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February: M&A appetite still high for corporate-backed startups, but valuations down
Some 37 corporate-backed startups were bought in February in sectors ranging from semiconductors and skincare to pharma and robots.
Mar 11, 2025International Airlines Group announces $218m CVC fund
IAGi Ventures will invest in startups improving efficiency, sustainability and customer experience.
Mar 11, 2025Chinese corporations ramp up investments in AI and chips startups
There were 42 corporate-backed startup funding rounds in China in February, up 27% from the previous month. Most of these were backed by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and Baidu.
Mar 10, 2025Cencosud Ventures: Why corporate VCs should be customers of startups
If a venturing unit want to maximise a startup’s chance of scaling its technology in a corporate, it should become a customer, says Cencosud Ventures’ Pascual.
Mar 6, 2025US airport logistics group Vantage launches corporate venturing arm
The transportation and airport logistics group will invest in mobility and sustainability startups.
Mar 6, 2025Spinouts from universities in UK southwest double fundraising to $351m
Half of the spinouts from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey raised seed funding in 2024.
Mar 5, 2025Gainer moves to US energy company NextEra's investment arm
Mitch Gainer has become director at NextEra Energy Investments.
Mar 4, 2025University College London sees 25% surge in spinout activity
The London university has seen a surge in applications to commercialise artificial intelligence-related technologies.
Mar 4, 202511 medical device startups that could change the future of healthcare
Medtech funding has been one of the fastest growing areas of CVC, and here are some of its brightest startups, from brain surgery microbots to holographic surgery technology.
Mar 4, 2025Germany's BayWa Renewables spins out corporate venture unit
rEnergy Partners, the newly independent CVC of BayWa r.e., will continue managing its portfolio while backing early-stage cleantech startups.
Mar 3, 2025Andrea Course leaves Shell’s investment arm
Course has resigned as digital innovation program manager at Shell Ventures.
Mar 3, 2025Saemin Ahn rejoins Japanese tech firm Rakuten's investment unit after 2 year…
Saemin Ahn spent nearly 10 years with Rakuten's CVC as managing partner;. He rejoined in February following a two-year spell with VC 500 Global.
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