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Honda Xcelerator Ventures invests in several VC funds globally to gain insights into early stage breakthrough technologies.

Ben Wright, head of 3M Ventures, says material science is playing a key role in fast-moving sectors like data centres and aerospace. The investment team is helping make sure the company stays ahead of the curve.

The firm recently expanded its investments in university spinouts in the Benelux region.

Nick Pappas becomes managing director at GEHA Ventures after advising the unit for over a year.

Previous head Eduardo Gomez Mendonza has moved on to a new role as executive vice president, strategy in CRH’s Americas division.

The Danish shipping and logistics company will focus on commercial partnerships with startups instead of minority equity investing.

In a market with limited venture-scale startups, industrial conglomerate Progreso prefers being an early customer before writing cheques.

The launch of the new fund brings Gradient's assets under management to nearly $1.2bn.

Christine Brennan, formerly at Novartis and MSD, is returning to corporate VC at Johnson & Johnson's JJDC unit, replacing Marian Nakada.

Adarsh Sekhar is leaving IBM after a decade-and-a-half to lead Lam Capital’s venture investments in one of the world's the fastest growing markets.

Modular building, cubes instead of server racks, micro-cooling and molecular data storage: these startups are meeting the data centre boom head on.