April 2023 – Page 4

Kaplan captures partner role

Robert Kaplan, formerly a director for SoftBank’s Vision Funds, has taken up a partner of Americas position.

Deal Roundup: JSW One Platforms identifies $25m in funding

Mitsui provided $25m for JSW Group spinoff JSW One Platforms while RWE led a $15m round for clean energy system provider Ryse Energy.

Data, climate and hybrid work transform commercial real estate

Data from buildings could eventually yield more revenue than the buildings themselves, according to JLL Spark Global Ventures’ Raj Singh

CVC investing in Q1: bottomed out or calm before the storm?

The numbers of deals, exits and funding initiatives involving corporates continue a relative decline year-on-year. But there was a pause in the most recent quarter, when the fall is mostly in total dollar terms. The community appears to have weatherеd the SVB debacle successfully (at least for now).

Deal Roundup: Bitget builds $100m Web3 fund

Bitget’s Asia-focused BitGet Web3 Fund has been equipped with $100m while Hype has received $10m in a series A round featuring Bloomberg.

Kaçan catches investment director role

Semih Kaçan, formerly investment manager at Swisscom Ventures, has taken up the new position after nearly two years and a half at the unit .

What CVC can learn from product-market fit analysis

Failure to understand product-market fit is at the heart of why most projects fail. CVCs could take some lessons from these post-mortems.

How should you pitch a CVC?

We asked leading corporate venture investors what they look for. Knowing your competition and how you stand out is crucial.

Deal Roundup: Savvy spends $4.9bn on mobile game studio Scopely

Advance and Take-Two Interactive are exiting the mobile gaming studio in a purchase by Savvy Games, while Noventric helped smart thermostat provider Tado° boost its latest round to $60m.