Mario Augusto Maia, managing partner of Cogent Venture Partners, joins the pod to talk about the best way to launch a venturing unit.
Category: Region
TDK Ventures forms $150m energy transition fund
TDK’s corporate venture arm has recruited battery producer Amperex as a limited partner for the EX1 fund, which will target electrification and decarbonisation startups.
The Big Deal: Ensoma tops off a bumper week for pharma
Ensoma’s $135m series B was one of five big rounds for early-stage drug developers week despite a pharma sector that is becoming ever more selective.
Wellstar to expand beyond health with $100m startup fund
The hospital group plans to back more than 50 companies through Catalyst, with workplace, big data and customer experience software startups all in the frame.
SoftBank launches $150m fund for Black and Latino founders
With more money and a new name, SoftBank continues to back Black and Latino-owned startups.
AI that will read your car manual and tell you when to inflate your tyres
And several other bets that Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures is making on what the car will look like in 10 years.
CVCs dominate Thai startup investment
Corporate investors have been the most active backers of startups in the country, focusing on fintech, ecommerce and logistics.
Opportunity for corporate investors in Brazil as VC froth subsides
Gabriela Toribio tells us why Wayra Brasil and the newly formed Vivo Ventures have an inside track in a market where early-stage funding is plummeting.
Saint-Gobain’s Apelian to retire
Basma Kharrat will take over the advanced materials maker’s corporate venture activities when VP of internal and external venturing Minas Apelian retires in September.
CM Venture Capital’s third fund gets $21.7m additional capital
The third fund – backed by Sabic, BAT, Heraeus and Petronas – is targeting $100m and the latest close included Tong An and Anqing High-Tech Zone.
The Big Deal: Paytm heads week of valuation bloodletting in India
SoftBank’s $120m sale of Paytm stock at a loss came in the same week as valuation cuts for Swiggy, Ola and Zomato as India’s once promising startup scene hits turbulence.
Lenke takes charge at Atlassian Ventures
Peter Lenke has succeeded Matt Sonefeldt as head of the enterprise software provider’s corporate venture unit following more than six years running CVC and M&A activity at Twitter.
Eli Lilly expands impact fund to $300m
The pharmaceutical company’s Social Impact Venture Capital Portfolio helps improve healthcare access for black and other minority groups in the US.
SMBC launches $200m Asia-focused venture fund
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s $200m SMBC Asia Rising Fund will back fintech companies in Southeast Asia and India.