Pharma company Elanco launches fund to back animal health startups – Global Venturing
The new $25m fund will have a multi-year commitment to invest in early-stage startups developing animal health therapies and related…
Tag: Venturing
Build a bridge, not an island: How Echo Health Ventures created a healthcare innovation engine – Global Venturing
Echo Health Ventures was born as a joint venture between two US not-for-profit health insurance plans in a sector where corporate…
How AI is expanding the legal tech market – Global Venturing
AI is taking on many of the lower levels of legal work like visa applications, and expanding the areas —…
Boston Scientific makes corporate venture move with MiRus stake – Global Venturing
Boston Scientific is taking a leaf from the IT sector in using corporate venture deals for acqui-hire and product optionality.…
Banco do Brasil sets up new AI-focused fund with MSW Capital – Global Venturing
The new fund, called BB Ventures 2, will target AI startups alongside the Brazilan bank’s usual focus on fintech, agritech…
Japan’s DIC launches Zurich-based fund to back physical AI startups – Global Venturing
The $62m fund is DIC’s first expansion into Europe and builds on a strategic pivot from investing in biomaterials to…
Insurer Northwestern Mutual boosts VC fund by 75% to $350m – Global Venturing
The capital boost follows the CVC benefitting from the exit of fintech company Chime, which listed on the stock exchange…
Qualcomm to invest $150m in India’s AI startups – Global Venturing
Qualcomm Ventures’ new Strategic AI Venture Fund will target AI technologies across automotive, robotics, IoT and mobile-focused startups. US-based semiconductor…
Australian health insurer HBF launches VC investment arm – Global Venturing
The new corporate venture fund will be lead by Sanjeev Gupta, chief information and transformation officer at HBF Health. HBF,…
Swiss research institution Constructor Group launches $110m deep tech fund – Global Venturing
The fund targets deeptech, edtech and software. Constructor Capital, the VC arm of nonprofit Swiss research and education provider Constructor…
The investor’s guide to: Milan – Global Venturing
Milan is Italy’s style capital, but also hosts a thriving startup scene, strong in B2B, fintech and applied AI. This…
Bertelsmann establishes health tech startup fund – Global Venturing
The new fund – Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments – will provide capital and expertise to help startups develop and scale their…
GE gets back in the CVC game with healthcare venture unit – Global Venturing
General Electric is hiring for a corporate venture arm that will invest on behalf of GE Healthcare, returning to CVC…
Baran leaves Pfizer’s startup investment team – Global Venturing
He will take the helm of a healthcare hedge fund’s private investments strategy. Michael Baran took over as head of…
The investor’s guide to: Sydney – – Global Corporate Venturing
Australia’s largest city boasts beaches and a rather famous opera house. But where should you go to meet VCs and…
Eba moves from GSK’s corporate VC arm to medical startup – Global Venturing
Eba leaves founding partner position to take on a CFO role. Imran Eba has left his role as partner at…