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How the cost of generative AI is shaping the investment landscape
Perspectives on generative AI from corporate investors at the GCVI Summit in Monterey.
Mar 18, 2024Venturing helps the corporate bottom line — but only if you do…
In fact, doing it badly is worse than not having any CVC activity at all.
Mar 13, 2024Companies with active CVC units perform better — the full analysis
Global Corporate Venturing analysis indicates that companies with active CVC programmes have higher revenue, ebitds and cash flow growth.
Mar 13, 2024Six types of corporate investor — which kind are you?
Classic investor, former founder, expert, activist. connector and outsider — there is a broad range of ways to excel at corporate investing.
Mar 11, 20246 things startups want from corporate investors
From having a business development professional on a startup's board to making sure the corporate's sales force are motivated to sell a portfolio company's product, here six things that startups value in their corporate investors.
Mar 8, 2024February confirms it: mega rounds are back
Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.
Mar 7, 2024A third of dollars raised by energy startups comes from corporate-backed rounds
Corporate investors are disproportionately involved in the biggest funding rounds by energy sector startups.
Mar 5, 20245 tips for investing in university spinouts
More corporate investors choose to invest in academic research. But it requires much different skills to investing in later-stage startups.
Mar 4, 2024Categories
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Corporate AI funds: The list
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
Feb 27, 2024Corporates underpin generative AI funding boom
Some 54% of the dollars invested in generative AI startups last year came from funding rounds involving corporate investors. Stock markets are rewarding big corporate gen AI spenders handsomely.
Feb 26, 20245 tips for successful venture building
From appointing an independent advisory board to hiring an external management team, here are several recommendations for building internal ventures successfully.
Feb 16, 2024Exit values are up and Singapore saw corporate-backed funding leap in January
Exit values are increasing, crypto funding has seen a resurgence and Singapore has seen a 60% year-on-year increase in corporate-backed funding rounds.
Feb 12, 2024How to invest in gen AI amid regulatory uncertainty
Regulation of generative AI is still shifting, so how should investors place bets on startups? Here are nine things to consider.
Feb 9, 20246 tips for investing in seed-stage companies
More corporate investors are turning to seed-stage investing to get early exposure to new technologies. But it requires a different skill set to what CVCs are used to.
Feb 8, 2024Editor's Picks
Corporate AI funds: The list
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
Feb 27, 2024Value of corporate-backed start-up funding deals falls 43%
• Corporates invested 43% less capital in startup funding rounds in 2023 compared with the previous year. • The number of active corporate investors fell by 17%, as many opted to wait out poor market conditions. • The number of corporates taking LP positions in VC funds fell to its lowest level in a decade.
Jan 22, 2024Maersk shifts to venture client approach to move faster on new tech
Maersk revamped its Maersk Growth innovation unit in June with a new team and a change in how it invests in tech and sustainability.
Jan 5, 2024How dominant CVCs stalled the Thai tech ecosystem
After a promising start the Thai startup ecosystem has slowed. Some say too much corporate money may have been part of the problem.
Dec 14, 2023
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