Margaret Sheyindemi announced her departure after working for Telefónica’s CVC unit for more than three years.
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Daily Deals Round Up: August 1, 2022
Actis is set to acquire a majority stake in Mitsui and Equinor-backed Yellow Door Energy while GMO, Yara International and Digital Garage all backed Jai Kisan’s $50m series B round.
GV boosts mental health focus with Robbins promotion
Qualified psychiatrist Ben Robbins is the third general partner on GV’s life science investment team having joined the unit eight years ago.
Green joins MOL Plus as growth manager
After seven years at Mitsui OSK, Alexander Green is moving to its corporate venture capital subsidiary, MOL Plus.
Daily Deals Round Up: July 29, 2022
Deutsche Telekom and Salesforce-backed PerimeterX is joining forces with Human Security while M12 and Alexandria Venture Investments took part in Ozette’s $26m series A round.
Daily Deals Round Up: July 28, 2022
Cisco Investments helped internet browser developer Island boost its series B round to $125m while Nufarm led crop protection technology producer Enko’s $70m series C.
Durham departs from Schlumberger
GCV Rising Star Tyler Durham, previously a venture principal at Schlumberger, will continue to work on carbon capture as chief development officer for Navigator CO2 Ventures.
Web3 corporates invest in social media monitoring with Coinfeeds $2m seed round
FTX, Coinbase, Huobi and Protocol Labs backed the startup keeping an eye on crypto sentiment, a measure that can be profitable or costly.
Daily Deals Round Up: July 27, 2022
360 Security and CATL helped Hozon Auto close a $1.5bn series D while Origin Energy and Tokyo Gas backed a $550m round for Octopus Energy.
Daily Deals Round Up: July 26, 2022
Novartis and Cigna Ventures were part of Cleerly’s $192m series C round while Aptos Labs secured $150m from investors including FTX, Circle and Jump Trading.
Toyota Boshoku drives to innovative mobility tech
Daisuke Otsuka, head of the firm’s business incubation office, says his unit is helping adapt to the car industry’s once-in-a-century transformation.
Singapore provides $14m corporate venturing boost
EDB has added about $14m for the second Corporate Venture Launchpad to help corporations launch innovative spinoffs.
Cemex Ventures backs construction 3D printing company Cobod
The cement producer made its first financial bet on construction-grade 3D printing following a partnership between its mothership and its new portfolio company.
Daily Deals Round Up: July 25, 2022
Lazada Group and Touch ‘n Go provided $168m for online payment platform developer TNG Digital while Arab Bank Accelerator was among the investors in Cartona’s $12m series A round.