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Illumina Ventures seeks $300m for third fund
SEC filings show the CVC wants to raise its third nine-figure fund to back biotech startups.
Ex-CVC Gerber joins online betting firm BetMGM in corp dev role
Alexandra Gerber, previously a CVC manager at Suntory Global Spirits, joined online betting company BetMGM.
CVC-as-a-service group Valetec Capital launches venture builder
As the Brazilian CVC market starts to cool, Valetec is looking to diversify its business with a venture building division.
24-fold increase in Japanese corporate venture capital in the past decade
A growing wave: corporate-affiliated capital for startup investments has gone from $140 in 2013 to $3.4bn according to a recent survey.
Latin American innovation firms team up to catch market boom
Seven years ago the market was nascent, now even smaller corporates want to tap startup style innovation. Innova360 and Bluebox merged in part to make the most of that wave.
Toyota’s debut mobility startups in European open innovation platform
Two-wheeled vehicle developer Genny and pedestrian accessibility startup Okeenea are among the first six companies to be selected for Toyota Open Labs.
Zendesk Ventures isn’t waiting around for AI to become mainstream
Several CVC units are targeting generative AI, but customer service software provider Zendesk has launched one of the few that can onboard that technology right now.
Credit Saison commits $200m to Latin American startups
The financial services firm’s Mexican and Brazilian units are each equipped with $100m, and CVC unit Saison Capital will play a key role.
BBC’s startup investment arm emerges from stealth mode with metaverse deal
A first investment in live metaverse gig company Condense shows the kind of startup collaboration BBC Ventures is seeking.
German media CVC Burda Principal Investments expands team
Media conglomerate Hubert Burda’s CVC unit hired London-based Briac Bombrun and Berlin-based Lena Nedebock, increasing its headcount to 25.
AI tech firm Gcore raises $60m in series A funding
Wargaming led the edge AI technology company’s first external funding round, after a five-year hiatus in venture capital investments.
Spanish genome lab ramps up plans for a sequence of spinouts
The National Centre for Genomic Analysis, based in Barcelona, Spain, is preparing to launch a new spinout and is planning for several more following a revamp of its operations.
Li joins BHP Ventures as lead principal
GCV Emerging Leader David Li will help the Australian mining firm’s CVC unit identify energy, climate and mining startups.