After three years of VC investor Heliad, Buchsbaum turns his sights to supporting early stage startups in the DACH region.

The insurance and financial services group will offer its pension investors access to startups through the fund, which will target areas including health and fintech.

DeepSeek's cut-price generative AI offering makes it a direct rival to OpenAI and its US peers, but it's far from alone. Here are some alternative startups from outside the US that have received corporate backing.

Clinics offering wraparound care for people taking weight loss drugs have become high-growth businesses, attractive to investors.

After six years at Dutch energy utility Eneco's corporate VC subsidiary, legal specialist Susan Heerings is moving to clean energy investor Meewind.

Pooling tech transfer resources could help smaller universities commercialise technology that they can't push out on their own.

Mitrjaschkin will be a partner at joint venture Incharge Capital Partners.

Hasenjaeger was a startup scout and investor at Viega New Ventures, the investment arm of the 125-year old, family-owned manufacturer.

Many of the companies have financial and corporate venture backers, as businesses seek alternatives to single-use plastics.

The Nato Innovation Fund has made a dozen investments in dual-use technologies that are already deployed in areas of conflict and with allies' armed forces.