The second quarter of 2024 has seen a boost in corporate exits, a rise in corporate seed stage investing, and an increase in deals in the media sector.

Alongside fintech and consumer startups, this sector has seen the most startups go into administration since 2022. These are some of the reasons why.

Humanoid robots have gone from theory to reality thanks to advances in AI and falls in component costs — and corporate investors are interested.

Corporate funding for startups is rising globally as well, with sectors such as as cybersecurity and healthcare seeing the most activity.

The startup, which makes batteries designed to perform better in extreme heat and cold, also has Lockheed Martin, LG, Taiyo Nippon Sanso and Shell as backers.

Around 11% of Tencent's startup investments have been in the healthcare sector over the past five years as the internet company diversifies.

The media conglomerate’s evergreen CVC arm has taken part in the AI-driven audit company’s $30m series B round as part of its broader investment focus on artificial technology.

Q1 investment numbers see corporate investors staying strong, big rounds on the increase, and the crypto revival continuing.

ABN Amro earmarked $1.1bn for green technology funding, with Nordic Alpha Partners’ Fund II being its fourth climate-related fund investment.

Four companies raised over $700m in February as a burgeoning crypto sector continued to help Singapore buck the bear market and pharma companies resparked IPOs in the US.