Artesian (Alternative Investments)’s Post

Australia-based ag- and food-consortium Hort will commit about A$24m to the A$60m Hort Innovation Venture Fund, leveraged by co-investments sourced by VC firm Artesian as the general partner to the fund. H/T Jeremy, Brett https://lnkd.in/e8bY_gXe This is the latest in a wave of new CVC funds emerging to support the ecosystem (to check out the most active strategic investors subscribers can use the GCV Directory https://lnkd.in/eRrJSXHW ) and sector-specific initiatives, such as GCV's global agri-food council led by Erin, Mark, Blair, Daniel, Ben. Others in partnership between corporates and VCs include Quadrivio Group and Microsoft Italy's new AI fund H/T Fabio, Walter, Vincenzo https://lnkd.in/eki-2qSk ; Marc at Axeleo Ventures' $125m fund targeting first-of-a-kind startups with LPs such as Veolia's Yann https://lnkd.in/eMRjyhJP ; and Aegis Ventures with nearly a dozen US health systems (Endeavor Health, Indiana University Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, Northwell Health, Novant Health, Ochsner Health, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Sharp HealthCare, Stanford Health Care, UPMC Enterprises and Vanderbilt Health) H/T John, Brad, Kurt, James Updike, Ted, Feby, Richard, Winston Rodriguez, Greg, Nicholas, https://lnkd.in/eWzr329u GCV is delighted to be partnering with Nvidia and the US health ecosystem for a roundtable on the impact of AI next month H/T Christina, Liz And more law firms backing their clients and developing legal tech (Robert's feature here showing across all sectors and regions the impact of CVC from small to large funds and in partnership with the best entrepreneurs and investors https://lnkd.in/eGRmDPmW ), such as a $4m fund by Foley & Lardner https://lnkd.in/erNntFBN After all, innovation is strategic