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After a promising start the Thai startup ecosystem has slowed. Some say too much corporate money may have been part of the problem.

The CVC is now under the auspices of Solvay’s spin-off Syensqo, which focuses on areas including clean mobility, EV batteries and hydrogen.

Corporate VC is not the ideal tool for bringing innovation into the mothership, says Stryber's managing partner.

There was a promising (or surprising) rise in corporate-backed funding rounds for cryptocurrency startups in November. Despite many heralding the demise of crypto, it looks like it isn't dead yet.

CEO Ophir Gaathon tells us why Airbus and American Express have backed Dust Identity, and how diamond dust can track data on objects through the supply chain.

Most of the BP Ventures capital will be deployed in clean energy investments that are designed to help the UK oil and gas major reach its 2050 net zero emissions goal.

HG Ventures' Ginger Rothrock and Meghan Hunt join the pod to talk about the sustainable future of industry and connecting startups to motherships.

Corporate investors rarely back sex startups but as attitudes change and the trend for sexual health and education picks up, are they missing out?

Corporate venture capital units see opportunities to invest despite the departure of financial VCs from startup financings.

Albert Mundet tells us how FC Barcelona began investing through Barça Innovation Hub in the middle of a cost-cutting exercise, and how it balances short and long-term goals.

What's it like to invest in having a good time? Stéphane Longuet, head of Pernod Ricard's corporate VC unit, joins the show to talk about it.