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.

Almost none of the world's largest sports teams are active in early-stage investing - we got the answers to why from the worlds of football, basketball and venture capital.

The Chinese technology and entertainment conglomerate has slowed corporate investment in technology startups after making successful bets in e-commerce and gaming sectors.

The South Korea-based startup has developed a new form of pet identification technology that scans cats' and dogs' faces.

Kamay Ventures already handles startup investments for Coca-Cola and Arcor in Latin America and has added the Mexican bakery group to its LPs.

The 12-week programme will start with five startups focused on decentralised commerce, marketing, advertising, payment and the metaverse.

Ben Jacobs of Companion Fund, flush with $300m from Mars, is going against the grain and betting bigger on startups as others pull back.

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

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.

Mars' pet food and veterinary subsidiary has teamed up with Digitalis Partners to launch a second Companion Fund, following a $100m predecessor in 2018.