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Materials science companies are grappling with tightening regulations and accelerating R&D cycles aided by AI. Venture teams are helping navigate the rapidly shifting landscape.

A GCV Rising Star, Ashkan Eliasy is now the founder and managing director of Nuvisy, a strategic advisory firm for healthcare innovation.

IBM and D-Wave shared examples of ways that real customers are using their platforms, reinforcing a sense that quantum is approaching the commercialisation stage.

Ashish Aggarwal and Alexandros Bottenbruch were co-leads for the unit's fintech investments across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Success or failure of these mega-IPOs is critical but, ironically, many of the incumbents backing these companies are raising capital themselves at the same time. Can public markets support both?

Barton spent nearly five years at CapitalG where she focused on investments in fintech, vertical and application software.

The Norwegian company has internal, well-funded incubators which give employee-led ventures a launchpad.

The Hitachi Ventures office will be based in Bengaluru and led by Radhika Ananth who joined the team in September last year.

Jarek Khoilian and Manas Punhani, who were GCV Rising Stars from 2025 and 2026 respectively, have been promoted to principal.

Varshney will oversee the NFL’s venture investment activity through 32 Equity as the league explores a broader role in strategic investing, media and technology-led growth initiatives.

Martin Cheski will be leading the strategy and execution of corporate development initiatives that support Telus’ long-term growth, portfolio optimisation and value creation priorities.