After initially launching as Neil&Buzz in April, TGW Logistics has relaunched its CVC arm as TGW Logistics Ventures and will soon start investing.
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Indonesian firm Telkom’s CVC pauses new investments
Telkom’s CVC hasn’t made any new investments amid weak portfolio performance.
Verizon Ventures halts investments
Verizon’s corporate venture arm has stopped making investments and its lead executives have left the company, GCV understands.
Munoz moves to Fitch Group as global head of CVC and M&A
After rejoining Hearst Ventures in July, Gabby Munoz was tasked to make fintech deals at the US media firm’s ratings agency subsidiary.
Koranteng joins Sony Innovation Fund in Africa
The Japanese electronics producer named Kwame Koranteng an investment manager for its CVC arm, representing its first Africa-based investor.
Touchdown Ventures merges with wealth manager Cerity Partners
The new merged company will be known as Cerity Partners Ventures.
Ex-BHP Ventures head Buzzo to lead parent firm’s strategy team
Michael Buzzo has taken a portfolio strategy role at the Australian mining group.
Dixit leaves Microsoft’s corporate venturing arm
Hina Dixit, formerly a partner at M12 and head of AI investments at Samsung Next, is co-founding a startup still in stealth mode.
Salesforce Ventures doubles AI commitment to $1bn with new fund
The CVC unit has formed a second $500m fund, having invested in two dozen artificial intelligence startups, including Anthropic, Mistral and Cohere, in the past 18 months.
Aramco Ventures appoints Nechiti as investment director
Ionel Nechiti joined Saudi Aramco’s CVC subsidiary’s North American team led by managing directors Jim Sledzik and Daniel Carter.
Japanese electronics maker Kyocera launches $60m fund
Kyocera, the Japanese industrial ceramics and electronics multinational, has established a second fund to target startups in the US and EMEA region.
Airbus Ventures launches $155m deep tech and spacetech fund
FundY is the French aerospace company’s fourth investment fund.
L’Oreal and Evonik combine investments in microbe tech startup Abolis
The corporates backed a $38.6m series A round for Abolis through an agreement to develop sustainable cosmetics ingredients together.
Skoglund joins corp dev at fuel transportation business Fairwater
Trish Skoglund joins the recent joint venture between Crowley and Seacor, two maritime logistics companies, as head of corporate development.