Michael Buzzo will now serve as the head of ventures at BHP Ventures, the corporate venture arm of the Australian mining company.
Month: March 2024
Hariharan promoted at United Airlines’ Sustainable Flight Fund
He served a year as the director of the UAV Sustainable Flight Fund before becoming managing partner.
Longhorn Publishers launches venture studio
Longhorn Digital Ventures Studio Kenya will act as an incubator for edtech innovations and support digital education content.
Polygon and Immutable launch gaming fund
The fund will invest in web3 gaming platforms and will use the resources provided by Immutable and Polygon Labs to identify high-growth opportunities for investors.
ABN Amro Bank invests in climate fund
ABN Amro earmarked $1.1bn for green technology funding, with Nordic Alpha Partners’ Fund II being its fourth climate-related fund investment.
Kaldenbaugh to lead CVC for DoiT
He will oversee the cloud data management automation platform’s strategic investments.
Ritzmann to head E.On Group Innovation
Mark Ritzmann has become CEO at German utility E.On’s innovation and incubation subsidiary, after six years at the firm.
Secondary market sales of venture investments at 20-year high as liquidity drops
The amount of dry powder for secondary investments is expected to reach $180bn by the end of 2024.
How the cost of generative AI is shaping the investment landscape
Perspectives on generative AI from corporate investors at the GCVI Summit in Monterey.
Scaling alternate meats is an uphill battle – CVC Unplugged
Cereal Docks’ CVC chief tells CVC Unplugged that getting plant-based proteins competitive again will be difficult but not impossible.
CVCs need to drive corporate AI strategy, says Andrew Ng
Google Brain co-founder Andrew Ng told the GCVI Summit corporate VCs can help solve cost issues and find the right uses for generative AI.
Venturing helps the corporate bottom line — but only if you do it right
In fact, doing it badly is worse than not having any CVC activity at all.
Former Avanta member Mishra joins Hitachi Ventures
Deepak Mishra, who was part of CSAA and MS&AD’s respective CVC units, will focus on data and AI in his principal role at Hitachi Ventures.
Pulman promoted at Truist Ventures
After serving two years as senior associate, Joshua Pulman has been promoted to senior vice president at Truist’s CVC unit.