Chief executive Tomoko Inoue describes her unit’s core interests and how it interacts with entrepreneurs.
Author: Edison Fu
Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.
Synspective secures series A funding
Shimizu, Mori Trust and Fuyo General Lease have contributed to a $79.7m series A round that increased the Japan-based small SAR satellite developer’s total funding to about $100m.
WonderPlanet wins Cool Japan funding
Cool Japan Fund invested $9.2m in the Line-backed mobile game developer, increasing its funding to more than $27m to date.
DeNA takes Delight in corporate venturing
DeNA has set up a $92.5m investment fund that will be run by its nascent corporate venture capital unit, Delight Ventures.
Piva assembles corporate venturing squad
Bennett Cohen has left Shell Ventures to join Petronas’ corporate VC vehicle, which was set up by former GE Ventures managing director Ricardo Angel earlier this year.
Corporates pay Visits in $20m round
Dentsu, Dai-ichi Life and Persol are among the investors that provided $20.4m for the product-management technology developer.
Corporates head to Zone2boost
CaixaBank, Global Payments and Ingenico have come together to devise the Spain-based accelerator, which will target e-commerce and fintech startups.
US Cellular disassembles strategic investment vehicle
Telecommunications firm US Cellular has disbanded its strategic investments and partnerships group having made some executive changes in May.
Nissay Capital lists startups in 50M
Nippon Life’s corporate venturing unit has selected the 10 startups that will make up accelerator 50M’s second batch.
SmartHR administers $57m series C round
The human resources management software provider, which counts Digital Garage, Nissen and Tokio Marine & Nichido as investors, has secured $57m.
Banco ABC Brasil begets Begotti appointment
Pedro Begotti, who was mostly recently responsible for Banco do Brasil’s corporate venturing initiatives, has become head of innovation and corporate venture at Banco ABC Brasil.
Scherrer shoots to Redstone
Martin Scherrer, who started his investing career at Swiss Re’s investment arms, has joined Redstone as a Switzerland-based director.
ExaWizards casts $15m series B funding
Investors such as Persol and Sompo have provided series B capital for ExaWizards, a developer of AI technology that caters to the elder care service industry.
Every.TV tastes $23m funding
Itochu-Shokuhin has provided $23m to the media company known for its video recipe platform, Delish Kitchen.