The Japanese recruiter will seek to invest in early-stage overseas companies, and has already funded holiday home search engine Tripping.
Month: May 2014
GCV Symposium: Interview round-up
Watch the first set of interviews from speakers at the fourth annual Global Corporate Venturing symposium.
Assembly Pharma and Ventrus Biosciences agree to merge
The pharmaeutical companies will form a new entity call Assembly Biosciences, which will aim to produce a treatment for hepatitis B.
Amgen-backed Ardelyx files for $69m IPO
The metabolic disease-focused pharmaceutical company is set to target $69m when it goes public.
GCV Symposium Day Two: The panels
The Global Corporate Venturing Symposium yesterday saw a series of panels in the main room as experts from the field discussed the major issues in the sector.
IBM explores elementary business model with Watson
Claudia Fan Munce of IBM Venture Capital told delegates at the Global Corporate Symposium that consumers’ interaction with mobile devices is driving a new model of enterprise.
BP uses corporate venturing as a route to innovation
Establishing BP Ventures in 2007 has enabled the petroleum company to explore alternative energy and energy digitisation, the unit’s managing director explained to an audience at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium yesterday.
Privacy set to be key factor in personal data
Secure, encrypted data storage is set to be a crucial part of the sector’s growth in the future, according to SocialSafe chairman Julian Ranger.
Bitcoin could herald fintech future despite Mt. Gox collapse
The cryptocurrency shows potential for innovation in information, but could be blocked by the existing fintech sector, according to a panel at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.
Pictures from the 2014 GCV symposium
Banks urged to embrace disruption
Delegates from the fintech world discussed the future of banking and currency at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.
TV ecosystem to move to mobile, say media corporates
The internet and mobile are transforming the way we consume content. Gareth Capon and Ben Moore led a seminar discussion on the subject at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium yesterday.
Sodhani pushes returns for corporate venturing
Arvind Sodhani, president of corporate venture capital unit Intel Capital, stressed the importance of financial as well as strategic success in a keynote speech at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.
Scivantage launches fintech incubator
The financial app company has partnered with Stevens Institute of Technology to launch the 12-week programme.