011

Zeebo wins extra funding

The console manufacturer, previously backed by Qualcomm, is aiming to put out its forthcoming system next year and has attracted new financing in the run-up.

Aug 31, 2011

WPP shoots with Ronaldo

Footballer Ronaldo and WPP own 45% of his new company with business partner Marcus Buaiz the remainder, according to news provider Financial Times (FT).

May 9, 2011

Vostu raises $30m

Accel and Tiger invest in social games company Vostu, which had been backed by Intel Capital.

Dec 2, 2010

Intel backs 18 companies in 11 countries

The 11th annual Intel Capital CEO Summit for more than 700 portfolio company chief executives shows the range and depth of the corporate venturing group's activities.

Nov 16, 2010

Watson called in as doctor for Moksha8

Moksha8, a Brazil-based specialty drugs company, raises $61m in its series D round that includes Watson Pharmaceuticals.

Oct 6, 2010

Naspers transforms itself through venturing

Profile: Naspers, a South Africa-based media conglomerate has become perhaps the country's most successful post-apartheid business on the back of a global diversification strategy through corporate venturing and acquisitions.

Sep 1, 2010

US venture market to shrink

Emerging markets to see growing numbers of venture capital firms while developed markets to suffer decreases, according to global survey.

Jul 14, 2010

Facebook’s funders meet up to invest in Brazil

South Africa-based media conglomerate Naspers has linked up through a circuitous route with a funder of social networking website Facebook in order to back a Brazilian fashion website.

May 27, 2010

Vostu gains $12m in New York move

Intel Capital-backed Vostu, a Spanish-language social networking and gaming site based in Brazil, has relocated to New York with $12m in equity funding, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission posted by news provider citybizlist.

May 27, 2010
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