Hadar Pode left her Israel-based managing director position at Porsche Digital after six years, without disclosing her new role.
Tag: Corporate Venturer
Japanese corporates pour money into spacetech startups
Japan is second only to the US when it comes to spacetech startups raising funding from the corporate sector.
Korean internet firm Naver’s D2SF venture unit expands to North America
Naver’s accelerator arm backed two US startups last month, Claythis and YesPlz, and will continue to seek out opportunities in North America.
Daily Mail Group’s venture arm announces two new funds totalling £50m
DMG Ventures has announced two new $32m funds that will use media for equity arrangements, an increasingly common investment strategy.
Crypto VC Gate Ventures and blockchain firm Movement Labs form $20m fund
The initiative, also backed by Thai family office VC Boon Ventures, will target blockchain projects specialised in Move, the programming language by Movement Labs.
Naor and Plaza join CapitalG to lead portfolio strategy
Alphabet’s growth fund appointed Adam Naor and Monica Plaza as VP of business development and operating partner, respectively.
Corporates give Korean software startups international springboard
Korea has a strong roster of startups providing software for industry and large conglomerates. They are now finding markets abroad, too.
Tsuchikawa bids farewell to Sony Ventures
GCV Powerlist mainstay Gen Tsuchikawa left Japanese conglomerate Sony after two decades, having led its CVC unit in the past eight years.
How corporate investors can sell themselves to startups
Being humble, bringing your connections and building a good reputation are all part of the art of the “reverse pitch,” says Mike Smeed, of InMotion Ventures, the investment arm of JLR, and Martin MacDonald, of weeteq.
Brockhausen leaves German mass media firm ProSiebenSat.1’s CVC
Jan Brockhausen, previously an associate director at SevenVentures, is now a principal at Fiege Group-backed F-Log Ventures.
Korean startups look for corporate investors as ecosystem faces crunch
Korean startups offer juicy morsels for international investors amid a tough funding climate and as the government relaxes CVC rules.
Japanese ketchup maker Kagome launches $50m CVC fund
Formed in association with US venture firm SVG Ventures, the Sunrise Fund will back early-stage agritech startups.
Brooks leaves mining company Anglo American’s CVC
Dawn Brooks has joined consultancy Wood Mackenzie after spending three years at Anglo American’s CVC, Decarbonisation Ventures.
Munoz moves to Fitch Group as global head of CVC and M&A
After rejoining Hearst Ventures in July, Gabby Munoz was tasked to make fintech deals at the US media firm’s ratings agency subsidiary.