Latest News

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The one-year-old $250m fund recently launched an accelerator to focus on early-stage companies that increase the efficiency of water in construction.

From technology that studies cosmic rays to measure soil moisture to a system that can turn air into water, we look at the most promising new startups in the water tech sector.