Hitachi’s third startup investment fund doubles its firepower to $600m. The team is looking to invest in Series A to C rounds.
Category: Firms
Spin to win: Why Boeing spun out its venture unit
It was through crisis that Boeing’s CVC unit had to spin out nearly two years ago, but now it gets to have its cake and eat it, too.
TDK Ventures unveils India hub
Siddharth Mehta and Varadharajan Ranganathan will help TDK’s CVC arm invest in cleantech, EV and industry 5.0 startups based in the country.
How PwC is putting “skin” into the startup game
Professional services firms are late to the corporate investing game, but that is changing. PwC Germany’s fund — which has double digit millions in capital and has so far made 20 investments — has become a frontrunner.
What Microsoft and OpenAI learned from Sequoia and YouTube
Tech’s greatest deal had been YouTube by Sequoia but the venture model has evolved with founder ambitions
Daily Deal Round Up: January 12th, 2023
Blockchain technology provider Venom Foundation is joining Iceberg Capital on a $1bn fund while BioNTech is paying $440m for portfolio company InstaDeep.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 4, 2023
USAA, Samsung and UEM chipped in as Lumotive raised $13m, while Printpack and Braskem are exiting Nexus Circular in a $150m acquisition.
Daily Deal Round Up: January 3, 2023
Forge Therapeutics acquired spinoff Blacksmith Medicines while solar film producer Sinopont raised $145m in series D funding.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 30, 2022
China Mobile and Hexie Health Insurance co-led Moore Threads’ $215m series B round while Eicher Motors provided $37.4m for Stark Future.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 28, 2022
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial provided $200m for Akulaku while various Chinese corporates participated in Freetech’s $100m series B round.
Emirates NBD enters the venture capital sphere
Head of strategy Neeraj Makin will oversee Dubai banking group NBD’s corporate venture fund, one of the few to be set up by a Middle Eastern bank.
Daily Deal Round Up: December 6, 2022
Several corporates took part in SonoThera’s $60.8m series A round while NEC closed its Orchestrating Future Fund at $140m.
Scania announces new $190m fund
The new fund will invest in software, mobility services and sustainability.
9 startups that aim to make us live longer
Corporate investors are backing a host of elder-care startups, from those seeking Parkinson’s cures to apps aiding mental wellbeing.