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Corporate investment in startups rises as firms race to catch robotics trend
Entire sub-sectors ranging from autonomous vehicles to healthcare provision to wealth management saw at least double the corporate-backed funding rounds of the same month last year.
Dec 8, 2025Yeo joins pharma company Eli Lily's VC arm
Ronne Yeo sourced Asian life sciences startups for Johnson & Johnson's VC investment team in Singapore.
Dec 5, 2025Angelini in $175m deal with EIB to invest in European healthtech
Angelini Ventures and the European Investment Bank will back up to 10 startups over the next six years as they look to boost Europe's healthtech sector.
Dec 3, 2025Updated: 13 women in CVC in the US South and Midwest
CVCs based in the southern and midwestern US often end up getting overlooked. Here is an updated list of women dominating corporate venture capital in this region.
Dec 1, 2025Seah joins VC arm of Malaysian hotel and casino group Genting
Wei Cong Seah will invest globally in early and growth-stage startups in technologies aligned with Genting Group’s diverse business lines.
Nov 17, 2025HTGF, Germany's mega VC seed fund, gives corporates access to later-stage tech
High-Tech Gründerfonds' latest fund allows corporate LPs to invest in startups that are closer to providing financial return.
Nov 14, 2025Italian industrial group Angelini opens VC investment office in Singapore
Angelini Ventures plans to broaden its investments in healthcare startups in the Asian region.
Nov 13, 2025IP Group partner Perez joins university spinout Rage Bio
Siro Perez helped set up the biotech startup while he was partner at IP Group in Australia.
Nov 13, 2025Other News
Japanese pharma sales company Toho launches $65m startup investment unit
Managed by Global Brain, the new fund will mainly seek overseas startups focused on frontier biotech.
Nov 12, 2025Value of exits for corporate-backed healthcare startups total nearly $4bn in October
M&As and IPOs continue their upward trend in October, with healthcare having a standout month, characterised by big exits in the private and public markets.
Nov 12, 2025Drug developer Biogen unveils VC investment arm
The biotech producer will invest in and incubate external projects through New Ventures, as Chelsea Johnson joins from Atlas Venture to lead the unit.
Nov 6, 2025Yde joins food and biotech company Ajinomoto’s VC investment unit
After a year building ventures, Mark Yde is joining Ajinomoto Group Ventures to invest in healthcare, food and greentech.
Nov 6, 2025Sanofi Ventures bets on AI with $625m cash influx
Sanofi's venture arm is going against a pharma bear market by upping investments and hiking its fund to $1.4bn. Unit head Jason Hafler says AI opportunities are a big reason why.
Oct 23, 2025Biotechs bet on quantum shaping future of healthcare
Quantum is on the cusp of moving from research to commercial use and companies are exploring its potential for improving diagnostics and the discovery of new drugs.
Oct 16, 2025Editor's Picks
How Basel supercharged its spinout rate
Basel has quietly built a life sciences ecosystem that’s becoming hard to ignore.
Feb 27, 2024Sony and Intel back company making key part for next wave of…
UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.
Feb 13, 2024Age is just a number: 10 spinouts trying to cheat death
What if living to 100 was the norm rather than the exception for humans? Here are 10 companies using university research to make it happen.
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