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Shortages and inflated prices in the cocoa industry have pushed startups to create chocolate alternatives that taste and feel like the original. Investors are taking a bite.
Travis Smith joins Siemens Energy Ventures as senior venture clienting manager, where he oversees a training programme for staff.
Flipping on its head the typical way that investors meet startups has allowed VC firm Astia to tap into undiscovered startup opportunities.
From working out the strategic value a corporate can bring to scientific innovation to cultivating the right sources in the university ecosystem, here are tips for investing in academic research.
Munich Re Ventures has launched a $125m fund with capital from insurer HSB, to be invested in technology for de-risking industry.
Christoph Sommer is leaving his role in innovation at German utilities provider NEW, where he oversaw the group's venture clienting activity.
Kaweewut Temphuwapat held various innovation roles at PTT, Thailand's state-owned oil and gas company, before he moved to Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).
Accelerator programmes have increased the number of spinouts and commercial engagements for the National Labs. But these programmes face an uncertain future.
Despite raising less money than its previous fund, DG Daiwa Ventures plans to back plenty of AI, blockchain and security startups.
Guy's and St Thomas's and Kings College Hospital started the fund in 2021 to see if an NHS VC fund could succeed. Now it has partnerships and funding from US hospital groups.
Alok Agrawal has left his role as the head of Canadian electronics company Celestica's CVC unit after more than five years with the company.
New materials and greater use of renewable energy is bringing down the costs of direct air capture of carbon. Here are eight startups with technology worth watching.
CryptoGames’ new investment unit will look at the web3 gaming ecosystem and the trading cards sector.
Small but agile startups working on open-source AI could challenge the leading large language model developers. This is why.
Flipping on its head the typical way that investors meet startups has allowed VC firm Astia to tap into undiscovered startup opportunities.
Munich Re Ventures sees gold in the picks and shovels of space, and plenty of opportunity for competition.
In the first of a new series on the world's corporate VC hubs, we get the lowdown on Singapore's tech scene from local CVC Sharan Makhija, of Singtel Innov8.
US FDA and NIH cuts are expected to delay drug approvals and decrease grant funding, making it harder for young health sector companies to survive.
Power-hungry data centres are putting power grids under unprecedented strain, and National Grid Partners is racing to find new technologies that can keep networks running.
Cross border tariffs will raise materials costs and create investment uncertainty. Startups that can think globally and stay flexible will have the best chance of survival.
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