China has a policy of superclusters to drive growth and is increasingly incorporating corporate venture capital initiatives into these clusters.

Prologis Ventures and GV helped supply chain analytics provider Altana raise $100m while Amazon and BHP were among the investors in an $85m round for clean steel technology developer Electra.

GCV recorded just 205 deals worth $7.42bn involving corporate investors from the IT sector in Q2. That is down more than 60% from last year.

Thirteen corporates invested a total of $1.31bn in quantum computing start-ups in 2021. That is a 68% rise from 2020. But is this nascent sector ready to see even bigger corporate cheques?  

The number of corporate-backed deals dropped by 13% year-on-year in May, the first clear sign that the market pullback is having an impact.

Its initial investments include Apollo GraphQL and BigID.

Jennifer Anderson, Carrier's SVP for strategy, business development and chief sustainability officer, will head Carrier Ventures.

A decade's focus on digitalisation leaves physical assets vulnerable.

Departure of venture unit head, Kevin LaForce, leaves 32 Equity in apparent limbo.

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