Bernard Gold has worked for the past 13 years at various venture capital firms in Silicon Valley.
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Unearth Technologies is acquired and Tuhu Car IPOs: September roundup
Unearth Technologies is acquired and Tuhu Car undergoes an IPO – read the full round up of corporate venture activity in September.
Debiopharm Innovation Fund to back seed startups
The biopharmaceutical CVC unit’s new initiative will back 15 seed-stage startups a year, especially those developing AI, data and digital health technologies.
The Big Deal: Anthropic leads the return of billion-dollar rounds
The week saw two billion-dollar rounds for the first time since the 2021 boom, but Anthropic and Rox Motor typify the top of a market increasingly concentrated in two areas.
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.
T-Mobile targets AI with second CVC fund
Nearly three years after launching, T-Mobile Ventures has announced a second fund that will expand its 5G focus into artificial intelligence.
Former SoftBank investor Chung joins Bessemer
Justina Chung, who invested for SoftBank Vision Funds for three years, has joined financial VC firm Bessemer Venture Partners to focus on European AI startups.
The agritech party is over, Syngenta’s CVC arm is surveying the damage
Agriculture is suffering a hangover from the frothy market of two years ago but is moving towards a new, more stable equilibrium, Shubhang Shankar of Syngenta Group Ventures tells us.
The Big Deal: Instacart leads a new wave of IPOs
The corporate-backed shopping service floated in a $660m offering this week, alongside Klaviyo, RayzeBio and Neumora, but investors may have to pay a price for their IPO exits.
Ex-CVCs launch GFT Ventures with $140m
Nvidia GPU Ventures founder Jeff Herbst gives us the lowdown on the frontier tech fund he has put together with former Samsung Ventures MD Jay Eum.
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.
Aquanow to target digital asset startups through new fund
The digital asset software producer plans to make between one and two investments a month out of its AQN Digital Ventures Fund, having backed seven startups so far.
Accenture veteran Greenstreet to join NatWest
After 12 years at Accenture across various roles, GCV Emerging Leader Ladi Greenstreet is moving to the retail bank next month.
Tu named interim CEO at Naspers and Prosus
Following the resignation of former CEO Bob van Dijk, Ervin Tu has been announced as the new chief executive of Prosus and Naspers