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How small open-source AI startups are taking on the big developers

Small but agile startups working on open-source AI could challenge the leading large language model developers. This is why.


May 15, 2025

Dutch bank ING's ventures arm halts new investments

The Dutch bank will focus on the existing portfolio of 30 startups. It is the latest in a string of big corporations to rethink CVC operations.

May 14, 2025

Canada's University of Waterloo launches $10m fund

Early-stage VC Velocity manage the independently run fund, which backs spinouts from the Canadian university.

May 14, 2025

AI levels the playing field for founders, says HearstLab. Maybe too much?

Advances in AI are opening up opportunities for underrepresented founders, says Katie Bailey at Hearst's women-focused CVC fund. But it is also making it harder to do due diligence.

May 14, 2025

UK's University of Edinburgh hires Lizzie Withington to boost spinout creation

Tech transfer arm Edinburgh Innovations has created a new role of director of venture creation to increase the number of companies it spins out.

May 13, 2025

UK economic development bank to boost backing for spinout funds

The British Business Bank plans to invest in university spinout investment funds outside of the Golden Triangle.

May 13, 2025

Exits dip in April as IPOs dry up and health and IT…

April saw fewer corporate-backed startup exits than the high months of Q1 2025, due to a fall in M&A for healthcare and IT companies.

May 13, 2025

UK's University of Liverpool joins Northern Gritstone spinout investor

It becomes the fourth academic institution in the north of England to join the university spinout investor.

May 13, 2025

Egyptian real estate firm Madinet Masr launches fund to boost innovation 

The company will deploy an undisclosed amount over the next five years into real estate developments.

May 12, 2025

South Korean car parts maker Hankook launches $11m CVC fund

The CVC team plans to raise hundreds of billions more won to invest beyond its core tyres and car parts businesses.

May 12, 2025

The upward swing in corporate venturing deals continues in April

Despite uncertainty in the wider economy, April has seen the most corporate-backed startup funding rounds in more than two years.

May 12, 2025

SCB 10X head Panich leaves to launch $250m AI fund

Tai Panich has departed from the $700m CVC fund she formed in 2020 and has recruited corporate LPs for AI-focused firm AIconic Ventures.

May 9, 2025
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