Stephen Hurford

Touchdown Ventures merges with wealth manager Cerity Partners

The new merged company will be known as Cerity Partners Ventures.

Kyocera

Kyocera, the Japanese industrial ceramics and electronics multinational, has established a second fund to target startups in the US and EMEA region.

Airbus Ventures

FundY is the French aerospace company’s fourth investment fund.

Trish Skoglund

Trish Skoglund joins the recent joint venture between Crowley and Seacor, two maritime logistics companies, as head of corporate development.

PruVen Capital

PruVen Capital’s first fund had one corporate backer. Its second sees contribution from multiple insurance companies.

Michael Buchinger

Michael Buchinger is joining Rethink Ventures after more than three years with German financial services firm Allianz’s CVC.

Intel Ignite

The Israel-based startup accelerator run by the US multinational technology company is closing to cut costs.

Maarten-Yan Wierenga

Maarten-Yan Wierenga is now leading corporate venturing at Dutch animal food producer Nutreco, following a period spent as interim head.

Benjamin Lickfett

Benjamin Lickfett is also head of Diageo’s incubator, Fusion Partnership Lab.

Two Meter Capital

Matt Krna, formerly a partner at Japanese tech company SoftBank’s CVC, has launched a VC service company, Two Meter Capital.

Lotte

South Korean multinational Lotte Holdings has set up a CVC arm to invest in new technology in healthcare and biopharmaceuticals.

Lee Larson

After completing his posting with the company as an MBA associate, Lee Larson joins Piva Capital as an investor.

Nikon

The US-based investment arm of Japanese camera manufacturer Nikon has partnered with Geodesic Capital to launch a $51.5m tech startup fund.

Women in CVC Northern Europe

A two-year project to highlight the women thriving in the male-centric world of corporate venturing concludes with this final piece.