Edison Fu

Madrid

Head of Development, Asia at Global University Venturing

Head of Development, Asia at Global Corporate Venturing

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Ex-Femsa Ventures head García Quiroga gets promoted to parent firm

Jan 8, 2025 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Mexican beverage retailer Femsa named GCV Powerlist member Javier García Quiroga director of strategic planning, with wider tasks such as M&A. Javier García Quiroga, formerly a managing partner at corporate VC unit Femsa Ventures, has become director of strategic planning at the parent firm, Mexican beverage bottler Femsa. García Quiroga helped launch Femsa Ventures in 2018.
US defence lobbying firm JA Green’s CVC fund appoints two venture partners

Dec 3, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Hondo Geurts and Mike Murray, both with decades of experience in the national security sector, joined Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund. Anzu-Green Critical Technologies Fund, a corporate venture capital fund for US lobbying firm JA Green, has hired two venture partners, James (Hondo) Geurts (pictured left) and John (Mike) Murray (pictured right).
Japanese office design company De-Sign starts CVC

Dec 3, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

De-Sign Capital Fund 1 already made an investment in Any, an AI-based enterprise insight management platform producer. Japanese workplace design group De-Sign has partnered with investment firm Gazelle Capital and formed a corporate venture capital arm of undisclosed size called De-Sign Capital. De-Sign Capital Fund 1 will back early to later-stage startups developing workplace digitalisation technology, office space-related services and other strategic offerings.
Siemens Energy Ventures recruits three team members in Germany and Dubai

Dec 2, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Siemens Energy Ventures’ new members are Munich-based Max Fleischer, Dubai-based Madhu Basu and Berlin-based Mandy Philipp, Images of Max Fleischer, ventures CTO; Mandy Philipp, innovation programme manager; and Madhu Basu, venture client manager (from left to right) courtesy of Siemens Energy Ventures. Siemens Energy Ventures, an investment arm of Siemens Energy, the renewable energy group spun out of German technology conglomerate Siemens, has made three new appointments.
Mitsui Mining and Smelting launches $33m investment fund

Dec 2, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Like the first edition, Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund II will be jointly managed by CVC-as-a-service group SBI Investment. Japanese copper ore producer Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company has formed a ¥5bn ($33.3m) Mitsui Kinzoku-SBI Material Innovation Fund II. The fund is overseen by GCV Institute alumna Feibi Liu (pictured), who is Mitsui Mining and Smelting’s market co-creation and CVC manager.
Japan's geospatial tech group Asia Air Survey launches investment unit -

Dec 2, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

The Japanese aerial survey firm’s corporate venturing unit will invest in spatial information and decarbonisation technologies. Japanese geospatial technology group Asia Air Survey launched a corporate venture capital arm of undisclosed size yesterday. While it is unclear who will lead the unit, Kenji Takahashi (pictured), who joined Asia Air Survey in April this year, is listed as head of the firm’s new business creation group’s planning department.
Japanese software company PCA starts $13m CVC unit

Dec 2, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Dubbed Iidabashi Cross Partners and led by Masaki Hasegawa, the fund will invest in back-office software developers. Tokyo-listed accounting, payroll and sales management software provider PCA has formed a corporate venture capital arm called Iidabashi Cross Partners. Its inaugural ICP-1 Fund is ¥2bn ($13.3m) and will run for 10 years. The unit will focus on startups developing back-office software and innovative business models. Representative director Masaki Hasegawa leads the unit.
Tou and Lavizzari leave Sony Ventures

Nov 21, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Joseph Tou and Simone Lavizzari left the Japanese conglomerate's CVC unit, just a month after former chairman Gen Tsuchikawa announced his departure. Joseph Tou and Simone Lavizzari have departed from Sony Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Japanese electronics and entertainment firm Sony. Tou, who did not disclose his next steps, was a California-based managing director focused on entertainment technology developers.
Korean internet firm Naver’s D2SF venture unit expands to North America

Oct 28, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

Naver’s accelerator arm backed two US startups last month, Claythis and YesPlz, and will continue to seek out opportunities in North America. Naver D2SF, a corporate venture capital and startup accelerator arm of South Korean internet company Naver, has begun investing in North American startups. The initiative was announced at a networking meetup event in Silicon Valley last week for investors and entrepreneurs based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Crypto VC Gate Ventures and blockchain firm Movement Labs form $20m fund

Oct 13, 2024 | globalventuring.com | Edison Fu

The initiative, also backed by Thai family office VC Boon Ventures, will target blockchain projects specialised in Move, the programming language by Movement Labs. Cayman Islands-registered cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io and US modular blockchain framework platform Movement Labs have teamed up for a $20m web3 fund.