March 2023 – Page 4

Investors set sights on defence tech

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Investors are becoming increasingly comfortable in putting their money behind national defence.

Corporate investors need to find new answers

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There is a potential for corporate venturing to go from about 1% of global corporate R&D budgets to 10% over the next decade.

Time for CVCs to meet a new investment climate

This is the moment for the “C” in CVC to show what it can do, says Jacqueline LeSage, founder of Munich Re Ventures and chair of the GCV Leadership Advisory Board.

Deal Roundup: G42 gets $100m ByteDance stake

G42 acquired shares from existing backers including SoftBank and SIG valuing ByteDance at $220bn while Novartis co-led Mediar’s $85m series A round.

Ortgiese treks to Trumpf Venture

Trumpf’s corporate VC subsidiary has hired Jens Ortgiese, a former venturing director at Stihl Group, as principal.

GVR Podcast: The fruits of spinning out

Brian Schettler, of AEI HorizonX, joined the Global Venturing Review podcast to talk about the reasons for its decision to become independent from parent Boeing.

Emerging Leaders 2023: Will Thorne

Will Thorne, head of Scor Ventures, is one of our emerging leaders in corporate venturing in 2023.

Career paths into CVC are changing

Corporate investors increasingly come from an entrepreneurship background or have deep operational expertise in their sector.

Deal Roundup: WeRide files for $500m US listing

Several corporates are in line to exit WeRide through an IPO that could raise $500m, while CNH Industrial bought portfolio company Augmenta for $110m.