UBS’s $200m strategic technology fund has promoted Veronika Kuznetsova to lead its work in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Fung transports to Woven Capital
Toyota-backed Woven Capital has hired GCV Rising Star Will Fung, formerly investment principal at Samsung Catalyst Fund, for a similar role.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 23, 2022
Helmerich & Payne and Liberty Energy backed a $138m round for Fervo Energy, and Shandong Weigao helped Jinjiang Electron raise $103m.
Juneja expands role at SoftBank
SoftBank Investment Advisers managing partner Sumer Juneja will move to London and lead Vision Funds’ European investments.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 22, 2022
Hanwha Life took part in a $20m series B round for Airs Medical while Allianz-backed AV8 Ventures helped Think Bioscience close $17m in seed funding.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 19, 2022
SK provided $100m for Atom Power, while MediaTek, Ta Ya, Simplo and Chunghwa Telecom all took part in TXOne Networks’ $70m series B round.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 18, 2022
Harel Group took part in DriveNets’ $262m series C round while UBS Next and and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital pumped BigPanda’s series E to $210m.
G42 harnesses Abu Dhabi cash to launch $10bn fund
As SoftBank’s Vision Funds pull back, another monster-sized corporate fund emerges. Abu Dhabi Growth Fund is bankrolling a growth-stage fund managed by cloud and AI company G42.
Loftus moves to PayPal Ventures
James Loftus, formerly Square’s global head of corporate development, has joined PayPal Ventures as managing partner.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 16, 2022
Galaxy Digital called off its $1.2bn purchase of BitFury-backed crypto wallet developer BitGo while SK Group helped nuclear technology developer TerraPower raise $750m.
Future Energy Ventures spins out so it can “scale faster and accelerate”
Pulling in more companies and getting more investment capital were the key reasons Future Energy Ventures split from E.ON, says managing partner Jan Lozek.
Obaseki to lead growth investments for ZX Ventures
GCV Rising Star Daniel Obaseki took over as global head for growth investments at AB InBev’s venturing subsidiary.
Daily Deal Round Up: August 15, 2022
Legend Capital-backed clinical services provider R&G Pharmastudies floated in a $174m initial public offering while several corporates exited Pymetrics in an acquisition by Harver.
Olympus invests in endoscopy AI, eyes up urology and respiratory care next
The Japanese medical equipment maker is looking for more medtech startups working on minimally invasive technologies.