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Funding numbers are down as Southeast Asia's startups have failed to keep track with the move to deep tech, but they can overcome that by adopting an international outlook.
Clifford Platt is departing from his investments-focused role as senior director of corporate development for Nvidia, having helped turbocharge its CVC strategy.
Kaweewut Temphuwapat, newly installed CEO of Siam Commercial Bank's venture arm, is targeting US startups to build on partnerships with the likes of Ripple and Together AI.
The unit will invest in advanced systems and robotics, climate and energy and human health technologies.
DCTP, an investment company with corporate shareholders, has sold some its startup portfolio to Pinegrove Venture Partners to generate cash.
Media group Bloomberg has supplied a further $75m for its venture firm, Bloomberg Beta, taking its total assets under management to $450m.
WatsonX AI Labs will link local startups and researchers with IBM talent to jointly develop AI products, with funding from IBM Ventures potentially available.
Corporates including Fujitsu, Mitsui Chemical, Daiwa, Hitachi and TDK have all committed to new startup investment funds since the start of 2025.
Advances in AI are opening up opportunities for underrepresented founders, says Katie Bailey at Hearst's women-focused CVC fund. But it is also making it harder to do due diligence.
April saw fewer corporate-backed startup exits than the high months of Q1 2025, due to a fall in M&A for healthcare and IT companies.
Despite uncertainty in the wider economy, April has seen the most corporate-backed startup funding rounds in more than two years.
Tai Panich has departed from the $700m CVC fund she formed in 2020 and has recruited corporate LPs for AI-focused firm AIconic Ventures.
Investors in healthcare, hardware, climate tech and defence are feeling the impact of the Trump administration's policies.
Jason McBride has joined venture capital firm AIX Ventures as partner.
Wondering which corporate venturers have specialist investment funds for artificial intelligence? Here is the list of traditional funds and new units, offshoots and accelerators.
UK smartphone camera component developer Cambridge Mechatronics’ latest round featured strategic investors Sony Ventures and Intel Capital.
Adequate data collection and processing are not yet in place to ensure AI-based large language models will be useful to industry.
The valuations of generative AI startups are high and the tech is still untested, but corporate investors should still take some early bets.
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