The Nato Innovation Fund has made a dozen investments in dual-use technologies that are already deployed in areas of conflict and with allies' armed forces.

Rounds are getting bigger and investors want to see more earlier, but the distinction between them is still important.

Longer hours and better tech are changing the way people trade, and the way CVCs need to search for innovation.

Brazil’s central bank is great at working with innovative technology, and hopefully others in LatAm will follow suit, says Torq’s Thiago Iglesias.

The need to decarbonise the shipping industry is urgent, but with clean fuels a long way off, CVCs are picking different strategies.

Investors can find opportunities in startups that can overcome the roadblocks in the solar and electric vehicle markets, says FEV's Jan Lozek.

Mast-Jägermeister's CVC is backing companies tempting people to meet in real life again.

The lack of exit options including M&A and initial public offerings is pushing corporate investors to sell VC assets in the growing secondary market.

Overseas investment is flowing into Japan's startup sector, but it is still small compared with other countries' ecosystems.

Legal technology funding has boomed in the wake of ChatGPT, and startups – and law firms – that don't use artificial intelligence are going to be left behind.

Even during its current rough patch, investors in Brazil are confident in the fundamentals of the market.

The global drinks brand invests in early-stage startups and academic research where it can get closely involved in testing out the technologies at its operations.

With shortages in labour and resources in the US healthcare system, medium-sized funds have a unique role to play to bridge the gaps.

One of crypto's most prolific investors, OKX Ventures, backs technologies that expand decentralised finance and cryptocurrency use.