Indonesia, with the second largest fisheries market in the world, has a growing sector of aquatech startups that are attracting corporate backers.
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The Big Deal: Climate change brings T-Mobile and Salesforce to fire alert technology
Why are these corporates investing in wildfire monitoring systems? Pano CEO Sonia Kastner tells us about the strategic link and how the wildfire epidemic can be brought under control.
Suffolk’s venture affiliate closes $110m first fund
Four years since it started investing off balance sheet, Suffolk Technologies has split from its construction firm parent with a fund backed by external investors.
Coke launches $137.7m sustainability fund
The beverage giant and eight of its bottlers are pitching in to invest in sustainability across their ecosystem.
Six ways to increase university spinout success
Spinout creation rates vary wildly at universities and intelligent capital and corporate partners have a big role in changing the numbers.
Sapphire Ventures makes billion-dollar AI commitment
The $10bn enterprise venture firm, which began life as SAP’s corporate venture unit, is following a number of CVCs in putting big money behind generative AI.
The Big Deal: Opportunity for CVCs to globalise Japanese startups
There’s an opportunity for CVCs to help take Japanese startups global. Large funding rounds for Telexistence and Caddi show what is possible.
Global investors line up for India’s EV explosion
Ambitious adoption targets and government incentives have positioned India’s electric mobility sector for rapid growth.
GMG Ventures rebrands as Mercuri
The media tech investor closed a new $63.5m fund, with external investors joining GMG owner The Scott Trust for the first time.
Why corporate investors are piling into India
As India’s startup sector matures, foreign CVCs are increasingly choosing to set up teams in the country to invest in high growth sectors such as climate tech, fintech and software.
Telus Ventures hires Warsha Dor to head Israel activity
Telus’s corporate VC subsidiary has appointed Ravit Warsha Dor partner and investment director, extending its presence in Israel.
Rao joins Nova by Saint-Gobain in India
Tejas Rao is the first India-based team member of the French construction materials company’s corporate venture unit.
The Big Deal: DePoly wants to solve the world’s plastic problem
Founder and CEO Samantha Anderson talks to us about how DePoly plans to expand its plastic recycling capabilities following a seed round co-led by BASF.
South Korean group launches $9m LX Ventures
The LG Group-launched holding group’s LX Ventures will invest in clean energy, industrial automation, green materials and chip technology.