Alix Rimington will lead Coca-Cola Amatil’s innovation subsidiary, Amatil X, which covers corporate venturing unit AX Ventures and accelerators Xcelerate and Amatil X Academy.
Author: Edison Fu
Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
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Neo Career recruits corporates for new funding
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Hasenjäger bids goodbye to VNG
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KKR salvages Cisco’s Salvagno
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Agarwala settles at $750m Andreessen Horowitz Bio Fund
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Hartanto snags MDI Ventures promotion
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Astra rockets out of stealth mode
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GCVI Summit 2020: Spotlight case study – deal management metrics
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