Insurance industry veteran Tom Hoad will lead the collaborative industry initiative.
Author: Kim Moore
Kim Moore is the editor of Global University Venturing and deputy editor of Global Corporate Venturing and produces video for the website.
Functional foods start to get the science and the investment case right
Science-based evidence of health benefits, access to customer data and an influx of investment are behind the growth in functional foods.
Accenture Ventures leans into trillion-dollar spacetech opportunity
Tom Lounibos, managing director of Accenture Ventures, the consulting firm’s corporate venture capital unit, has made several investments in space technology startups.
Reality check: Has the IRA made the US a magnet for cleantech investment?
The US’s $369bn climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), promises to put the US at the forefront of the clean energy transition, but the act has its limitations.
Podcaster Romero joins Jera Ventures
Tim Romero has spent most of his career in Japan as a founder, podcaster and startup investor.
Israel-based Kaiser leaves Intel Capital
Noam Kaiser is a venture capitalist focused in the Israeli ecosystem.
Logistics firm Fiege hires Gold to head ventures
Bernard Gold has worked for the past 13 years at various venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.
US hospital system participates in $30m healthtech fund
Nationwide Children’s Hospital and seed-stage venture studio Rev1 are partnering to invest in a dozen healthtech startups over five years.
C$50m agricultural biotech fund Nàdarra Ventures launches
Farm Credit Canada and Natural Products Canada have supplied the first C$20m for the fund, which will invest solely in Canada.
Madagascar’s Axian swoops in as other VCs retreat from Africa
Axian Investment aims to invest in 10 startups a year in sectors such as fintech, insurtech and logistics.
Bossart moves to Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund
Bossart held various positions at former employer ABB including head of innovation and startup collaboration, and lead on its digital acceleration programme.
Wildfire insurtech startup secures corporate funding
An increasing number of startups are receiving investment for developing technologies that mitigate the growing risk of wildfires due to the climate crisis.
Sessa leaves Engie New Ventures
The renewable energy financing expert has left the the company after 11 years.
Richtsfeld departs Allianz X
The former investment director of the German financial services company’s CVC joined the parent in 2013.