Bertelsmann India Investments is diving into a growing funding gap for early-stage startups in the country.
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Pang exits Experian Ventures
Former Experian Ventures investment director Chan Yip Pang has joined Vertex Ventures as an executive director.
Gross-Selbeck to move from BCG Digital Ventures
BCG Digital Ventures’ global managing partner, Stefan Gross-Selbeck, will move to a climate technology position at parent company Boston Consulting Group at the end of this year.
Vollaard leaves Rabo Frontier Ventures
GCV Powerlist mainstay Harrie Vollaard has announced his departure after five years at RFV and over two decades at its parent firm, Rabobank.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 28, 2022
Susquehanna Growth Equity has led a $62m series B round for speech-to-text software provider Speechmatics, while Fidelity’s Eight Roads unit led digital asset data aggregator Kaiko’s $53m series B.
Yamaha Motor Ventures to expand into fintech, insurtech with second fund
The motor company CVC is launching its second Exploratory Fund vintage later this year.
TitletownTech raising $80m second fund
The Microsoft and Green Bay Packers-backed VC firm is raising a second vehicle more than triple the size of its predecessor, according to a filing.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 27, 2022
Prosus helped B2B e-commerce platform ShopUp lift its series B round to $174m while SPIL Ventures co-led a $70m series C for trucking optimisation platform Deliveree.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 24, 2022
SoftBank led contract management platform developer LegalForce’s $102m series D round while several corporates exited logistics service provider GogoX in an $85m IPO.
Lindener joins Mach49 to build out European operations
Lindener founded an in-house company builder at Airbus but now wants to share what he learned from that experience.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 23, 2022
A range of corporates helped hydrogen system developer Electric Hydrogen raise $198m while Shell and Chevron backed fusion energy system developer Zap’s $160m series C.
Coinbase chooses Choi to run Asia-Pacific investments
Justin Choi, who had previously headed up corporate development at Go-Jek for four years, is set to do the same for Coinbase and its CVC arm in the Asia-Pacific region.
Daily Deal Round Up: June 22, 2022
Illumina and Celgene could exit genome researcher Human Longevity in a reverse merger while Openly raised $75m from investors including Advance Venture Partners and Gradient Ventures.
Combes steps down as SoftBank exodus continues
Michel Combes is leaving his position as CEO of SoftBank Group International after just five months, the latest in a string of high-level investor departures at the corporate.