The Japanese beer producer aims to build a portfolio of low- and non-alcoholic drink companies.
Month: December 2022
Can Siemens Energy’s ammonia venture crack the green hydrogen problem?
The German company has partnered with cleantech firms to build an ammonia cracker that could produce emissions-free hydrogen at industrial scale.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 7, 2022
GSK, Johnson and Johnson and Asahi Kasei helped take Pulmocide’s series C round to $144m while Slingshot raised nearly $41m from investors including Lockheed Martin.
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.
Williams seeds UK startup that claims to have cracked the lidar sensor problem
Phlux Technology has raised $4.9m from investors including Foresight Williams Technology Funds as it looks to become the Nvidia of the sensor market.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 6, 2022
Several corporates took part in SonoThera’s $60.8m series A round while NEC closed its Orchestrating Future Fund at $140m.
Munoz leaves Hearst Ventures for parent’s ecommerce business
After nearly three years at Hearst Ventures, Munoz will focus on M&A and strategic investment opportunities in ecommerce.
Nine spacetech startups to keep an eye on
From extracting oxygen from moon dust to building the successor to the International Space Station, here are nine startups working on the next frontier of space.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 5, 2022
Qualcomm Ventures led a $100m round for Frore while MUFG Bank and Motilal Oswal Group participated in KreditBee’s $80m series D.
Fornoff flies from Evonik Ventures to Rentenbank
Lucas Fornoff, formerly an investment manager at Evonik Venture Capital, will manage venture investments at Rentenbank.
Job opportunity: Head of Equinor Ventures
With the impending departure of Gareth Burns in the new year, Equinor Ventures is looking for a new leader. They are looking for someone that has done this before, with 10+ years of experience with similar type of investment activities. AUM/committed capital is $1bn investing in technology companies within E&P and renewables. Equinor ventures consist… Continue reading Job opportunity: Head of Equinor Ventures
Samsung Catalyst Fund signs up Rotenberg
Gil Rotenberg has joined the Samsung unit as an investment principal following three years of early-stage investing at Clal Financial Management.
Political concerns are biggest barrier to investing in China
Some 44% of respondents said politics was their biggest worry about investing in China, followed by the difficulty of hiring a local team.
It won’t be easy to bring hard tech investments back to the US and Europe
While politicians want to bring tech manufacturing back to western countries, the economics are stacked against it.