The commitment of gaming and technology companies from Japan, Finland, the US and South Korea to a new India-based venture capital firm, Lumikai, is a reflection of the size of market potential but also shows up some wider trends.
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Airbus flies towards funding the future
Airbus Ventures, the US-based corporate venturing unit of European plane maker Airbus, has turned to Japan for the limited partners of its third fund.
US’s space leap
Entrepreneurs have traditionally needed five things to build their business: capital, customers, product development, staff recruitment and, eventually, an exit. A sixth factor of increasing importance in a world of heightened geopolitical tensions involves dealing with government and regulators.
SoftBank bounces back
SoftBank is projected to report operating income of more than $1bn for the quarter ended in June.
Digital health’s limited explosion
Wow, what a difference a year makes. Teladoc late last week agreed to acquire health monitoring platform Livongo, which provides services for managing chronic conditions like diabetes, for $18.5bn.
The virtual state of corporate venture today
Comment from Bill Taranto, founder and president, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
Brooks resignation surprise
Wendell Brooks, senior vice-president at Intel and president Intel Capital, has resigned after six years.
The Future of Corporate Venture Capital
Comment from Gen Tsuchikawa, chief investment manager, Sony Innovation Fund
China readies itself
The week has started with some tantalizing morsels from our news editor, Rob Lavine, rested after his recent holiday and very welcome for his return (especially by Thierry Heles who covered for him so well last week).
Corporate-startup impact defined
It’s one thing for a large corporation to partner another in order to build a total solution for a product, but doing the same with a startup seems somewhat harder.
Italy turns towards innovation
Italy was one of the first European countries to be hit hard by the covid-19 disease as the coronavirus swept the world and it seems to have helped spark a growth mindset among its leaders to catalyse its innovation capabilities through venture.
Wu snaps up her former GE assets
Daily leader from editor-in-chief James Mawson.
Editorial: TDK finds silver lining
There are occasional silver linings even for the blackest clouds. One was as the Covid-19 disease broke out this year competition for deals became a little lighter.
King of the hills
There are occasional silver linings even for the blackest clouds. One was as the covid-19 disease broke out this year competition for deals became a little lighter.