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Is this the start of a CVC investment rebound?

The number of corporate-backed funding rounds continued to decline in Q3, but September saw a sharp jump in the value of deals. Large deals are back, too.


Oct 19, 2023

CVC Unplugged: How to combine multiple investment strategies in one fund

MSW Capital's Richard Zeiger joins the pod to talk about its multi-corporate LP approach and why it rejects the CVC-as-a-service label.

Oct 17, 2023

Founders: here's how to get your product into the NHS

Startups often find the UK's National Health Service hard to sell into. These three tips can stop founders falling at the first hurdle.

Oct 16, 2023

Functional foods start to get the science and the investment case right

Science-based evidence of health benefits, access to customer data and an influx of investment are behind the growth in functional foods.

Oct 13, 2023

Shang Qi Capital powers up with $576m

Shangqi Huirong Shangcheng Yihao Industry Fund’s second close counts SAIC Motor Financial Holding Management unit among its LPs.

Oct 11, 2023

CVC Unplugged: Deep tech startups should focus more on real-world problems

Owen Thompson, of venture builder Cambridge Future Tech, talks about how researchers need to focus not just on complex technical challenges but on solving real-world problems.

Oct 11, 2023

Turkey: Can CVC remove the funding roadblocks for startups?

Turkey has the ingredients to be a top tech market, but it needs investors to take more risk if its startups are to get past early stage.

Oct 11, 2023

Investors rather than corporate insiders take startup board seats

Parent company representation on startup and portfolio company boards is an essential element of the corporate innovation industry - but who holds these seats?

Oct 10, 2023

Accenture Ventures leans into trillion-dollar spacetech opportunity

Tom Lounibos, managing director of Accenture Ventures, the consulting firm's corporate venture capital unit, has made several investments in space technology startups.

Oct 9, 2023

Reality check: Has the IRA made the US a magnet for cleantech…

The US's $369bn climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), promises to put the US at the forefront of the clean energy transition, but the act has its limitations.

Oct 5, 2023

Corporate-backed rounds take lion's share of startup investments in Brazil

The CVC sector's reputation is improving after a rocky start in Latin America’s largest economy.

Oct 4, 2023

Are CVC investors moving from followers to leaders?

CVCs appear to be increasingly comfortable with taking a leading role in startup funding rounds — does this mark a permanent shift?

Sep 29, 2023
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