While AI technologies continued to get the largest share of funding dollars, the month saw a higher than usual amount of dollars flowing into industrial, energy and consumer tech.
July saw the amount of dollars invested in corporate-backed funding round nearly double from the same period last year — from $16bn to $29bn — while the number of transactions also tracked upwards, continuing a trend of increasing rounds tracked since the start of the year. Increased funding for robotics, energy and the food sector appeared to be driving the uplift in July.
The month recorded 537 corporate-backed rounds – representing a 1.7% increase on the number recorded in the previous month and a 6.7% increase since July 2025.
Oishani Mitra
Oishani Mitra is the content manager for Global Corporate Venturing.
