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.

From appointing an independent advisory board to hiring an external management team, here are several recommendations for building internal ventures successfully.

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.

Regulation of generative AI is still shifting, so how should investors place bets on startups? Here are nine things to consider.

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.

Solar energy and grid storage saw some of the biggest funding rounds as falling prices put these clean energy options into the mainstream.

UK corporates invest in the domestic innovation ecosystem less than US, French and German peers. The government is trying to change that.

Healthcare systems are failing BIPOC women, but entrepreneurs are trying to fill some of the gap — if they can get the funding.

• 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.

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Labour shortages and the ability to accelerate robot programming with genAI will breathe new life into the sector in 2024 say investors.

Maersk revamped its Maersk Growth innovation unit in June with a new team and a change in how it invests in tech and sustainability.

Payments is an area fintech investors we've spoken to see as ripe for a shake up. They're also watching for an AI crash and the direction of interest rates.

AI and quantum, as well as long-term, large-scale energy storage are trends at the top of energy investors' minds for 2024. Exits, less so.